House of India by
In memory of her late husband, Ananya runs “House of India”, the last remaining restaurant in a once-flourishing Asian strip mall in Ohio. All around her are pressures to change – from her finances, from her environment, and most annoyingly, from Jacob, a Thai-American entrepreneur determined to convert the restaurant into a nationwide fast-casual Indo-fusion franchise. When the restaurant is vandalized, Ananya...
In memory of her late husband, Ananya runs “House of India”, the last remaining restaurant in a once-flourishing Asian strip mall in Ohio. All around her are pressures to change – from her finances, from her environment, and most annoyingly, from Jacob, a Thai-American entrepreneur determined to convert the restaurant into a nationwide fast-casual Indo-fusion franchise. When the restaurant is vandalized, Ananya must make a choice: give up on her husband's “American dream” and close up shop or compromise to stay afloat? A play about South Indian food, familial expectations, and figuring out what really makes a "house" a home.