Mela 2018

Once a year, we celebrate India’s heritage by staging a bouquet of short plays, each witty and humorous, in different Indian languages. This year’s show has short plays by masters such as Premchand, Susan Cinoman, and Murray Schisgal. Each show in MELA will consist of the same short plays in ONE language – Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati or Marathi. Choose the show you want to watch! In any case, all shows will have super-titles in English. Play Name,Original Author,Description Kafan, Munshi Premchand,"Two no-good wastrels, one pregnant wife at the threshold of delivery and a macabre turn.." Fitting Rooms, Susan Cinoman,"Three groups of women try on clothes in three fitting rooms in a department store." Extensions, Murray Schisgal,"Two stars past their prime crave for their erstwhile fame to return, or do they?" The Jest of Hahalaba, Lord Dunsany, "A man receives a prediction from a genie, and the prediction is stranger than he thinks."