Resume
Directing (select credits)
Yoniverse: The Play (Guest Director) by Sharmita Bhattacharya, Chhaya Néné , Sapna Kumar, Tanya Thomas at at Hit Fest, Los Angeles, CA - September 2023
Saturn Return by Natalya Samee at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland - August 2023
Saturn Return by Natalya Samee at Ars Nova CAMP, New York, NY - May 2023
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (adapted by Matthew Spangler; Dir: Giles Croft) at the Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, NY - July 2022
Running (film) written by and starring Danny Pudi at Hypokrit Productions, East West Players, Enacte - January 2022 (streaming)
Living Record Collection by Salty Brine at Pangea, New York, NY - November 2021
Islands of Contentment by Dipti Brahmandkar at The Tank/Hypokrit Theatre Company - April 2021 (streaming)
Bollywood Kitchen by Sri Rao at Geffen Playhouse - January 2021 (streaming)
Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea by Julia Izumi at Iowa State University - November 2020 (streaming)
House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar at San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Diego, California - March 2020
Jump by Charly Evon Simpson at Astoria Performing Arts Center, New York, NY - February 2020
(Anon)ymous by Naomi Izuka at Iowa State University (artist-in-residence), Ames, Iowa - December 2019
One Way by Ben Bonnema and Chris Staskel at National Alliance of Musical Theatre, New York, NY - October 2019
Eh Dah: Questions for My Father (concert) by Aya Aziz at Greenspace, New York, NY - May 2019
Reclaiming our Time (concert) by various artists at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, New York, NY - May 2019
Eh Dah: Questions for My Father by Aya Aziz at Next Door at New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY - March 2019
Elements of Change by Divya Mangwani with UNICEF, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Greenpoint Innovations, New York, NY - Fall 2018
Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore (Adaptation by Partha Chatterjee) at Theater for the New City, Hypokrit Theatre Company, New York, NY - November 2016
Devdas by Sarat Chandra (Adapted as a ballet by Swarali Karulkar) at Theater for the New City, Hypokrit Theatre Company, New York, NY - November 2016
Eh Dah: Questions for My Father (credited as Creative Producer) by Aya Aziz at June Havoc Theater, NYMF, New York, NY - July 2016
How to Succeed as an Ethnically Ambiguous Actor by Zenobia Shroff at Paradise Factory, Planet Connections Festivity, New York, NY - May 2016
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare at Access Theater, Hypokrit Theatre Company, New York, NY - February 2015
My First Time by Ken Davenport at The Burke Theater, Mead Theatre Lab, Hersh Nerola Productions, Washington DC - October 2010
Love Times Seven by Sharath Parvathavani and Arpita Mukherjee at Ernst Theater, Rasa Arts Collective, Washington DC - March 2010
I AM SAAM (South Asian American Male) by Arpita Mukherjee at Goethe Institute, Fringe DC, Washington DC - June 2007
Death Before Dying: A Ballet by Jane Franklin at The Warehouse Theater, Fringe DC, Washington DC - June 2007
Workshop/Reading (select credits)
How to Write a Love Song (book writer and director) Producer: Zackary Laks, New York, NY - December 2023
A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen (adapted by Tanika Gupta) Producer: Anya Banerjee, New York, NY - November 2023
Narrowsburg by Chad Kaydo at the Quickening Room, New York, NY - October 2023
Chaos Theory by Anubav Pal at Roundabout Theatre (Refocus Series), New York, NY - June 2023
Finding Paradise by Aya Aziz at Public Theatre, New York, NY - February 2023
Finding Paradise by Aya Aziz at 59E59 Theatres and Hypokrit Live Arts, New York, NY - October 2022
Maya by Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels at AMAS Theatre, New York, NY - August 2022
Kama Sutra Chai Tea Latte by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill at the Gingold Group, New York, NY - June 2022
Vigil Aunties by Divya Mangwani at the Gingold Group, New York, NY - April 2022
Hamlet by William Shakespeare at New York Theatre Workshop/Hypokrit Theatre Company, New York, NY - April 2022
Liner Notes (concert) by Jeffrey James and Justin Halpin Producer: Zackary Laks, New York, NY - October 2021
Maya by Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels at NAMT, New York, NY - October 2021
Hatchetation by Amy Jo Jackson at the O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference, New York, NY - June 2021
Maya by Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels at the O’Neill Musical Theatre Incubator Lab, New York, NY - February 2021
Nasty Yatra by Utkarsh Renawat at Pipeline Play Lab, New York, NY - January 2020
Running by Danny Pudi at Uncommon Voices (En Garde Arts), New York, NY - January 2020
Sense and the City by Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin at 4 Flights Up Fest at Access Theater, New York, NY - September 2019
In a Sea of Faces by Jahn Sood at LMCC Arts Residency on Governors Island, New York, NY - September 2019
The Golden Threshold by Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels at Live & In Color, Connecticut - September 2019
Strange Men by Will Snider at Play Penn 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 17, July 27 2019
Bollywood Kitchen by Sri Rao with original songs by Ria and Rini, Hypokrit Theatre Company , New York, NY - June 2019
Honor Killing by Sara Bierstock Producer: Sara Bierstock, New York, NY - June 2019
Vietgone by Qui Nguyen at the Song Collective, New York, NY - May 2019
Elements (in-process presentation) by Divya Mangwani at Mabou Mines (RAP program), New York, NY - May 2019
Citizen Scientist by C. Quintana at Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire, Massachusetts - May 2019
Still Life by Emily Mann at WP Theater, New York, NY - April 2019
Raisins, not Virgins by Sharbari Zohra Ahmed at Players Theater, New York, NY - February 2019
Art of Gaman by Dipika Guha at The Public Theater, New York, NY - December 2018
Eh Dah: Questions for My Father by Aya Aziz at All for One Theatre, New York, NY - October 2018
The Djinn by Divya Mangwani at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (as part of Tamasha), New York, NY - July 2018
The Queen by Madhuri Shekar at Ma-Yi Theatre Company, New York, NY
Appeasing Radhika by Malini Srinivasan and Madhuri Shekar at Baruch College, New York, NY
Associate/Assistant Directing (select credits)
Monsoon Wedding Musical (Book Writer) Dir: Mira Nair at St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York, NY - May 2023
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (adapted by Matthew Spangler; Dir: Giles Croft) at the Helen Hayes theatre, New York, NY - July 2022
India Pale Ale by Jacklyn Backhaus Dir: Will Davis at Manhattan Theatre Club, , New York, NY - October 2018
Monsoon Wedding Musical in concert Dir: Mira Nair in Goa, India - December 2017
Monsoon Wedding Musical Dir: Mira Nair at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California - May 2017
Other credits (select credits)
How to Write a Love Song/A Song for What Could Be (Book Writer and Director) at Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Rhinebeck, NY - July 2023
Monsoon Wedding Musical (Book Writer) Dir: Mira Nair at St. Ann’s Warehouse, New York, NY - May 2023
Monsoon Wedding Musical (Book Writer) Dir: Mira Nair at Qatar World Cup, Doha, Qatar - November 2022
Monsoon Wedding Musical Original Dramaturg at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, California - May 2017
Hypokrit Theatre Company Artistic Director at New York, NY
Eh Dah: Questions for My Father Creative Producer/Dramaturg/Stepped in for Director, New York, NY - June Havoc Theater, NYMF
Tamasha (A Festival of South Asian Performing Arts) Festival Chair, New York, NY - Paradise Factory
How to Succeed as an Ethnically Ambiguous Actor Co-Writer, New York, NY - Planet Connections Theater Festivity, NYC
SAIPAF (South Asian Performing Arts Festival) Festival Coordinator, New York, NY - Urban Stages Theater and Access Theater, NYC
Smokin’ Cigarettes at Night Writer - South Asian Literary and Theatre Arts Festival, The Smithsonian, D.C.
Rasa Arts Colelctive Artistic Director - Washington, DC
Fellowships/Awards/Nominations
2023 - Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay (Gulmohar)
2021 - 2022 Drama League Next Residency - Maya
2020 - 2021 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow
2020-2021 Sokoloff Arts Creative Fellow
2019 – 2020 SDC Denham Fellowship
2019 - 2020 Artist-in-Residence at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (Governors Island)
2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist
2019 Artist-in-Residence at Iowa State University
2018 - 2020 WP Theater Directors Lab
2018 Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Directing Fellowship
2018 Lincoln Center Directors Lab
2018 Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow
Congressional Award for Promoting Diversity in Arts - Hypokrit Theatre Company New York, NY