Pyaasa tells the story of Chaya, an eleven-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times tables. When Chaya's mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give Chaya a job at a local tea stall, Chaya's journey from childhood to adulthood begins and ends over ten days.
Solo show with monologue potential for South Asian women aged 17 to 50
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2007, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto
2010
Playwrights Canada
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published in Love, Loss, and Longing, South Asian Canadian Plays. Winner of Dora Mavor Moore Award—Outstanding New Play 2007
published in Love, Loss, and Longing, South Asian Canadian Plays. Winner of Dora Mavor Moore Award—Outstanding New Play 2007
Solo Show
Brothers Wind, Huff, and Charles try to cope with their father’s abusive whims and their mother’s recent suicide. They huff gas and pull destructive pranks. Preyed upon by Trickster and his own fragile psyche, Wind looks for a way out, one that might lead him into his mother’s shadow.
Stylized
The surprise visit of 30-something writer to her birthplace, Sydney Nova Scotia with her black biker-dyke lover. Terry's trip home after a 6 year absence ends with her official coming-out scene with her mother and aunt/grandmother. One of the first lesbian coming-out plays in Canada
