Thalia Ranjbar is a Persian-Salvadoran-Canadian multidisciplinary artist presently based in New York City.

With her focus being in theatre and film, Thalia is a screenwriter, librettist, director, and choreographer with a passion for elevating and developing stories that include voices of queer and BIPOC communities.

She is a recent graduate of New York University where she earned the distinction of Master of Fine Art from the "Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.” Immediately after, Thalia was 1 of 12 international participants selected for the “Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project,” where she received mentorship from Crag Carnelia, Andrew Lippa, Lindy Robbins, and Autumn Rowe. Previously, Thalia received her Honors Specialization in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario where she avidly studied theatre and dance as well.

Thalia’s theatrical writing has been developed and presented by Feinstein’s 54 Below, Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre, and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her recent directing/choreography credits include Then She Ran at the New Studio on Broadway and Notes From Now with Prospect Theatre Company, in addition to directing multiple staged readings for developing musicals and plays by her colleagues Momo Akashi, Ben Ginsberg, Zoe Ray Prawda, Raiah Rofsky, and Nay Harris.