←Recommendations of Rage Play

  • Premiere Stages at Kean University: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Rage Play as a Semi-Finalist for the 2026 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive process to become one of 65 Semi-Finalists out of 894 submissions. With an inventive form, the piece boldly addresses a tragically relevant issue for women. Our panel admired the play’s feeling of urgency and its blend of theatrical approaches. Our congratulations and thanks to Nandita.

    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Rage Play as a Semi-Finalist for the 2026 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive process to become one of 65 Semi-Finalists out of 894 submissions. With an inventive form, the piece boldly addresses a tragically relevant issue for women. Our panel admired the play’s feeling of urgency and its blend of theatrical approaches. Our congratulations and thanks to Nandita.

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  • Shaun Leisher: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    A fantastic play about gender and oppression. Loved the way reality is played with here. Loved how absurd this play gets. Loved how grounded this play was despite the moments of absurdity. A play that is going to spark so much needed conversation. Be brave and produce this play. Your community will thank you.

    A fantastic play about gender and oppression. Loved the way reality is played with here. Loved how absurd this play gets. Loved how grounded this play was despite the moments of absurdity. A play that is going to spark so much needed conversation. Be brave and produce this play. Your community will thank you.

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  • Michael C. O'Day: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    A dazzling, ferocious mix of RASHOMON, Ionesco, and Third-wave feminism. Shenoy isn't content just to comment on our culture of sexual violence, and our fumbling ways to come to terms with it. Instead, she takes on the narratives we tell ourselves to justify our actions, the narratives we use to conveniently judge others, and ultimately, the ethics of narrative itself - all without ever losing sight of the piece's moral core of anguished outrage. Funny, scary, and vital.

    A dazzling, ferocious mix of RASHOMON, Ionesco, and Third-wave feminism. Shenoy isn't content just to comment on our culture of sexual violence, and our fumbling ways to come to terms with it. Instead, she takes on the narratives we tell ourselves to justify our actions, the narratives we use to conveniently judge others, and ultimately, the ethics of narrative itself - all without ever losing sight of the piece's moral core of anguished outrage. Funny, scary, and vital.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    A powerful look at the rage involved in fighting a system of sexism and patriarchy that never seems to die. Well done.

    A powerful look at the rage involved in fighting a system of sexism and patriarchy that never seems to die. Well done.

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  • Vince Gatton: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    To say that Nandita Shenoy’s RAGE PLAY is timely and powerful and important would be entirely true, but that would give unfairly short shrift to how flat-out hilarious and wildly entertaining it is. Starting with a bang and letting up only in the most unexpected ways, this violent and absurdist ride is thought-provoking, deceptively simple, and playfully theatrical in the best sense; any production promises to be a helluva workout for its actors, its fight choreographer, and its audience. May there be many.

    To say that Nandita Shenoy’s RAGE PLAY is timely and powerful and important would be entirely true, but that would give unfairly short shrift to how flat-out hilarious and wildly entertaining it is. Starting with a bang and letting up only in the most unexpected ways, this violent and absurdist ride is thought-provoking, deceptively simple, and playfully theatrical in the best sense; any production promises to be a helluva workout for its actors, its fight choreographer, and its audience. May there be many.

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  • Tulane University Department of Theatre and Dance: Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy
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    This play is a departure for Shenoy--darker, edgier, and deeply powerful and resonant for our times. Well-deserved place on the Kilroys list.

    This play is a departure for Shenoy--darker, edgier, and deeply powerful and resonant for our times. Well-deserved place on the Kilroys list.

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