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Shelby holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Hollins University’s Playwright’s Lab. Her plays The Gymnast and The Story of Us have previously appeared as summer readings here in Roanoke. 

From August through December 2025, Marwah will engage students, faculty, and the broader Roanoke community, offering new insights into literature, performance, and socially engaged theatre.  Dr. Anuradha Marwah is a professor of English at Zakir Husain Delhi College and an acclaimed novelist and playwright. Her books, including The Higher Education of Geetika Mehendiratta,  Idol Love, and  Aunties of Vasant Kunj  (2024), are noted for their sharp social insight. Her work features in academic syllabi, including NCERT and ICSE texts. A Fulbright-Nehru and Charles Wallace fellow, she has taught at the University of Minnesota. Her plays, including  Ismat’s Love Stories, have received critical acclaim. She also runs an NGO in Ajmer, Rajasthan, supporting underprivileged youth. Dr. Marwah continues to influence both literature and education in India. 

Camilla is a Visiting Instructor of Costume Design and Technology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the School of Performing Arts! Camilla believes not only in the power of storytelling through live performance to connect and inspire, but also in its power to heal and reflect personal growth. The connection between us and our clothes, character and costume, is something that Camilla finds deeply interesting.  She strives to understand this connection even further through every project that she takes on and personally in her daily life.  Camilla is inspired to reflect life and our experience as a human through art in new and innovative ways, as can be seen in her internationally recognized work “Nightmares are Dreams, Too.”

After working for a few other companies, Matt is happy to call MMT his artistic home. In the past few years Matt has served in a variety of jobs around Mill Mountain, including Props Master, Costumes Manager, Teaching Artist, Scenic Designer, and Company Manager.  Matt is very happy to now be serving MMT as the Managing Director and is grateful to MMT for all the faith they have put in him over the years.

As an artist of color, he recognizes the power of experiencing one’s own history and world view manifest on stage and within administrative practices, as well as furthering connections to the stories of others. Smith holds a B.F.A. in performance and an M.F.A. in leadership/administration from Ohio University. For the last 10 years, he has been a mainstay in the acting company at the Stratford Festival of Canada, the largest Repertory Theatre company in North America.

Moneé is an established, award-winning Lighting Designer with a keen eye for detail and a passion for transforming spaces through light. She states, the ability to tell unique stories through design is an example of how Theatre is a medium to express oneself. It has the power to make people laugh or cry, learn new things, empathize or sympathize and to encourage people to think about life. Recently, she designed The Black That I am (Braata Productions), The Amen Corner, (The Lovinger Theatre), and 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, (Epic Players NYC).

Ami has studied improvisation at Second City, Chicago, and Dad’s Garage in Atlanta. She has produced and performed in several comedy podcasts including What Just Happened?, All Purpose Cleaner, Purposefully Derpy, and BP & Ami. Her most recent project, Mother and Son Skype Shesh, was the winner of the Agoraphobia Film Festival and The Minefield Film Festival. Ami received her B.A. in theatre from the College of Charleston and an M.A.L.S. from Hollins. She has her M.F.A. in Playwriting from the Hollins Playwright’s Lab and is the proud mother of three smart, funny, and amazing children. 

Since joining the staff of Mill Mountain Theatre, Savannah has served in a variety of roles, most recently becoming the Director of Production. Savannah is grateful for the never-ending support of their partner and their family (and their cats) in their endeavors, and for the trust placed in them by MMT over the years.