Based on a true story, AIRPORT INSECURITY is the quirky, entertaining, Kafkaesque tale of an Indian techie stuck at Frankfurt Airport without a passport, visa, or mobile phone. Over forty-eight hours in the airport lounge, he encounters a diverse cast of characters while navigating a bureaucratic labyrinth. The resolution of his troubles surprises everyone, even him. AIRPORT INSECURITY is the first of four productions in Naatak's 2017 Season.

Winner of the Obie award for Best New American play in 2010, Annie Baker's play is about an unlikely collection of strangers who sign up for a community center "Adult Creative Drama” class. As the class unfolds in a series of harmless theater games, hearts are quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. “By the play’s end, we seem to see to the very bottom of these souls...” - The New York Times. A beautifully crafted diorama, the play has made it to the Top Ten Lists of The New York Times and The New Yorker. Circle Mirror Transformation will be Naatak's first UpClose production of 2017 and will be presented in a community center placing the audience in the midst of the actors and the action.

It is 1948. The governments of India and Pakistan decide that, as has happened with the rest of their population, lunatics in their mental asylums must be exchanged. Muslim lunatics in India are to be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistan will be sent to India. In an asylum in Lahore, a Sikh lunatic whom everyone calls Toba Tek Singh refuses to go. Based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s celebrated short story, TOBA TEK SINGH is a grand musical – performed with live music and dance, fascinating sets and costumes – that observes the madness of Partition through the eyes of a madman, and lays bare its agony through humor, tragedy, and the silly antics of lunatics. TOBA TEK SINGH is the second of four productions in Naatak's 2017 Season.

1. காஞ்சியின் துயரம் (A Tragedy in Kanchi) – Tamil A silk merchant confronts his young wife and her royal lover. Oscar Wilde’s classic switches to Chen-Tamizh in our musical adaptation.

2. লোকে কি বলবে? (What Will People Say?) - Bengali A woman shares juicy gossip about a romantic dalliance involving three of her friends.

3. સાંભળ, તું બહાર જાય છે? (Everyone Loves an Errand Boy) - Gujarati Based on Saadat Hasan Manto's play 'Aao Baat to Suno' A farcical comedy about a typical lazy Sunday that turns out to be anything but.

4. खिड़की (The Window) – Hindi The mystery of a missing husband and an open living room window.

5. पाचव्या मजल्यावरचा वेडा (The Mad Man On the Fifth Floor) - Marathi A madman stands on the ledge of a fifth floor window. How did he get there? What is he up to?

6. Naatak Improv - Hinglish Unscripted

Two sweet old ladies run a B&B for old men. Their generosity knows no bounds but their charity can take unconventional forms, which results in their concealing some very dark secrets. When these secrets are revealed, their nephew panics and tries to save them from themselves, all the while trying to salvage his own engagement. ARSENIC & OLD LACE is the last of four productions in Naatak's 2017 Season.