Rohit Chokhani

Rohit Chokhani is the Artistic & Executive Director with Alberta Theatre Projects (Calgary) and is a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award-winning arts curator, director and executive leader. Rohit was awarded the prestigious Vancouver NOW Representation and Inclusion Award (2018), The Jessie Richardson Theatre Award (Large Theatre) for Significant Artistic Achievement (2017) and the Shiamak Vancouver Community Award (by Bollywood star/choreographer Shiamak Davar) in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Entertainment and Theatre Arts (2017).

Chokhani has held leadership roles with numerous organizations, including the Vancouver Fringe Festival, Touchstone Theatre, Urban Ink Productions, and Diwali Fest and South Asian Arts Society.  He founded Diwali in B.C, Project SAT (South Asian Theatre), co-created the Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts and was a Producer-in-Residence at the National Arts Centre – English Theatre. 

Rohit, who is the 2020 Finalist for Crow Theatre’s RBC Rising Star Director Prize, has served as a board member for the BC Alliance for arts and culture and the Diversity Committee of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatre.  Rohit grew up in Bombay (Mumbai), home to Bollywood. He comes from the Maratha & Marwari lineage of India, which is historically rooted in oral traditions and art forms.