Dalia is an Assyrian-American director and writer focusing on explosive theatricality and subverting existing narratives. 

She was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood and Entertainment 2025.

Her Broadway credits include serving as Associate Director of Sweeney Todd and as the Resident Director at Phantom of the Opera.

She has worked with Shakespeare and Company, Lookingglass Theater, San Francisco Playhouse, Dixon Place, Wayward Artists Ensemble, Access Theater, and heard on the Parsnip Ship Podcast. Last year, her work was showcased at the University of Salamanca in Spain with the concert - Omar Bashir, Back to My Assyrian Roots. 

She is an alumnus of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship in Directing at Arena Stage, and before that, she served as Assistant Director at Center Theatre Group and Cornerstone Theatre. She is also an alum of UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts where she graduated with a B.A. in Drama and honors in directing. 

She received a grant from the National New Play Network to write Edessa of Baghdad with composer Avi Amon and is an SDCF Denham Fellow Recipient. 

Up next, Dalia is directing Iraq, But Funny by Atra Asdou at Lookingglass Theater in Chicago, IL. 

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