Anooj is an Artist, specifically a creative storyteller, experimental theater maker, performer, and installation creator, who believes deeply in art as a process to ask quiet questions publicly. He is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists, where he writes, performs, and directs in their weekly show, The Infinite Wrench. He also collaborates with Fresh Lime Soda Productions, a contemporary South-Asian theater ensemble, and is a writer and performer with Agile Rascal, a bicycle touring theater troupe. His show Chai Chai toured across New Mexico and his play The Dog is Alive at the Start of the Play was a finalist for the Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize. He is an alumnus of EmergeNYC, the Hemispheric Institute’s Fellowship for Emerging Political Performance Artists. Past residencies have included the Lighthouse Residency at the BEAM Center, and The Bandung Residency with the Asian American Arts Alliance and the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Arts. Anooj is a 2023 MacDowell Fellowship recipient in the Theater Arts and a 2025 Jerome Fellowship Recipient. He is a playwriting professor at Marymount Manhattan College and is currently in post production for his first film, Blossoming Wasp, and a developing a new devised theater piece with Radical Evolution and SoHo Rep.