ANUVAB PAL

Anuvab Pal's plays include earlier versions of Chaos Theory (Alter Ego Productions, SALAAM Theatre, Producers Club, Here Theatre, 78th Street Theatre Lab, American Theatre of Actors, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Greenwich Street Theatre- all in NYC, ArtWallah Festival- Los Angeles, Georgetown University, STAGE festival–Washington DC, Edward Albee Theatre Festival- Alaska, Rasik Arts- Toronto, Finalist- Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship),

Out of Fashion (Asian-American Writers Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Source- in NYC, Edward Albee Theatre Festival – Alaska),

Life, Love and EBITDA (Lark Theatre-South Asian Diaspora Festival 2003, Epic Theatre – in NYC, Finalist-Playwrights Center/Guthrie Theatre- Minnesota, Artwallah Festival-Los Angeles).

FATWA (New York International Fringe Festival 2004, Blue Heron Arts Center-NYC, Silk Road Theatre-Chicago). He wrote a one act play titled

Paris (Lower East Side Tenement Museum -7.11 Convenience Theatre Festival 2005).   

His most recent play: The President is Coming premiered at The Rage Productions/ Royal Court Theatre Writers Bloc Festival in Mumbai, India.

His screenplays include the independent films:  LOINS OF PUNJAB PRESENTS - selected for LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2006 (Dir: Manish Acharya- with Shabana Azmi and Ayesha Dharker),

CROSSROADS(Dir: Rajyashree Ojha- with Victor Banerjee, Soha Ali Khan, Zeenat Aman) and Arranged Marriage (Dir: Piyush Dinker Pandya).

He is a member playwright of The Pulse Ensemble Theatre Lab, an Associate member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Literary Manager of SALAAM Theatre, as well as a teaching associate with Epic Theatre, where he works with NYC school kids with an interest in playwriting.
Life, Love and EBITDA played as part of the Public Theatre's New Work Now! 2005 Festival. His work has been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, Theatermania, NY Theatre, Village Voice,  Playbill,  India Today, The Hindu, Rediff/ India Abroad, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Mumbai Mirror, and many other publications.