Awesta is happily making her Pioneer Theatre Company debut, after an incredible run of this show at Arizona Theatre Company! She recently traveled the country in the Broadway national tour of The Kite Runner as Soraya. Other credits include Afiya in Selling Kabul (Signature Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company), Stephanie Rahn in Ink (Round House Theatre/Olney Theatre Center co-production), Grace Poole/Blance Ingram/Bessie in Jane Eyre (Geva Theatre) and Margot in Dial M for Murder (Geva Theatre). Awesta has lived, trained, and performed internationally, including a several year stint in Shanghai, China, a residency with UNESCO’S International Theatre Institute in Croatia and a fellowship at Accademia dell’Arte’s Collaborative Arts Lab in Italy. She’s a proud immigrant and former asylee from Kabul, Afghanistan and was raised in San Diego, California. She holds a B.F.A. from Boston University’s School of Theatre. Thank you for being here! awestazarif.com. @awestaz. #letafghangirlslearn

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States