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Harvest
It’s a terrifying bargain: sell your organs to anonymous buyers abroad in exchange for wealth and domestic security for your family.
The story follows Om, who becomes a “donor” in a disturbing organ trade that dehumanizes and exploits the vulnerable. As his family grapples with the physical and emotional cost of this arrangement, the play reveals a stark portrait of systemic inequality and the commodification of the human body in a globalized world.
Padmanabhan’s incisive storytelling blends science fiction with the harsh social realities of unchecked capitalism, drawing viewers into a tense, claustrophobic world where survival comes at a devastating price.
by Manjula Padmanabhan
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past readings
The Importance of
Being Earnest
Enter the world of Oscar Wilde's sharpest comedy of manners, where deception is an art and identities are as fluid as the boundaries of propriety.
When two charming bachelors, Algernon and Jack, invent alter egos to escape society’s stifling expectations, their schemes spiral hilariously out of control.
Beneath the elegant surface lies a daring critique of tradition, a raging undercurrent of queerness, and an exploration of hidden desires, challenging notions of identity and desire in a world obsessed with appearances.
by Oscar Wilde
A Doll House
Nora and Torvald Helmer fit the description of a typical 1870s bourgeois Norwegian couple, but the surprise visits of an old friend of Nora and a disgruntled employee of Torvald soon expose the cracks in their seemingly picture-perfect union.
Ibsen’s earthshaking classic brings us into the life and mind of a woman destined to do what’s right, no matter the cost. As conflict boils and the walls start closing in, the ultimate question looms: when the price of everyone else’s comfort is your own personal pain, who do you choose?
by Henrik Ibsen
Collective Rage:
A Play in Five Betties
Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. And Betty keeps using a small hand mirror to stare into parts of herself she’s never examined.
In Collective Rage, the lives of five very different New York women collide at the intersection of anger, sex, and “thea-tah.” As they meet, fall in love, rehearse, revel, and rage, they realize that they’ve been stuck reading the same scripts for far too long.
by Jen Silverman
Stick Fly
What begins as a relaxing summer weekend on Martha’s Vineyard escalates when the LeVay brothers bring their new girlfriends home to meet their affluent and imposing parents.
But Mom's not there, and Dad's acting weird. As the newcomers find themselves under familial scrutiny, long-hidden family tensions bubble to the surface and by the end of the weekend, almost everyone at the Vineyard finds themselves under a microscope as they grapple with arguments about class, race, and cultural expectations.
by Lydia R. Diamond