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🪔 an artistic home base for South Asian theater-makers, where South Asian artistry is both championed & developed
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Bo has brain cancer. He’s trying not to get too in his head about it.

‼️We are so excited to be presenting a reading of our 2026 New Works Series Incubator Pick: D-Wording on SEPTEMBER 3rd at 7 PM @kaafinyc‼️

RSVP LINK IN BIO! 🎟️ Get your tickets fast before it’s gone! 🎟️

PLAYWRIGHT ✍️: Salwa Meghjee (@salwameghjee) is a Muslim-Indian-Floridian playwright. She is currently in the playwriting program at Juilliard (BA UC Berkeley, MFA Northwestern). She is an ensemble member of the experimental theater company the New York Neo-Futurists, and by day she is the Partnerships Associate at Play On Shakespeare. Her plays are surreal, darkly comic, lean into the serendipity of live theater, and illuminate the big unnameable feelings we all experience.

DIRECTOR 🎬: Neeta Thadani (@neeta_thadani) (they/them) is a director, writer, performer, and dramaturg whose work primarily explores the South Asian American identity with a focus on queerness, caste privilege, and decolonization. They are currently a Roundabout Directors Group 7 member, and a proud Dramatists Guild and Associate SDC member. Recent credits include associate directing The Lunchbox at Berkeley Repertory Theatre with Rachel Chavkin, Thoroughly Modern Millie with Sam Pinkleton, and directing/co-writing White Bitches in Delhi at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Sep 3 @ 7 PM @kaafinyc
RSVP link in bio! 🎟️ Get your tickets NOW!

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D-WORDING ✅ THANK YOU to everyone who came out to see this beautiful play reading! One for the books! ❤️❤️❤️

CREATIVE:
Playwright - Salwa Meghjee @salwameghjee
Director - Neeta Thadani @neeta_thadani
Producers - EnActeNYC @enactenyc @enactearts

CAST:
BO - Shiv Baal @shiv8baal
LAYLA - Anvita Gattani @anvitagattani
AMIRA (Chickoo) - Mahira Kakkar @mahirakakkar
ZAINAB/MARYAM - Mahima Saigal
GRANDPA - Sorab Wadia @sorabwadia
DANIELLE/WILLOW - Ishika Muchhal @ishika.muchhal

This concludes our New Works Incubator: Fall Play Reading 📖! Stay tuned for our Spring Musical! 🎤🎶

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🌟🌟MEET SALWA MEGHJEE! 🌟🌟 Find out how she got her start in playwriting, and how “D-Wording” came to life!! 😌 Playing THIS Thursday, September 3rd at 7 PM @ Kaafi NYC!!
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LINK TO TICKETS IN BIO 🎟️ 🎟️

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🌟MEET THE CAST OF D-WORDING🌟 USE THE LINK 🔗 IN OUR BIO TO GET TICKETS 🎟️
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Shiv Baal is an actor, writer, and dancer whose work often revolves around themes of spirituality, masculinity, and mental health. His background in Indian music, Kathak dance, and medicine drives his creative work. His dance work has been showcased through festivals in NYC, Philadelphia, Toronto, Berlin, and London. Shiv’s dance film, Turbinado, funded by the City of LA debuted at the 2023 Pondicherry Film Festival in India. His acting credits include The Lunchbox, Heathers: The Musical, Finding Home: An Indian Musical, Blue Boy, Sandesh, and Esther Perel Ruined My Life. Shiv’s work has been supported by the Fulbright Program, the Hammer Museum, and SONY Music.

🌟MEET THE CAST OF D-WORDING🌟 USE THE LINK 🔗 IN OUR BIO TO GET TICKETS 🎟️
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Mahira Kakkar is an award winning actor, writer and dialect coach. As an actor Broadway- Life of Pi. Select Off Broadway- LCT3, TFANA, Primary Stages, Atlantic, Classic Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick, Public Theatre. Select Regional- Shakespeare Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Old Globe, Denver Center, OSF, Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, McCarter.
Film and TV- Manifest, Suitable Boy, Hank and Asha (Slamdance Best Actress award, BronzeLens Award), Sweet Refuge, Law and Order: CI, New Amsterdam and others. A recent recipient of a NYSCA grant, Mahira has written for publications in India and the US. Upcoming commission at Huntington Theatre. Mahira is also a dialect coach (The Lunchbox, Unaccustomed Earth and others) specifically for South Asian dialects. Proud member of The Actors Center, NY. Training: Juilliard, Harold Guskin. www.mahirakakkar.com

🌟MEET THE CAST OF D-WORDING🌟 USE THE LINK 🔗 IN OUR BIO TO GET TICKETS 🎟️
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Anvita Gattani is an actor and director trained at NYU Tisch. They are the creator and lead actor of American Born Confused Desi, a scripted series launching this January. As an actor she has appeared on HBO, NBC, Off-Broadway, and regionally. As a director, they crafted the award-winning short film Alone, Alone, Alone on a Wide Wide Sea. Anvita is Co-Founder and Head of Programming at Saphlicks, a fil taken in New York, New York by @enactenyc

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🌟🌟MEET SALWA MEGHJEE! 🌟🌟 The writer of our New Works Incubator Program 🎭“D-Wording”! Playing next Thursday, September 3rd at 7 PM @ Kaafi NYC!!
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LINK TO TICKETS IN BIO 🎟️ 🎟️

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AUGUST ROUNDUP IS HERE! 🪔 Find links to the events above in our link tree in bio!
 As always, if you have an event you’d like us to feature, please fill out the form in our bio!!   [art, nyc, desi, theater, music, events, south asian, aapi] taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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ANOTHER WEEK OF ROUNDUP! 🪔 Find links to the events above in our link tree in bio!
 As always, if you have an event you’d like us to feature, please fill out the form in our bio!!   [art, nyc, desi, theater, music, events, south asian, aapi] taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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We had a super successful Chai ☕️ & Chat 🗣️a few weeks ago!! We had food, drinks, shared our stories, talents and upcoming projects, and celebrated the creativity of our EnacteNYC community!

If you missed this one, Chai and Chat will be back soon! ☕️🧡 Stay tuned! 🌟 taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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ANOTHER WEEK OF ROUNDUP! 🪔 Find links to the events above in our link tree in bio!
 As always, if you have an event you’d like us to feature, please fill out the form in our bio!!   [art, nyc, desi, theater, music, events, south asian, aapi] taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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ANOTHER WEEK OF ROUNDUP! 🪔 Find links to the events above in our link tree in bio!
 As always, if you have an event you’d like us to feature, please fill out the form in our bio!!   [art, nyc, desi, theater, music, events, south asian, aapi] taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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We are bringing BACK our community events!! Hosted by our founder & artistic director Vinita Sud Belani, join us on June 23rd at 7pm for a relaxed, saloon-style evening of mingling with fellow South Asian theater-makers, casual performances by our community, and light refreshments! 🩷🧡  There are only 20 spots available, so RSVP at the Partiful link in our bio!!

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ANOTHER WEEK OF ROUNDUP! 🪔 Find links to the events above in our link tree in bio!
 As always, if you have an event you’d like us to feature, please fill out the form in our bio!!   [art, nyc, desi, theater, music, events, south asian, aapi] taken in New York City by @enactenyc

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