Shishir Kurup

Shishir Kurup is an actor, writer, director, and composer who was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Mombasa, Kenya, and the United States. He trained as an actor, earning a BFA in Acting and Directing from the University of Florida and an MFA from the conservatory at the University of California, San Diego. He was a longtime ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company, for which he wrote more than 150 songs. He won Garland and Dramalogue Awards for music composition on Los Vecinos and Candude, which he also directed. For acting, he received an Ovation Award nomination for Malliere. He wrote and performed solo shows including Assimilation and Exile: Ruminations on a Reluctant Martyr. His screen credits include City of Angels (1998), The Prime Gig (2001), In Good Company (2004), and Lemonade Mouth (2011).