n/a

Toronto, ON

2000

Frog and Nightgown Productions

South Asian Review

2008

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Drama - short play (about 20 min)

One Act

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2

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Synopsis: By Air, By Water, By Wood is a comic retelling of a south Indian myth, in which the heads of two women are mistakenly transposed. The women, martyred through this misfortune, transform into goddesses. In By Air, By Water, By Wood, however, their apotheosis hinges on an Oedipal twist. By Air, By Water, By Wood was first produced as one in an evening of short plays. Toronto's Now Magazine said, in its review, "The best, Padma Viswanathan's playful, slyly satiric tale of duelling deities vying to determine who is the more innocent, is vibrant and engrossing."

CBC Radio

1999

CBC Radio

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Drama/Comedy

Radio

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1

1 boy 4 girls

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Synopsis: Disco Does Not Suck is a short radio play, set in 1979, about Sharmila, a grade 7 girl who loves disco. Delores, another girl, loves to pick on Sharmila. When the popular girl's friends turn on her, though, they do this by muscling in on Sharmila's birthday party. Sharmila is thrilled-until the party hurtles out of control.

Edmonton, AB

1998

Northern Light Theatre Co., Edmonton, AB Canada

NeWest Press

1998

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Drama/ Comedy - full-length

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4

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1 child

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Synopsis: House of Sacred Cows is a play about the intersection of two tenuous institutions: the Indian extended family and the commune. In the opening scene, Anand, an Indian graduate student, seeks a place in a housing co-op, only to have his parents' ghosts show up in his room to remind him of all the responsibilities he is ignoring. Anand continues to avoid both parents and responsibilities while falling into a relationship with January, the pillar of the co-op, who turns out to have ghosts of her own. Meanwhile, a love triangle between one of their roommates and two twin brothers threatens to explode. "(an) intricate, fascinating comedy" said the Edmonton Journal. "The texture of co-op life is hilariously captured." VUE Magazine said, "Rich language, stories and ideas from the East, and the West's casual indifference to family and politics collide." Quill & Quire called it a "finely observed comedy of manners."