Zi Alikhan

Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Artists Rep Credits

THE GREAT LEAP Untitled Queer Scary Things Project

Zi Alikhan

Director, Producer

Zi Alikhan (he/him) is a queer, first-generation South Asian-American, culturally Muslim theatre director, educator, and leader. Zi is the inaugural Artistic Directing Fellow at Artists Rep and the first Director of DNA: Oxygen, an affinity space and creative hub dedicated to the development and production of new work generated by, led by, and featuring artists of color. Zi was also recently named a 2021 Rising Leader of Color by TCG. DIRECTING: Manik Choksi’s The Ramayan (currently in development at Ars Nova), Ragtime (Playmakers Rep), Lady Apsara (filmed for Prospect Theatre Co), The Flick and Red Speedo (Juilliard), and development at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, New York Stage and Film, and The Playwrights Realm. RESIDENT/ASSOCIATE: Hamilton, The Band’s Visit, The Rose Tattoo, and Six Degrees of Separation. ALUM: Drama League Directors Project, Soho Rep Lab, Ars Nova Makers Lab, MTC Alper Fellowship, NYU/Tisch. UPCOMING: The Great Leap with Portland Center Stage and Artists Rep.