Founded Performing Arts Initiative Black Box Okhla
2017, New Delhi, India.
Directing
Extant: A Queer Happening*
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2023.
For The Record*
Winner of 6 Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META): Best Play, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Ensemble, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Official Selection at The International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK)
Created by Dhwani Vij, Kriti Pant, Krittika Bhattacharjee, Kshitij Mervin, Neel Sengupta, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Nikhil Mehta and Prashant Prakash
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2019.
Monsoon Wedding the Musical (Staging Workshop)*
Co-Directed by Mira Nair and Nikhil Mehta
Book by Sabrina Dhawan & Arpita Mukherjee
Lyrics by Masi Asare & Susan Birkenhead
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2019.
Woyzeck
By George Büchner
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2018.
The Shakuntala Project*
By Nikhil Mehta
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2017.
Katzelmacher
by R.W. Fassbinder
Black Box Okhla, New Delhi, India. 2014.
Sakharam Binder
by Vijay Tendulkar
3LD, New York, NY. 2013.
Sab Theek Hai, Doctor Sahab?
LTG Auditorium, New Delhi, India. 2012.
True Love
by Charles Mee
Horace Mann Theatre, New York, NY. 2012.
The Basement
by Harold Pinter
Schapiro Theatre, New York, NY. 2011.
Ivanov
by Anton Chekhov
Schapiro Theatre, New York, NY. 2011.
The Mystery of Martand Haveli*
by Keith Boynton
Shri Ram Centre, New Delhi, India. 2011.
Lend me a Tenor
by Ken Ludwing
Alliance Francaise, New Delhi, India. 2010.
Fasten Your Seatbelt
Shri Ram Centre, New Delhi, India. 2009.
Beyond Therapy
by Christopher Durang
Gramercy Green, New York, NY. 2008.
Pardeh Ke Peeche Kya Hai?*
by Nikhil Mehta
LTG Auditorium, New Delhi, India. 2008.
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman
Silver Centre, New York, NY. 2007.
Is Everyone Here Yet?
LTG Auditorium, New Delhi, India. 2007.
The Script *
By Nikhil Mehta, Sonali Bhasin, Nayantara Parikh and Arjun Lahiri
Lok Kala Manch, New Delhi, India. 2006.
* New Writing
Additional Experience
Sunday In The Park With George (Starring Jake Gyllenhaal)
Assistant Director
Directed by Sarna Lapine
The Hudson Theatre on Broadway
New York
A Rite
Assistant Director
Directed by Anne Bogart and Bill T. Jones
Premiere - Carolina Performing Arts
(Received a Schubert Fellowship for this Position)
Flying Over Sunset
Assistant Director
Directed by James Lapine
Development Workshop, November 2017
Second Stage Theatre
New York
Movie: Rangoon
Director's Assistant
Written and Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Development, Shooting and Post Production
Mumbai
Guest Lecturer at Yale University and Columbia University,
Subject : The Violence of Intercultural Practice
New Haven, CT / New York, NY
President of the Inter-disciplinary Arts Council
Columbia University, New York, NY
Curator and advisor for Project R.E.A.C.H
A social justice and leadership training program that won "Diversity Program of the Year" award at NYU.
Education
Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
MFA in Theatre Directing
New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Literature, Economics and Educational Theatre (Minor)