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BIG NEWS here at Jwala!! 🪷

We are OFFICIALLY funding our 2027 season!

Do you love seeing plays where unique diasporic voices get to shine? Here, we are laser focused on cultivating nuance through fusion. Telling the stories of artists who deeply know who they are where they come from.

Help Jwala make these shows and events happen!

LINK IN BIO TO DONATE! by @jwalaproductions

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2 months ago

🚇 FIRST STOP: ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT READING 🚇

What starts with a cockroach infestation becomes a time-bending journey back to Queens in 1986, the night of Game 6 of the World Series.

How to Trap a Cockroach by Isabel Mehta is a heartfelt, funny, and unexpected story about family, memory, and what it means to find your way home.

Join us for our first original development reading:

📍 Abrons Arts Center – Studio G05
📅 Sunday, June 21
🕑 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Reserve your tickets on Eventbrite and come take the journey with us.

#JourneyToEleusis #HowToTrapACockroach #EleusisArtsFestival #NewPlayDevelopment #NYCTheatre QueensStories OffOffBroadway TheaterInNYC by @jwalaproductions

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a month ago

ISABEL MEHTA (Playwright, Co-Director)
Isabel Mehta is a writer based in NYC, and How to Trap a Cockroach is her first play. Her writing can be found on her Substack “Everything is Copy” and in “The New Critic,” where she is also an assistant editor. She’d like to thank anyone who has ever read or spoken her words, but especially her parents, her first miracles, who never cut short the bedtime stories.

MIRANDA SIMON (Co-Director)
Miranda Simon is so excited to co-direct How to Trap a Cockroach. Recent credits include directing Desert Animals and Hand to God at Gallery Players, The Seagull at St. Lydia’s with Solid Flesh Company, and serving as a PA intern for Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks. @miranda.sim / @mirandasimondirects by @jwalaproductions

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15 days ago

MEET THE CAST!!! 🪳🪳
ANUKA SETHI (Tara)
Anuka Sethi is an India-born, Dubai-raised, and New York City–based actor. Recent credits include The Thousand and One Nights (La MaMa, directed by Ghina Fawaz), Alexandria (Pop Up! Productions/Dixon Place), The Wolves (SoHo Playhouse), Sightings (Philipstown Depot Theatre, directed by Traci Mariano), and the award-winning short film Hide & Seek (streaming on TasveerTV). BFA: NYU Tisch. anukasethi.com

JAY ARORA (Sanath)
Jay Arora is newly based in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to that, he spent three years in Washington, DC. He is thrilled to be part of this diverse, collaborative production. Past credits include King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Tom Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

MALINI SINGH MCDONALD (Sudha)
Malini Singh McDonald, a native New Yorker, holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School and an MPA and BA in Theatre Arts and English Literature from Baruch College. Select directing credits include the award-winning Notes from a Narcissistic Negro, the award-winning Daphne and Lakshmi Counts Her Arms and Legs, Torch Song Trilogy, The Colored Museum, and The Wiz (Liberia). Recent acting credits include Alien Anchors and Excavating My Family. Founder of Theatre Beyond Broadway, Malini promotes independent artists and produces works. She is a Woman of Distinction honoree for contributions to media, arts, and culture.

PRIYAL SAHAI (Indira)
Priyal Gupta Sahai is a New York City–based actor and director. Recent credits include Nina in The Seagull (Playwrights Horizons), Casca in Julius Caesar (SITS), and Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina: a riff (Notch Theater Co.). She is honored to be a part of this South Asian story and beautiful cast. BFA: NYU Tisch ‘26.

SHAMAR JAMES (Mookie Wilson/Vin Scully)
Shamar James is an actor and screenwriter based in NYC. His recent theatre credits include Last Days of Downtown at the Center for Theatre Research and Henry IV, Part I for the Foul Fiend Theatre Troupe in Brooklyn. His upcoming credits include a starring role in the short film Giant Hearts, releasing later this year. He would like to thank the entire cast and crew of How to Trap a Cockroach f by @jwalaproductions

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16 days ago

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM JWALA PRODUCTIONS!

America is a diverse country with multicultural hubs all over! Scroll to find out about more diasporas around the world that you may not know about!

#4thjuly #july4th #america250 #diaspora #history by @jwalaproductions

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21 days ago

Hi everyone! It’s Isabel. Over the last year I wrote and developed my first play, “How to Trap a Cockroach,” an absurd comedy about a girl named Tara who goes back in time in her family apartment in Elmhurst, Queens to meet her 12 year-old dad during the 1986 Mets World Series. I wrote this play because I wanted to give others a little dose of magic and a chance to remember that anything can become something beautiful at the end of the day. The show is going up at The Chain’s Summer One-Act Festival in just a few weeks!! Thank you for considering a donation (linked in bio), contributions will go towards compensating the cast and crew, rehearsal space, and props and costumes. Every little bit truly helps. Much love, and see you at the theater (tickets also in bio!!) Go Mets (and Knicks)! by @jwalaproductions

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23 days ago

HAPPY PRIDE! This month, Jwala wants to spotlight LGBTQ+ creators, artists, founders, and trendsetters who are pushing the boundaries of art and making safe spaces for other Queer Artists!

Today we have @anvitagattani a visionary in her art and Founder of @saphlicks in NYC!

Scroll and follow her to learn more about her work!

#happypridemonth🌈 #happypride #lgbtq #lgbtqartists🏳️‍🌈 by @jwalaproductions

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a month ago

The journey to Eleusis has officially begun!

Thank you to everyone who came out our reading of How to Trap A Cockroach!

Couldn’t be there today? You have two more chances to see it at the Chain in July and at Eleusis on August 27th!

Next stop…
Original Development Reading, About Town
📍 Court Square Theater
📅 June 25
🕣 7:30-9:30
Reservation link in bio!

#newplay #thingstodonyc #eleusis #journeytoeleusis #newtheater by @jwalaproductions

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This week Jwala is spotlighting Adrian Harris! @adrian.hair We love Adrian at Jwala Productions, swipe to find out more about him and his work! by @jwalaproductions

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the jwala joint is BACK! head to the link in our bio to read our thoughts about 'rye lane' 🌱 by @jwalaproductions

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this week, meet someone very close to our jwala hearts...malini!! 💐🫶🏽 by @jwalaproductions

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we've only got one person writing our substack this week...click the link in our bio to find out 🤭🫀 by @jwalaproductions

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