{"id":939,"date":"2022-03-11T23:22:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T07:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/?p=923"},"modified":"2022-03-29T00:18:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:18:19","slug":"a-nice-indian-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/2022\/03\/11\/a-nice-indian-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nice Indian Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Director<\/3><\/p>\n

March 11-18, 2022<\/h4>\n

Written by by Madhuri Shekar and Directed by Sukanya Chakrabarti<\/p>\n

Location: Creative Arts Building, The Lab
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Sponsor: School of Theatre and Dance – Link to Events Page on SFSU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media<\/h3>\n

India Currents<\/h4>\n

Our production of A Nice Indian Boy made it into India Currents. Read this great interview with Sukanya Chakrabarti who directed this queered romantic comedy with an essence of Bollywood (article<\/a>).<\/p>\n

SF Arts<\/h4>\n

Naveen Gavaskar just wants a traditional Indian marriage to a nice Indian boy. While his parents are trying to wrap their heads around this strange idea, his older sister returns home and drops a bombshell of her own. A comedy about love and marriage today\u2013gay or straight, arranged or not. Written by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Sukanya Chakrabarti (webpage<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Broadway World SF<\/h4>\n

Set in Silicon Valley, A Nice Indian Boy navigates the cultural and emotional divide between a pair of first-generation siblings, and their more conventionally-minded parents. Exploring themes of inter-racial and queer relationships, family dynamics, and personal identity, A Nice Indian Boy offers a tender but humorous look at a thoroughly modern romance struggling to define itself through a traditional lens. Directed by Sukanya Chakrabarti. (webpage<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Production Photos by Claire Rice<\/p>\n