A call late at night has Wahab springing into action. Despite a blinding snowstorm, an irritating bus driver, and a spinning wheel of worries, Wahab travels to his dying mother’s hospital room.
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2014, Downstage, Calgary
2012
Playwrights Canada Press
9781770911031
Stylized
The Waiting Room follows the spirit of Priya Bannerji, a Bengali-British housewife and mother, who very recently died. Priya has three sunrises left to roam the earth and eavesdrop on her surviving family before moving on to The Waiting Room of the universe to await reincarnation. She is guided by an immortal soul in the guise of legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar through the process of resolving tumultuous business with her son, daughter, husband, and friends.
Solo Show
One-woman play about a day in the life of an ordinary family hit by a random act of violence.. The actor plays the parts of sister, brother (who was murdered), mother, father, teacher and others. Written in London Caribbean dialect. Captures the sudden devastation in their lives, the unbearable sense of loss when the teenage boy is senselessly murdered and no witnesses come forward.
