Playwright & screenwriter || She/Her
New York/Los Angeles/Chennai
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Had the best time talking to Diep about everything under the sun! So honored to be profiled by her in @AmericanTheatre magazine.
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The new Indian bill on trans rights removes the right to self determination for the world’s largest queer community and is nothing short of erasure. Sending love to all my trans siblings back home and hoping the continued outrage helps fuel change theleaflet.in/amp/story/leaf…
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A NICE INDIAN BOY is such a delight. My review of the romantic comedy based on @madplays's play, available for purchase or rent on Amazon: accessbollywood.net/2025/05/…
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Following the digital release of A Nice Indian Boy, GAY TIMES spoke with director Roshan Sethi and star Karan Soni about the rom-com’s historic gay and South Asian representation, and how it both subverts and pays homage to the genre. buff.ly/B4mHLHz
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⭐️⭐️⭐️Updated List⭐️⭐️⭐️
This weekend, A NICE INDIAN BOY opens in several new cities across the US & Canada!
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Review: 'A Nice Indian Boy', Karan Soni And Jonathan Groff Star In The Best Rom-Com Of The Year
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I somehow put into words how much I adored A Nice Indian Boy. A sweet, hilarious, and soulful movie about romance, family, and culture. One of my favourites of the year 🥰 #LFF
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more gay indian weddings on screen!!
A Nice Indian Boy swerves rom-com conventions and becomes a treatise on marriage, shifting generational attitudes + the intersection between race + cultural identity
Karan Soni + Jonathan Groff present hopelessly vulnerable love so damn well
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For the love of god please
Scoop: @RoKhanna is introducing a bill that would cap the cost of childcare at $10 a day for families earning under $400,000 annually.
If it succeeds, the proposal could establish the U.S. equivalent of Canada’s landmark childcare initiative. Read more: time.com/7024525/childcare-c…
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Every level of city government under @NYCMayor is corrupt. I hope all of these criminals end up in jail.
Six ex-NYC DOE staffers used “forged permission slips” to take their own kids and grandkids on city-funded trips meant for homeless students, including a $66,000 excursion to Disney World in 2018, @NYC_SCI says in a just-released report.
A supervisor is accused of trying to cover it up.
“She told us to lie to the investigators,” a co-worker confirmed.
nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-new…
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I can’t understand why “crazed ex-president who committed crimes trying to illegally hang onto power now running again and promising to end the constitutional order and imprison everyone who ever tried to hold him accountable” isn’t front page hyperventilating news material.
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You're hearing a lot about Tim Walz and free school lunches. You're not hearing enough about the behind-the-scenes role of Philando Castile's mom in getting that bill passed. sahanjournal.com/education/f…
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If the first thing you say about trans people is about bathrooms or sports & not about how to make the world safer for these beautiful children of God, you need real help.
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important note:
the Paramount Decree of 1948 legally forbade movie studios from owning+operating theaters, and was directly responsible for the collapse of the old Hollywood studio system after its oligopoly conditions were regulated.
the Paramount Decree was terminated in 2020
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the theater chain that inspired a passionate following with its creative cocktails, extensive food menu and strict “no talking, no texting” policies. variety.com/2024/film/news/s…
Awww Brian I just listened - love you, friend! So honored to know you and everything we've shared on this journey of writing and theater-making. Thank you for being the first person I talked to after I got accepted to our MFA and wasn't sure what I should do with my life. 💗
On the opening to this month's episode I celebrate 9 years since the launch of The Subtext and give big thanks to @madplays for being the first guest and to @DaniOliver for building and launching this ship...
americantheatre.org/2024/05/… #PlaywrightsTalking
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The last 9 months have yielded some incredible Indian and Indian-adjacent films at global festivals, which are really worth keeping an eye on for when you eventually have the chance to watch them.🧵
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The flour massacre, the tents massacre, the hospital massacre, the refugee camp massacre, the ‘safe corridor’ massacre, the endless massacres, in homes, on the streets, in tents, on foot— eight months of massacre after massacre after massacre.
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How far will you go to defend your ethics and standards of integrity, and at what cost? @madplays' Queen is a story about the pursuit of truth, relationships – and bees. 🐝
Get the script: concordsho.ws/ShopQueen. #AAPIHeritageMonth
ALT The yellow script cover of Madhuri Shekar's Queen against a green and black background. In white text is a quote about the show from Chicago Sun-Times.
