Kirya Traber

Kirya Traber is a writer, performer, and cultural organizer. She has earned three NY Emmy Nominations for her work as a writer, voice talent, and host with local PBS affiliate, WNET. Her collaborative work with Ping Chong + Company, Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ, was a NY Times Critics' Pick in 2018. She was a 2024 New Harmony Project Fellow, a 2021 Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow, a 2021 Djerassi Artist Residency Fellow, the Curator in Residence with Hi-ARTS from 2020-2023, New York Stage and Film’s 2020 Founders Award recipient, and was Lincoln Center’s lead Community Artist in Residence from 2015-2020. She has been a commissioned artist for notable New York arts institutions, including the New York Philharmonic, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Orchestra of St Luke’s, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, among others. Throughout her ambitious artistic career, Kirya has continuously engaged in art for social change.