Playwriting
If you are interested in reading and/or staging any of my plays, please contact me at vikram@naatak.org.
Blessed
In 1998, a woman named Monica Besra was cured of a stomach tumor through a miracle supposedly wrought by Mother Teresa , setting in motion a chain of events that culminated with her canonization in the Catholic Church. Based loosely on this incident, Blessed is a tale of that miracle and the cynical men and women who engineered it.
Language: English
Run time: 100 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, March - April 2025 (Campbell, CA).
Star-Crossed Orbit
An astronaut marooned in space finds that the only person on earth he can contact is a paraplegic girl.
Language: English
Run time: 60 minutes
Premiere Staging: California Arts Association (CalAA), Aug 2024 (Palo Alto, CA).
Premiere Reading: Bangalore Little Theatre, Aug 2021.
Mob Justice
A sleepy police station in a rustic town roars to life when it receives a social media update of kidnappers in their midst.
Language: Hindustani
Run time: 20 minutes
Premiere Staging: California Arts Association (CalAA), Aug 2024 (Palo Alto, CA).
The Sixth Pillar
The children of an Indian diplomat in San Francisco drift into Islamic radicalism. Inspired by real life events, the play follows their quest to discover the promised land, and their parents’ frantic efforts to reclaim them.
Language: Hindustani and English
Run time: 100 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, July - Aug, 2022 (Campbell, CA).
The Not-So-Surgical Strike
A terrorist cell awkwardly deals with the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.
Language: Hindustani
Run time: 25 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, April - May, 2022 (Campbell, CA).
Ultimate Breaking News!
Four TV journalists are kidnapped and forced to star in a deadly reality show.
Language: English
Run time: 60 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, Oct 3 - Oct 7, 2020.
The Confession
Inspired by real-life events in 2018, The Confession examines the boundaries of forbidden consensual and non-consensual desire, set against the backdrop of the Syro-Malabar Church in Southern India.
Language: English
Run time: 25 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, Nov 2019.
Tolaypeyshi (The Telephone)
A Tamil adaptation of Murray Schisgal's Extensions. Two stars past their prime crave for their erstwhile fame to return, or do they?
Language: Tamil
Run time: 25 minutes
Premiere Staging: Naatak, Nov 2018.