A Nice Indian Boy

by Madhuri Shekar

Naveen Gavaskar just wants a traditional Hindu marriage to a nice Indian... boy. While his parents are trying to wrap their heads around this strange idea, his older sister returns home and drops a bombshell of her own. A comedy about love and marriage today- gay or straight, arranged or not.

Naveen Gavaskar just wants a traditional Hindu marriage to a nice Indian... boy. While his parents are trying to wrap their heads around this strange idea, his older sister returns home and drops a bombshell of her own. A comedy about love and marriage today- gay or straight, arranged or not.

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  • Charlotte Arnoux: A Nice Indian Boy by Madhuri Shekar
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    Hilarious, biting, moving, can't put it down, such a concept. Ah! I love it

    Hilarious, biting, moving, can't put it down, such a concept. Ah! I love it

    ”
  • Samah Meghjee: A Nice Indian Boy by Madhuri Shekar
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    Oh, I love this play. Crying, crying, crying, laughing, crying. All perspectives of this loving and tumultuous family are so beautifully represented. Great characters for actors to dig into and audiences to identify with. Gorgeous!

    Oh, I love this play. Crying, crying, crying, laughing, crying. All perspectives of this loving and tumultuous family are so beautifully represented. Great characters for actors to dig into and audiences to identify with. Gorgeous!

    ”
  • Maximillian Gill: A Nice Indian Boy by Madhuri Shekar
    “

    A wonderful piece that feels absolutely authentic for me and I'm sure for many of South Asian origin. Keshav is a fascinating character, the classic "more Indian than most Indians" and his first meeting with the parents is a tour-de-force. I love that the parents are great comic characters but never caricatures, and their own needs and views are genuine and powerfully rendered. I also fully appreciate the insertion of Bollywood song and would really enjoy seeing this one staged.

    A wonderful piece that feels absolutely authentic for me and I'm sure for many of South Asian origin. Keshav is a fascinating character, the classic "more Indian than most Indians" and his first meeting with the parents is a tour-de-force. I love that the parents are great comic characters but never caricatures, and their own needs and views are genuine and powerfully rendered. I also fully appreciate the insertion of Bollywood song and would really enjoy seeing this one staged.

    ”
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Production History

  • Professional, Rasaka Theatre Company, Chicago, 2015
  • Professional, East West Players, Los Angeles, 2014