Kaushik Mukerjee

Kaushik Mukerjee

Kaushik Mukerjee is a writer and musician based in the Washington DC metro area. Inspired as a teenager by Bertolt Brecht, Eugene Ionesco, and Harold Pinter, Kaushik began writing and producing plays and skits. His absurd comedy "Smith's Gone Mad" was selected for production by the Pittsburgh New Works Festival in the early 1990s. Kaushik's writing addresses both personal and political...
Kaushik Mukerjee is a writer and musician based in the Washington DC metro area. Inspired as a teenager by Bertolt Brecht, Eugene Ionesco, and Harold Pinter, Kaushik began writing and producing plays and skits. His absurd comedy "Smith's Gone Mad" was selected for production by the Pittsburgh New Works Festival in the early 1990s. Kaushik's writing addresses both personal and political themes with a combination of comedy, melancholy, realism, and absurdity.

Kaushik's credits include:

"Ex-Roommate"
live online reading by 4615 Theatre Co, April 2021
View here: https://youtu.be/hCW6zIkWp3w

"Virtual Backgrounds"
live online reading by Adventure Theatre MTC, April 2020
View here: https://youtu.be/Mjwymswiemo

"Interview with the Recently Deceased"
equity performance by Theater of Light, NYC, April 8-22 2018
Director: Frank Farrell
Actors: Tony Triano, Ellen DiStasi
@ Blessed Sacrament Theater and Manhattan senior citizen centers

Plays

  • Carry That Weight by Kaushik Mukerjee
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    Genre: drama, melodrama
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    Keyword: monologue, fathers + 1 more
    Genre: drama, melodrama
    Keyword: monologue, fathers, son
    A middle-aged father recalls an episode in the basement of the family home that put his life in perspective.
  • Ex-Roommate by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: hostage, suspense + 4 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: hostage, suspense, revenge, writing, film writing, screenplay
    A writer and his partner are held captive by the writer's old college roommate -- an ex-convict who has some "notes" to share on the writer's new screenplay.
  • Full Circle by Kaushik Mukerjee
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    What happens when a dream makes you question your life choices? In this wistful look at "what could have been", two old friends, who were almost lovers, meet after more than 10 years. While discussing a dream that one of them had, they discover a mysterious coincidence and reveal their deepest secrets and desires.
  • Interview with the Recently Deceased by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, faith-based, melodrama
    In a waiting room in the afterlife, it's a recently dead lawyer's turn to be cross-examined by a celestial record keeper. The outcome of this comic interview will determine the final destination for the lawyer... and his soul.

    (Contains a few mild swear words and references to physical intimacy which can be adjusted to suit the audience and cast.)
  • Melly and Melanie by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: interview, Job Interview + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: interview, Job Interview, Childhood, childhood memories, corporate, corporate culture
    Just before a job interview, Melanie encounters an unexpected visitor -- herself, when she was 9 years old.
  • Very Important Choices by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: 1min play, 1MPF + 6 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: 1min play, 1MPF, big choices, choices, food, pizza, big decision, decisions
    She and he are hungry. She and he are ordering pizza. She and he have way too many choices.
  • Virtual Backgrounds by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, zoom
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    Keyword: professional, corporate + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, zoom
    Keyword: professional, corporate, work
    A workplace Zoom meeting goes hilariously downhill when the boss discovers the joy and endless amusement of virtual backgrounds.
  • Smith's Gone Mad by Kaushik Mukerjee
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: absurd, absurd comedy + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, farce, satire
    Keyword: absurd, absurd comedy, Ionesco, breakdown of society, modern society, social satire, social norms, conformity, individualism
    Originally written in high school, Kaushik's first original play was selected by the Pittsburgh New Works Festival for live professional production by the New Group Theatre. Inspired by Eugene Ionesco, Smith's Gone Mad is an absurd comedy about what happens when an ordinary man runs into an oddball assortment of characters who may or may not be insane.