Divya Mangwani
Divya Mangwani
Writer & Theatre Artist
Work
Elements of Change
Writer
Based on a graphic novel, the play brings to life the power that young people have to fight climate change and make a difference.
A commission by UNICEF, Hypokrit Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Greenpoint Innovations, the play debuted at UN Climate Change Week and toured New York City schools.
Sometimes, Stillness
Writer & Producer
A devised poetic dance drama with djembe music, the play is a homage to Nirbhaya, the "fearless woman" and refocuses the conversation around the traumatic event.
"Glassy stares
Eyes like wet buttons
Sold for change"
One, Two, Three
Writer, Director & Producer
Oona, Tina & Trina discover the absurdities of the arranged marriage process.
**Winner of best script, best director, best play and audience vote at international play competition Short+Sweet**
Socrates' Last Wish
Writer, Director & Producer
A college professor conjures up Plato to ponder his disillusionment with the Indian education system.
The absurdist play delves into morality, philosophy and the dangers of thinking for yourself.
Work
Part of You
Writer, Director & Producer
Prateek, an immigrant in a Western First World city, is forced to confront his alter ego and come to terms with his identity and sexuality.
How far will you go to fit in with a society that wants you to cut out a part of yourself?
Fishbowl
Writer, Director & Producer
Drinking alone in an Indian city is taboo. So is sex. So is loneliness. And how do you reconcile with all of these social norms?
The play explores how the conversation about sex shifts and changes in a conservative society through different perspectives.
How do you think the world will end?
Writer & Director
In a dystopian future, a computer program interviews candidates to find the hope of our universe.
An absurdist play about climate change, corporate culture and the apathy of people like us.
Commissioned by Blue Frog For World Earth Day.
Silently Screaming
Writer & Director
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, 'A Tell-Tale Heart', the play is a revenge poetic monologue of a victim of domestic violence.
Commissioned by Gyaan Adab Centre for 'An Evening with Poe.'
Clearing the Rubble
Director & Actor
A radio play by Sahitya Akademi award winner Mahesh Dattani about the traumatic aftermath of natural disasters.
Commissioned by Pagdandi Books Chai Cafe.
Lost Stories
Narrative Collaborator
A story sound installation that integrates different methods of storytelling through personal and cultural narratives.
Immigrants that have left their countries still have their stories, their folktales and myths to connect them to their homeland.
Grant by Tisch GSO
Young Poets Society
Poet
My poetry was featured as a resident young poet at Gyaan Adab Centre, a literary and arts organization.
Time for one hot meal
furtively snatched from
the wada pav stall perched
on the corner of the pothole,
unashamed of its nakedness
in the middle of tar dust and
somewhere nearby, sometimes
fallen angels appear in guises
deceptive of mirage like dishes: