AMERICAN THEATRE

Firmly Rooted

IT’S A BRISK DAY IN NEW YORK CITY AS I WRITE this column, still holding on to all the fabulous and relaxing moments I had on my recent birthday trip to India. You may remember from my first column in American Theatre magazine (May/June ’17), I was born in Guyana, and my family’s immigrant story is part of the Indian diaspora to the Caribbean that dates back to the 1800s. Traveling to India was both a magical and a humbling experience for me.

My personal

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