Chamila Priyanka is a Ph.D. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in performance as public practice at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Sri Lankan-born playwright and theatre director who has been working in the field for more than fifteen years. He won the USA Fulbright Scholarship, and as a result of that, he pursued his M.F.A. in Theatre Directing at Long Island University, New York. He obtained his B.A. from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, with a specialization in political science. Priyanka's research interest is focused on minority rights, ideology, political culture and theatre in Sri Lanka and South Asia.