Deepika “Develyn” Jayan is a second year MFA acting candidate. She is also a resident actor at the Clarence Brown Theatre and has worked on main stage shows like A Christmas Carol (2023) and The Giver (2024). The past year, she worked on two short films and a promo video for Knox Children’s Foundation. Develyn is a professional Indian dancer, a yogi, and a martial artist. She has been performing since the age of five through various plays, dance-dramas as well as street plays back in India, and she is here to make professional theatre her next home. She aspires to be an artist who can rise above the social standards and stereotypes and she’s grateful to the Clarence Brown Theatre for opening that path for her and supporting her in her journey.