The Short Plays of Afsaaney - Our Stories
Afsaaney - Our Stories is the first time we are doing a show comprised of original short plays. We sourced the stories from the community and then wrote the scripts ourselves. All told, it was a very different experience in storytelling for us. We hope you’ll like it.
There are eight short plays in Afsaaney - Our Stories. Here’s a little bit about each one.
All photos by Kyle Adler.
Suprabhatam
“No vegetable sellers. No auto rickshaws. No noises at all.” Parents visiting their grown children in the US deal with loneliness and the challenges of a different culture.
Dysfunction
"My mom says I’m her only support in her old age. She wants a nice bahu and grandchildren.” A South Asian family’s emotional and sexual dysfunction.
Tiger Mom
"A B+???!!! Mom's gonna kill you!!" A young girl looks at her South Asian mother's single minded mission- a better life for her children.
Bridge
"How would you know? You were so completely sheltered." Ha! Indian American kids have no idea what growing up ‘back home’ is really like.
Bobbi & Bobby
"Over my dead body!!" South Asian attitudes and biases to interracial marriage.
Faceless, Invisible
"H4 wives can’t work or get Social Security numbers. That can’t be true, right?" The plight of women caught in long term visa limbo.
5150
"What the heck is a 5150?" Mental health in South Asian society and the cultural taboos around it.
Shaadi.com
“The Get Mohini Married to a ‘nice Indian boy’ Project.” What hilarious lengths will Mohini’s Mom go to?
