Playwrights Canada Press, 2012

Playwrights Canada Press

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Acts: 2, Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...A deal has been struck between two men in India – 2,100 rupees in exchange for a young village woman named Rekha. Sent to Calcutta without knowing why, Rekha finds herself in the confines of a brothel with Jamuna, a prostitute and madam...

Playwrights Canada Press, 2010

Playwrights Canada Press

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Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (5), Female (5), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...In the haunting Letters to My Grandma, Malobee unearths letters detailing her grandmother’s fight to survive the 1947 partition of India, which resonates with Malobee’s own struggles to create a new life in present-day Toronto. A grand...

Playwrights Canada Press, 2010

Playwrights Canada Press

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Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (4), Female (3), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa tells the story of Chaya, an 11-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...

Playwrights Canada Press, 2016

Playwrights Canada Press

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Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (7), Female (2), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

...When young orphans Mala and Chun Chun encounter brothers Prakash and Ojha on the busy streets of Kolkata, they are immediately at odds. The brothers come from a lower-middle-class family and spend their time flying kites instead...