Sanjit Sengupta

Sanjit Sengupta is a playwright whose work involves contemporary and historical social themes. His short play, Sunny Living, was performed live in the Ten-Minute Madness Festival at the North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe in San Diego, April 2023. His one-act play, Global Alligator, received a workshop at the Valdez Theatre Conference, June 2023. His other 10-minute and one-act plays have had readings and workshops at numerous competitive festivals. Sanjit is a member of the Dramatists Guild, New Play Exchange, Play Café, Berkeley, Pear Theatre Playwrights Guild, Theatre Bay Area, and The Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco.

Sanjit Sengupta is a playwright whose work involves contemporary and historical social themes. His short play, Sunny Living, was performed live in the Ten-Minute Madness Festival at the North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe in San Diego, April 2023. His one-act play, Global Alligator, received a workshop at the Valdez Theatre Conference, June 2023. His other 10-minute and one-act plays have had readings and workshops at numerous competitive festivals. Sanjit is a member of the Dramatists Guild, New Play Exchange, Play Café, Berkeley, Pear Theatre Playwrights Guild, Theatre Bay Area, and The Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco.

Scripts

The Promise

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Sameer, a poor graduate student, and his young wife, Seema, move to Berkeley from India. They are befriended by Edna, a feisty, outspoken senior citizen. Cultural and generational differences lead to different expectations from the relationship on each side. Edna wants Sameer and Seema to keep a promise. Sameer and Seema want Edna’s acceptance as a microcosm of their assimilation into their adopted new country...

Sameer, a poor graduate student, and his young wife, Seema, move to Berkeley from India. They are befriended by Edna, a feisty, outspoken senior citizen. Cultural and generational differences lead to different expectations from the relationship on each side. Edna wants Sameer and Seema to keep a promise. Sameer and Seema want Edna’s acceptance as a microcosm of their assimilation into their adopted new country. Will they be successful in getting what they want?

Turbulence

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Rima is a Hindu single parent from Mumbai grieving the death of her husband. She meets a young Muslim graduate student in the San Francisco Bay Area and they fall in love. Over six years and two continents, their turbulent relationship faces myriad social obstacles including ageism, interfaith taboos, and geopolitics. Will they get what they want from each other and society? The play provokes audiences to...

Rima is a Hindu single parent from Mumbai grieving the death of her husband. She meets a young Muslim graduate student in the San Francisco Bay Area and they fall in love. Over six years and two continents, their turbulent relationship faces myriad social obstacles including ageism, interfaith taboos, and geopolitics. Will they get what they want from each other and society? The play provokes audiences to rethink their beliefs, attitudes, and values so we can move towards a more inclusive, harmonious society.

Tao House

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Eugene O’Neill and his third wife, Carlotta Monterrey, lived in the Tao House in Danville, CA, from 1937 - 1944. Based on historical accounts, this play dramatizes their lives during those years.

Eugene O’Neill and his third wife, Carlotta Monterrey, lived in the Tao House in Danville, CA, from 1937 - 1944. Based on historical accounts, this play dramatizes their lives during those years.

Customer Service

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

There's theatre all around us if we are keen to observe it.

There's theatre all around us if we are keen to observe it.

Academic Advice

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Regina, a struggling student in Professor Singh’s Statistics 101 class, comes to him for academic advice. Can he really help her?

Regina, a struggling student in Professor Singh’s Statistics 101 class, comes to him for academic advice. Can he really help her?

Sunny Living

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Tina Mullaney from Apple demonstrates the iPod Home Mini to a group of residents of the Sunny Living Senior Community. She gets useful feedback for product improvements and is also moved by her interactions with the seniors. She also learns a hard truth about herself.

Tina Mullaney from Apple demonstrates the iPod Home Mini to a group of residents of the Sunny Living Senior Community. She gets useful feedback for product improvements and is also moved by her interactions with the seniors. She also learns a hard truth about herself.

Global Alligator

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Stan/Ziggy/Saturn is a global alligator who gets caught up in geopolitics during the second world war and its aftermath. As a result, he gets shipped from the USA to Germany to Russia. Everywhere he goes he is befriended by humans and is also hurt by them. He survives by his instincts and lives to the ripe old age of 84. This is an unproduced, original script for young audiences, in the age range 12-18. It...

Stan/Ziggy/Saturn is a global alligator who gets caught up in geopolitics during the second world war and its aftermath. As a result, he gets shipped from the USA to Germany to Russia. Everywhere he goes he is befriended by humans and is also hurt by them. He survives by his instincts and lives to the ripe old age of 84. This is an unproduced, original script for young audiences, in the age range 12-18. It provides practical advice for living a good life.

A Ray of Hope for Asha

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Asha, the only child of Indian American immigrants Dipak and Arati, meets Ray, an African American physical trainer, in the early period of the coronavirus pandemic. Asha decides to go on a “workcation” to Cancun with Ray, knowing that her parents would disapprove. Asha contracts COVID-19 in Cancun. Ray takes care of Asha during her recovery, and they fall in love. When they return stateside, continuing parental...

Asha, the only child of Indian American immigrants Dipak and Arati, meets Ray, an African American physical trainer, in the early period of the coronavirus pandemic. Asha decides to go on a “workcation” to Cancun with Ray, knowing that her parents would disapprove. Asha contracts COVID-19 in Cancun. Ray takes care of Asha during her recovery, and they fall in love. When they return stateside, continuing parental opposition from Dipak and Arati to their interracial relationship leads to Asha and Ray’s breakup. Then Ray does something that drastically upends everybody’s life. Is there any hope for Asha?

American Businessman

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Jayant, a brash and mercurial CEO, is relentless in his climb up the corporate ladder. He alienates co-workers and friends during his singular journey. Will he succeed in achieving the American Dream?

Jayant, a brash and mercurial CEO, is relentless in his climb up the corporate ladder. He alienates co-workers and friends during his singular journey. Will he succeed in achieving the American Dream?

Life's Not Fair

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

James Callahan comes to San Francisco to write his next horror novel. He has a strange encounter in a hotel room which has serious consequences for his career and personal life.

James Callahan comes to San Francisco to write his next horror novel. He has a strange encounter in a hotel room which has serious consequences for his career and personal life.

The Education of Alistair Donahue

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

An inter-generational, inter-racial encounter between writers results in conflict, dialog, and understanding about the Black Lives Matter movement.

An inter-generational, inter-racial encounter between writers results in conflict, dialog, and understanding about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Midlife Crisis

by Sanjit Sengupta

Synopsis

Brian, a wannabe playwright, and Julie, a successful corporate executive, have been married for 35 years. They need some excitement in their lives. Along comes Gigi to create tension between Julie and Brian. How will Julie and Brian overcome their midlife crisis?

Brian, a wannabe playwright, and Julie, a successful corporate executive, have been married for 35 years. They need some excitement in their lives. Along comes Gigi to create tension between Julie and Brian. How will Julie and Brian overcome their midlife crisis?