Speaker Profile

Deeksha Gaur

Executive Director at Theatre Development Fund.

Deeksha Gaur is Executive Director at Theatre Development Fund (TDF), a non-profit dedicated to bringing theatre and the arts to all audiences through its iconic TKTS brand and access programs. Prior to this, Deeksha spent eight years at the nexus of theatre and tech, as the co-founder of Show-Score, a theatre-focused consumer reviews platform that she co-founded. Following its acquisition in 2020, she ran the incubated brand as General Manager, Show-Score for TodayTix Group. With TDF, she returns to the non-profit arts world, where she has previously held senior marketing and PR positions at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Two River Theater Company, and Long Wharf Theatre. She has served on the boards of the award-winning Second Stage Theater, Ars Nova, and Space on Ryder Farm, where she was Board Treasurer. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University this Fall. Deeksha has guest lectured in arts marketing at New York University, Howard University, and Yale University. She is a recipient of a TCG New Generation Future Leaders grant and The Foundry Theatre’s Producer’s Chair award. She is also a published crossword constructor. She has an MA (Cantab) in History from Cambridge University and an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama.