House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar
Part of Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2018, presented by Playwrights Foundation
July 21 at 8pm
Buy tickets at playwrightsfoundation.org
About the play
In an Imperial Harem in a place like India in a time like 1666, Hamida, a bodyguard, wakes to the oppression in her midst and decides to do something about it. Seduction, skullduggery and swordplay in a mythic, swashbuckling action-romance for the ages!
Director: Daniel Banks
Dramaturg: Vidhu Singh
Producer: Pat Strong
About Madhuri Shekar
Madhuri Shekar is a playwright based in New York City and a current fellow of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard. She is currently developing Evil Eye (a commission from Audible), Hockey Play (a commission from South Coast Rep), and Miriam For President, which will be produced at Victory Gardens in 2019, directed by Chay Yew.
House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar
Part of Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2018, presented by Playwrights Foundation
July 21 at 8pm
Buy tickets at playwrightsfoundation.org
About the play
In an Imperial Harem in a place like India in a time like 1666, Hamida, a bodyguard, wakes to the oppression in her midst and decides to do something about it. Seduction, skullduggery and swordplay in a mythic, swashbuckling action-romance for the ages!
Director: Daniel Banks
Dramaturg: Vidhu Singh
Producer: Pat Strong
About Madhuri Shekar
Madhuri Shekar is a playwright based in New York City and a current fellow of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard. She is currently developing Evil Eye (a commission from Audible), Hockey Play (a commission from South Coast Rep), and Miriam For President, which will be produced at Victory Gardens in 2019, directed by Chay Yew.
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