Rose Schwietz Malla

Rose Schwietz Malla is a director, performer, and educator from Minnesota. She spent a decade in Nepal teaching theatre and directing and performing with One World Theatre. She is also a 2022-2023 US Fulbright Performing Arts Research in Nepal Alum; her research examined and documented a traditional ethnic dance-drama, sati ghatu naach, which led to an original play — Deurali Daandi: The Last Chapter of Ghatu (director, researcher, co-creator). Other recent highlights in Kathmandu include Three Sisters (Director), Constellations (Actor), Macbeth Massacre (Assistant Director, Actor), and The Incubator Series (co-producer, guest director, directing mentor).

Schwietz Malla has trained with SITI Company and The Wooster Group, toured with Agile Rascal Bicycle-Touring Theatre, and directed and performed in Minnesota. Recent credits include AFTER: The Facts (UMass Amherst, Director), Bulrusher (Silverthorne Theater, Assistant Director), Twelfth Night (UMass Amherst, Associate Director), Clue (Lakeshore Players Theatre, Director), Around the World in 80 Days (Lakeshore Players Theatre, Director), and Love From a Stranger (4C Theatre, Cecily Harrington). When she’s not on her bike or in rehearsal, you can find her reading, writing, or singing arias. Her greatest love in theatre is the collaborative process of building, creating, and performing together. She is a second-year Directing MFA Candidate at UMass Amherst. Upcoming: Polaroid Stories (Holyoke Community College, Director); Xanadu (UMass Amherst, Director).