The life of a young woman is changed forever on a trip to India when she unearths family secrets, encounters a prophet, and discovers her voice within a culture of silence. In this dark comedy inspired by true events, Minita Gandhi inhabits over twenty characters with great depth and charisma to guide us on a journey through time and place where the familiar and the foreign swap roles. Muthaland is a call to action to inspire love, laughter, hope, and introspection by bridging cultural and generational gaps.
About Minita Gandhi
Minita Gandhi is an actress and playwright born in Mumbai, India. She was raised in the Bay Area and now calls Chicago her artistic home. Muthaland was originally developed at Silk Road Rising Theater as part of the Solo Festival, seelcted for the Ignition Festival of New Plays at Victory Gardens Theater, and invited to the Raven Theater for a special performance sponsored by the Indo-American Heritage Museum. Gandhi has been featured on TVAsia, profiled in Splash Magazine and the Times of India, and is the subject of the new documentary, My Muthaland.
About Heidi Stillman
Heidi Stillman is the Artistic Director at Lookingglass Theater, where she directed Rajiv Joseph’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Stillman’s adaptation of The Book Thief premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in the fall of 2012, and she has staged Laura Eason’s Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Repertory, and Mary Zimmerman’s The Arabian Nights at Berkeley Repertory, among other noteworthy work.
CAATA presents the 2016 National Asian American Theater Conference & Festival (ConFest), a week of performances, panel discussions, plenary and breakout sessions, new play readings, parties, and networking. The 2016 ConFest is hosted by Oregon Shakespeare Festival from October 1-9. Visit caata.net for more details.