Rosa Joshi is a director, producer and educator based in Los Angeles. As a co-founder of upstart crow collective, a theatre company that produces classical plays with racially diverse casts of women and non-binary people, she is committed to reimagining classical texts for the 21st Century. Directing credits include: King John (upstart crow collective and Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Bring Down the House (ucc at OSF and Seattle Shakespeare Company); As You Like It, Henry V (OSF); Henry IV Part I (Folger Theatre); Macbeth (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Titus Andronicus (ucc); Wolf Play (ACT Contemporary Theater); John Baxter is a Switch Hitter (Intiman Theatre). Rosa is currently guest faculty at The Old Globe University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.