SWEETFISH!
Nikhil Mahapatra
Thursday, April 30
7pm | 10 Lafayette Avenue, FL 4
Join us on May 28 for Nikhil Mahapatra's WORK IN PROCESS of SWEETFISH! SWEETFISH! is a play with music that deals with themes of race, colour, gender, and sexuality, but really about the silent power that exists behind relationships — all with a strong dose of camp and drag.
$5-20 | Pay what you can
About Nikhil Mahapatra
Nikhil Mahapatra is a multi-disciplinary writer based in Brooklyn. They write about queerness/race/power/family/non-family/existence/politics, but most of all, where grief and joy meet together, which, as one audience member once said, had “mixed results, but I guess I liked it”.
They are a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, O'Neill National Playwright's Conference Finalist, SPACE at Ryder Farm Creative Resident, Yaddo Resident, Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group member, and a finalist for a bunch of other fancy stuff. Their work has showcased at Bucks County Playhouse, The Road Theatre Company, , Gingold Theatrical Group, The Tank, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Brick, The Wild Project, and more. Latest theatrical works include Bridge Play; LOVE YOU MORE; ; SWEETFISH!, American Hunger; CARNAL; Lost in the Fire; The Fields;, Bali Babes; and an untold amount of other things of questionable quality. Other media includes the short film SPF (NYITFF 2019), and select short stories and poems published in America and Singapore.
“I really want to come of this with not necessarily a completed, ready to be produced project, but with a project that feels sturdy and ready for its next step. I want to merge the ideas that I have been working on in the drafts with live action and sound, and use that to modify the script to get it towards the realm of actualization. Now is the time for practice, and realistic experimentation.”
Directions | This event takes place at L10 Arts and Cultural Center, on the 4th floor. accessible via elevator. Please allow extra time to arrive, check in, and get settled before the [WIP] begins.
By Subway:
Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R trains to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station
Take the G train to the Fulton Street station
Take the C to Lafayette Avenue station
By Bus:
Take the B25, B38, or B51 to the Fulton St/Lafayette Av stop
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