- Soho Rep and the NAATCO National Partnership Project present
Public Obscenities
written & directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury
February 15 2023 - April 16 2023
He “became a picture.” That’s what we say when somebody dies. Chhobi hoye giyechhe.
Say it again?
Chhobi hoye giyechhe.
Choton relishes being the translator, toggling nimbly between Bangla and English, Grindr and academese. But when he returns to his grandfather’s house in Kolkata with his boyfriend Raheem, an unexpected discovery leaves Choton at the limits of language.
Public Obscenities is a bilingual play from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on.
Public Obscenities is a bilingual play from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on.
Public Obscenities is a bilingual play from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on.
Cast
Tashnuva Anan
Shou
Abrar Haque
Choton
Golam Sarwar Harun
Jitesh
Gargi Mukherjee
Pishimoni
NaFis
Sebanti
Jakeem Dante Powell
Raheem
Debashis Roy Chowdhury
Pishe
Creative Team
Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Writer-Director
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Scenic Design
Enver Chakartash
Costume Designer
Barbara Samuels
Lighting Designer
Tei Blow
Sound Designer
Johnny Moreno
Video/Projection Designer
Sarah Lunnie
Dramaturg
Sukanya Chakrabarti
Cultural Dramaturg
Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA & TBD Casting Co.
Casting
Kim Montelibano Heil
Additional Casting
Teniece Divya Johnson
Intimacy Director
Patricia Marjorie
Props Designer
Alyssa K. Howard
Stage Manager
Nicholas Polonio
Assistant Director
Yi-Hsuan (Ant) Ma
Assistant Set Designer
Colleen Murray
Assistant Set Designer
Nicole Slaven
Associate Costume Designer
Alex Vásquez Dheming
Assistant Lighting Designer
Ryan Gamblin
Associate Sound Designer
Kalen Sierra Hughes
Assistant Stage Manager
Juliana Suaide
Props Associate
Genevieve Juras
Production Assistant
Jack Ganguly
Production Assistant
Kevin Jinghong Zhu
Stage Manager (Cover)
Alex Luong
Assistant Stage Manager (Cover)
Partners
NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company) was founded in 1989 by Richard Eng and Mia Katigbak. NAATCO’s mission is to assert the presence and significance of Asian American theatre in the United States, demonstrating its vital contributions to the fabric of American culture. They present the following repertory: European and American classics as written with all Asian American casts; adaptations of these classics by Asian American playwrights; new plays – preferably world premieres – written by non-Asian Americans, not for or about Asian Americans, but realized by an all-Asian American cast; and new plays by Asian American playwrights that incorporate other performative arts and media. Their latest initiative, the NAATCO National Partnership Project, establishes relationships with theaters around the country to ingrain the inclusion of Asian American theatre artists, technicians, and administrators in their programming for the long run.
Supporters
Production fees for playwrights at Soho Rep are generously sponsored by The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation. Public Obscenities was originally commissioned by Soho Rep and NAATCO. Funding for Public Obscenities is provided, in part, by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) for providing promotional support. Funding for the initial two-week extension of Public Obscenities was generously provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
