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A NICE INDIAN BOY by Madhuri Shaker

Directed by Anna C. Bahow
Presented at Victory Gardens Theater
2433 N. Lincoln Ave Chicago IL 60614


There's an elephant in the room
(and it's not the Hindu God Ganesha).Naveen is finally bringing someone home to meet his parents. 
It's just not who his parents expect.
A comic take on love, marriage, gender, and ethnicity.

Featuring:

Alka Nayyar*
Kaiser Ahmed
Kamal Hans*
Riley McIlveen
Suzan Faycurry
Adithi Chandrashekar (U/S)
Anand Bhatt (U/S)
Don Baiocchi (U/S)
Priya Mohanty (U/S)
Manish Shah (U/S)
* Actor's Equity Association

Producer/Artistic Director-Kamal Hans

Producer/ Production Manager- Deana Keefe

Director/Producer -Anna C. Bahow

Associate Producer  - Anish Jethmalani

Assistant Director-  Kristen Johnson

Stage Manager -Andrew C. Donnelly

Set Design Carolyn Voss

Light Design - Becca Jeffords

Sound Design- Matt Reich

Costume Design -Kate Setzer Kamphausen

Props Design -Abbas Salem

"Rasaka is proud to be a part of the Resident Theater Program and of Victory Gardens' diverse and inspiring artistic community," Rasaka's Producing Artistic Director Kamal Hans said. "We are excited about producing A Nice Indian Boy, an emotional piece that tackles the tough matters of gender, identity, love and marriage, with a humor and honesty that audiences will appreciate."

​"A Nice Indian Boy is a romantic comedy with familiar tropes -- that are anything but familiar when immigrant assimilation collides with the adoption of a foreign heritage," Director Anna Bahow said. "The play challenges our traditional concepts of ethnicity and marriage. Shekar has such respect for her characters and the humor is generous to all."