"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand"

Director, Performing artist and Scholar of South Asian Cultural Studies

Lakshmi Damayanthi (PhD. Philosophy Interpretation and Culture) Adjunct Assistant Professor – State University of New York, Binghamton

About
Lakshmi Damayanthi

Adjunct Assistant Professor / Actress

Lakshmi Damayanthi Bulathsinghala is an adjunct Assistant Professor who teaches for the Departments of Theatre; Asian and Asian American Studies; Music; and the program Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Lakshmi is a noted performing artist from Sri Lanka where she has been actively engaged as an actress in theatre, television and film. In 2006 Lakshmi directed, produced and starred in the celebrated play Bera Handa, adapted from Sophocles’s fragmentary play Iqneutae by the veteran Sri Lankan playwright, the late Mr. Bandhula Jayawardena.

Education & Qualifications

My Education
Binghamton University, State University of New York – United States

Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Program in Philosophy, Interpretation, and Culture, Spring 2018

Graduate Certificate in Feminist Theory, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Spring 2018

Exhibited internationally and awarded artist.

2010
Master of Arts in Theatre (Concentration in Directing)
Binghamton University, State University of New York – United States
2003 - 2010
Exhibited internationally and won awards
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2010 - 2014
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2014 - 2020
Illustrator and educator
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Performances & Productions

Stage Dramas, Acting

  • Nari Bena, dir. & prod. Dayananda Gunawardena, 1986–2002
  • Aananda Javanika, dir. & prod. Dayananda Gunawardena, 1986
  • Kusa Pabawathi, dir. & prod. Vijaya Nandasiri, 1987

Tele-Dramas, Acting

  • Sulaga. Directed by D. B. Nihalsinghe. Tele Cine, 1988
  • Dandubasnamanaya. Directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri. Teleview, 1992
  • Sasara Bhoomika. Directed by Prasanna Jayakodi. Sirasa TV, 1994

Films - Acting