SAWITRI Theatre Group is delighted to present the COVID-delayed but long-awaited Canadian premier of Hindi Shorts 2020 - Five short plays – “Us Dopahar Ki Baat” (That One Afternoon); “Amma” (Mother); “The Monk”; “That Summer Holiday”, written by Uday Krishna and “My Dear Arvind” by Tanuj Khosla, all in Hindi.  “Human relationships are strange threads that bind us, or break us; bring us close, or isolate us. In these times of social isolation due to COVID, we re-discover the importance of each of these relationships. Some heal, some help, and some tear asunder. Each play is a celebration, an introspection, a regret and a discovery,” says Shruti Shah.

The Creative Team of Hindi Shorts 2020 consists of a team of directors, Shruti Shah, the Artistic Co-Director of SAWITRI, along with Raina Desai, Gunja Chakraborty and Ashish Varma.  Lighting Design by Sid Sawant. Sound Design by Deepak Chakravarty. Assistant Directors, Amlan Das and Dhruva Dwivedi, Assistant Lighting Design Purawai Vyas and Streaming Technical Director, Nitin Sawant. The production consists of 16 actors; some of whom take on multiple roles. Many of these talented emerging actors are new generation and newcomers to Canada.

SAWITRI Theatre Group – Founded in January 2003, SAWITRI Theatre Group is an award-winning, incorporated not-for-profit organization under the artistic leadership of Jasmine Sawant and Shruti Shah, presenting original, challenging and exciting works featuring established professionals as well as emerging artists. It strives to educate, entertain and heal through theatre arts that are South Asian in character, origin or topic and foreground women as well as issues of social or political importance. A preeminent producer and presenter of South Asian Theatre Arts in Mississauga, SAWITRI Theatre Group is known to take risks, bringing unique theatre experiences to its audiences, producing plays in some of India’s many languages, including English.  Operationally, SAWITRI Theatre Group is supported by The Open Space, Nitin Sawant, and the unstinting support of family, friends and volunteers and is partly supported by the City of Mississauga through an annual operating grant.

Cast

Amlan Das, Anjum Siddiqui, Ankit Modi, Anubha Jha, Guru, Janifer Randhawa, Joanne Colaco, Kapil Kumar, Meeka Shah, Raghuram Sitaram, Raj Bedi, Rajan Parashar, Shalaka Sardesai, Sneha Arekar, Sweta Surisetti & Uma Ambike.

Streaming from 8-30 pm to 9-30 pm – Main presentation at 9 pm EST

No ticket price – please donate

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• Nov 06, 2020  My Dear Arvind

• Nov 13, 2020      Us Dopahar Ki Baat

• Nov 20, 2020      Amma

• Nov 27, 2020       The Monk

• Dec 04, 2020       That Summer Holiday

Contact: www.sawitri.ca