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New Plays Festival: Nine Ways to Plead With a God


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by Kanika Asavari Vaish
Directed by Liz Peterson

Showtimes
Friday, August 12 @ 2:30 pm
Friday, August 12 @ 8 pm
Sunday, August 14 @ 2:30 pm

A group of travelers set out to illegally summit a Himalayan mountain believed to be the abode of several Godly presences. As their physical limits, relationships to one another, and perceptions of reality are tested with each meter they climb, they must find a way to achieve their new collective goal: survival.

Content Warning

Mentions of self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and drug use.

Run Time

110 minutes, no intermission

Cast

Sanskar Agarwal – SHRIKANTH
Leyla Beydoun – AMAAL
Mazvita Chanakira – MAGGIE
George Copeland – WES
Isaiah Dodo-Williams – ERIC
Trí Lê – BEN
Saskia Naidoo – TRISH
Sabina Sethi Unni – JAYA

Creative Team

Playwright and Co-Producer Kanika Asavari Vaish
Director Liz Peterson
Dramaturgs Andrew Agress and Liv Rigdon
Co-Producer Yining Cao
Stage Manager Sage Spitz
Scenic Designer Josh Barilla
Costumer Designer Karen Boyer
Lighting Designer Josh Martinez-Davis
Sound Designer Lucky Bommireddy
Hair & Makeup Designer Dezi Tibbs

About the Artist

Playwright Kanika Asavari Vaish

Kanika Asavari Vaish is a writer, director, performer, and the co-founder and co-artistic director of the South Asian theater ensemble and incubator Fresh Lime Soda Productions. She is also a proud New Yorker, Wellesley College alum, and former legal assistant. Recent credits include: Jyoti’s Bridge (Playwright, Schapiro Studio @ Columbia University, dir. Phoebe Brooks), The Divine Feminine (Playwright, Fresh Lime Soda Productions, dir. Sabina Sethi Unni), and Guards at the Taj (Director, SoHo Shakespeare Company). She writes about hope, community, and transformation, and believes in using theater as a tool for collective healing. www.kanikavaish.com

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