OS2 English - Plays and Casts
Funny, moving, original short plays about the South Asian immigrant experience in the Bay Area.
Download the program for the English show on your mobile phone.
There is also a Tamil show.
Standing l to r: Jayprakash Chipalkatti, Vineet Kumar, Mona Sheth, Havish Ravipati, Sean Kaufman, Vaibhav Chopda, Sara Trupski, Roshni Shah, Purnima Parashar, Nishanth Swarna, Hiranmayi Srinivasan
Sitting l to r: Carissa Ratanaphanyarat, Aashvi Gupta, Vibeka Sen Sisodiya, Aditi Honawar, Basab Pradhan, Vivaan Mudgil, Shekhar Sakhalkar, Roshni Datta, Mousumi Das
An Engagement to an Idea
by Anshul Samar
Cast: Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Nishanth Swarna
Two friends in the Bay Area, just chatting over paanipuris. Except that Pallavi is getting married. And it’s an arranged marriage 😳😱
Burglary
by Basab Pradhan
Cast: Purnima Parashar, Vineet Kumar, Aashvi Gupta, Basab Pradhan
Jayanthi and Rajan's house gets burgled. Jayanthi loses all her jewelry. Jewelry that’s been handed down from her grandmother to her mother and then to her. She is distraught. What will her daughter Anika, get when she gets married?
Sweet & Sour
by Nandita Goyal
Cast: Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Mousumi Das
Raakhi, a divorced mother has spent most of her adult life raising a family in the Bay Area. She is finally ready to do something for herself. She gets a job offer, but the job is in India. How will Sam, her college-going daughter, react?
Playing it Safe
by Ritendra Datta
Cast: Vaibhav Chopda, Roshni Datta, Vineet Kumar, Purnima Parashar, Sean Kaufman, Roshni Shah, Shekhar Sakhalkar
A techie house-warming party. Rip roaring fun that gets a bit too real.
Bad Boy
by Vaishnavi Sridhar
Cast: Vivaan Mudgil, Purnima Parashar, Jayprakash Chipalkatti, Sara Trupski
Aniket is getting into all kinds of trouble at school. His doting parents worry that there may be something "wrong" with their precocious son. What if he has a mental health disorder? What will people say?
House Hunting
by Kartic Bhargav
Cast: Carissa Ratanaphanyarat, Havish Ravipati, Roshni Datta
Viveik (numerology, don't ask!) and Emma are trying to become first time home owners. But Neela, their realtor, has firm views about what a good house should be, that are more aligned to the stars that to what matters to Viveik and Emma. Who wins in the end?
Home
by Vibeka Sen Sisodiya
Cast: Shekhar Sakhalkar, Vibeka Sen Sisodiya, Jayprakash Chipalkatti, Nishanth Swarna
Deepa's father lives with her and her family in the Bay Area. One day, he learns that his close cousin in India has passed away. The news leads him down a path to a decision that ends up shaking Deepa, and her husband, Ashish, to the core.
Cram for Uncle Sam!
by Shalini Ramachandran
Cast: Shekhar Sakhalkar, Aditi Honawar, Jayprakash Chipalkatti, Mona Sheth, Aashvi Gupta, Vivaan Mudgil, Sara Trupski
Jayant's parents are due for their citizenship test. Now they will have to study for exams while their son pushes them to get higher marks. But no fears. Aajoba was a gold medallist in college. This is all child's play for him. And Aaji has a few tricks up her sleeve too!
