Vaibu Mohan

VAIBU MOHAN (she/her) is an Indian-American multi-hyphenate artist based in New York City. She comes from a family full of artists and was surrounded by art even before she was born. She began her artistic journey as a Bharatanatyam dancer under the tutelage of her mother, Dr. Srimathy Mohan, at Silambam Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ. For the past twenty years, Vaibu has trained as a student and now serves as Silambam Phoenix’s resident director, associate choreographer, dramaturg, and vocalist.

Vaibu received her BM from Arizona State University in Musical Theatre Performance and her MFA from New York University in Musical Theatre Writing where she met her better half, Zachary Catron and began developing Sati: Goddess Incarnate. Her work has been featured at Lincoln Center, Rattlestick Theatre...

VAIBU MOHAN (she/her) is an Indian-American multi-hyphenate artist based in New York City. She comes from a family full of artists and was surrounded by art even before she was born. She began her artistic journey as a Bharatanatyam dancer under the tutelage of her mother, Dr. Srimathy Mohan, at Silambam Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ. For the past twenty years, Vaibu has trained as a student and now serves as Silambam Phoenix’s resident director, associate choreographer, dramaturg, and vocalist.

Vaibu received her BM from Arizona State University in Musical Theatre Performance and her MFA from New York University in Musical Theatre Writing where she met her better half, Zachary Catron and began developing Sati: Goddess Incarnate. Her work has been featured at Lincoln Center, Rattlestick Theatre, Brooklyn Children’s Theatre, The American Opera Project, 54 Below, and Greenroom 42. She was also a 2021 Write Out Loud Finalist.

Scripts

Bound To You

by Vaibu Mohan

Synopsis

An (extremely) loose adaptation of one of the stories from the folklore of King Vikramaditya and the Vetalam (Demon). A Woman finds herself in a bondage studio with her Demon and asked to answer a riddle. But what begins as a simple riddle unravels into an exploration of sexuality, the body as a vessel for self love and self hatred, shame, and the hope of release. Bound To You asks us what revelations we can...

An (extremely) loose adaptation of one of the stories from the folklore of King Vikramaditya and the Vetalam (Demon). A Woman finds herself in a bondage studio with her Demon and asked to answer a riddle. But what begins as a simple riddle unravels into an exploration of sexuality, the body as a vessel for self love and self hatred, shame, and the hope of release. Bound To You asks us what revelations we can come to when our Demons bind us and make us look inward.

Adi-Antham: A Play in Three Movements and Two Languages

by Vaibu Mohan

Synopsis

Adi-Antham is a bilingual play exploring the concept of American realism and the kitchen-sink drama through an Indian lens. From the outside, the Ramachandrans look like a typical Indian-American immigrant family: a nice couple who immigrated to the United States after their arranged marriage, found success, had two daughters, and now live a quiet life. But when their kids come back home for Thanksgiving with...

Adi-Antham is a bilingual play exploring the concept of American realism and the kitchen-sink drama through an Indian lens. From the outside, the Ramachandrans look like a typical Indian-American immigrant family: a nice couple who immigrated to the United States after their arranged marriage, found success, had two daughters, and now live a quiet life. But when their kids come back home for Thanksgiving with their partners, secrets are revealed from all sides and the carefully pieced together normalcy the Ramachandran’s lives were built on comes crashing down.

Adi-Antham features both Tamil and English dialogue, the music of some of my favorite Tamil films, movement, and a whole lot of food. After all, food is an Indian mother’s favorite love language.

Let Me Take Your Hand

by Vaibu Mohan

Synopsis

Janani has to make a big decision. Her sister, Amrita, feels out of control as decisions are being made around her. Their mother, Uma, has made too many decisions in her life and is confronted by yet another seemingly impossible one. Let Me Take Your Hand enters around three Indian women and their relationships to men and babies (and sometimes who can tell the difference) in a multigenerational look at a women's...

Janani has to make a big decision. Her sister, Amrita, feels out of control as decisions are being made around her. Their mother, Uma, has made too many decisions in her life and is confronted by yet another seemingly impossible one. Let Me Take Your Hand enters around three Indian women and their relationships to men and babies (and sometimes who can tell the difference) in a multigenerational look at a women's purpose, her duty, and her autonomy.

Janala- A Ten Minute Play

by Vaibu Mohan

Synopsis

Binodini and Nima fell in love as teenagers do. But in their rural community in 1952, their love for each other which reaches across religion and sexuality is a threat. Amidst communal violence in Bengal post Indian independence, two girls must make a decision

Binodini and Nima fell in love as teenagers do. But in their rural community in 1952, their love for each other which reaches across religion and sexuality is a threat. Amidst communal violence in Bengal post Indian independence, two girls must make a decision