This weekend we had a beautiful opening Diwali weekend for ABCD (American Born Confused Desi), a play in which I’m honored to play the role of Willow, at Greenway Court Theatre. Get your tickets for our next three shows (Nov 18th 3pm & 7pm, and Nov 19th 7pm) here!
UPDATE: NEW DATES ADDED FOR EXTENSION! FRIDAY DEC 1 @ 7pm, SATURDAY DEC 3 @ 3pm & 7pm
Honored to have played a petite role in Augustus Meleo Bernstein’s At the Gates. Thank you to Five Towers, Beacon Pictures, & Picturehouse. This beautiful film is now playing in theaters in NY & LA!
Grateful to CanvasRebel for taking the time to hear some of my story. Check out the full interview here!
Honored that Eulogy, a short film I was in, premiered at Catalina Film Festival and is currently screening online as part of San Francisco Short Film Festival/SF Indie Fest. Click here to stream online through Oct 22!
Loved talking with fellow Tisch grad, Andy Dubick for his interview series “Up and Comers” - thanks for having me!
Another new sketch with Lilly Singh!
Honored to be a petite part of the final season of Liza on Demand, twinning with Liza Koshy on Youtube!
New sketch with Lilly Singh! Desi Parents Under the Influence
Check out my new sketches with Lilly Singh! New videos every Thursday ‘til the end of 2021!
The Sitayana (or “How to Make an Exit”) premieres this month, with Sita’s Slumber Party, staring yours truly, officially opening with a talkback on September 26th. Written by Lavina Jadhwani, directed by Reena Dutt, and co-produced by East West Players, Hypokrit Productions and Enacte Arts, The Sitayana is a part coming of age story, part Hindu epic, and part break-up play, following Sita from age 16 to 26. Learn more about the making of my version, Sita’s Slumber Party here and GET TICKETS HERE to watch anytime Video on Demand or with a collective virtual audience!
Thank you so much to Angela, from The Cre8sian Project, for featuring me and my artistic journey on the “Amazing Asians in the Arts” blog! Check it out here
Always fun playing with Lilly! Check out my most recent with her “Why Is My Girlfriend Mad At Me?!” and see her YouTube channel for more new sketches out every Thursday!
Honored to be included in this Asian American News article representing SAALT as a board member, alongside incredible organizers of Stop AAPI Hate, Chinese for Affirmation Action, and Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, discussing the history & importance of intersectional solidarity against the common enemy of white supremacy.
Loved playing a Young Maya Harris opposite Lilly Singh’s Young Kamala Harris for this “new sitcom coming to NBC” ;) Check out the full sketch here!
Good Morning America invited me to respond to actor Katie Leung coming forward about racist attacks towards her during Harry Potter, and then being asked to deny them. We discussed the importance of challenging the status quo and breaking silence in Hollywood (from sexual harassment to racism and beyond) through reimagining structures, accountability, community and coalition building, using one’s privilege, dismantling hierarchies, representation, scarcity mentality, and more. It’s not isolated to Katie and it’s not isolated to Hollywood - these incidents are all rooted in the same systemic oppression. Remembering it’s up to us to protect and stand by one another - here’s the aired snipped of that conversation!
Thursday night I had the honor of speaking live during an ABC Nightline segment "Stop the Hate" about the recent rise of anti-Asian American hate violence alongside Daniel Dae Kim, Olivia Munn, Jeremy Lin and many others, as a board member of South Asian Americans Leading Together. The link to just my piece, along with a statement on the importance of addressing these moments with community care and coalition building.
It was so fun working with Lilly again on NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh, guest starring in this “Indian Matchbreaking” sketch. Check it out here!
Honored to sit down and zoom with Anna Hermann of Actionable to talk about my upbringing and how it led me into a life committed to social justice, and more. Check out the full interview here, as well as Actionable’s platform of every day actions to contribute to social change in important and current issues #ActNow
*Intersectionality: a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw describes the framework for understanding how all our social identities ‘intersect’
Honored to be included as a voice in this ELLE article, alongside fellow South Asian and Black American women activists, reflecting the historic swearing in of Kamala Harris on this momentous Inauguration Day.