coLAB Arts

🎭 The 21st Annual South Asian Theatre Festival will be on June 13-14 & 20-21, 2026!

🎟️ TICKETS ON SALE NOW: colab-arts.org/south-asian-theatre-festival

Two Weekends! New Venue! We're partnering up with coLAB Arts to host the Festival at their new performance space at 9 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ

Visit colab-arts.org and get your tickets today!

DAY 1: Sat., 13 June:
• Inauguration
• Heart Burst (English) by coLab Arts, NJ: A verbatim play by Dan Swern exploring generational perspectives on mental health
• Attojon (Bengali) by Spotlight, Columbus, OH: A thought-provoking contemporary commentary by playwright Ujjal Chattopadhyaya, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharyya
• Theater in Life 1: What it Takes by Vivid Stage & Epic Actors’ Workshop: A workshop collaborative bringing tales of cancer patients to life through storytelling

DAY 2, Sun., 14 June:
• The Whispers of a Banyan Tree (English & Hindi) by Lights & Shadows Theatre Company, NJ: A vivid kaleidoscope of Indian folklore, dramatized by Priya N Iyer and directed by Mahesh Dattani
• Omanush (Bengali) by Suchona Theater, NY: Playwright Mamunur Rashid examines the stripping away of humanity by corruption, directed by Zannatul Tumpa
• Theater in Life 2: All is Well by Kushilob Collective: Come on, don't you believe it? Let's practice together.

DAY 3, Sat., 20 June:
• Eidur Kol (Bengali) by BCS Natyagoshthi, NJ: Adapted by Asit Ghosh from the classic thriller The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Pradeep K. Banerjee
• Medea’s Sisters (English) by Epic Actors’ Workshop, NJ: Developed as a Greek Theater Lab production
• Theater in Life 3: AbraCaDabrA by Epic Actors’ Workshop: The Vanishing Act we all live in - P**f!
• Crossing to Talikota (English) by ICS Theater, NJ: A timeless classic by playwright Girish Karnad exploring the interplay of power, religion and betrayal, directed by Anand Rao

DAY 4, Sun., 21 June:
• The Whispers of the Banyan Tree (English & Hindi) by Lights & Shadows Theatre Company, NJ
• Crossing to Talikota (English) by ICS Theater, NJ
• Theater in Life 4: AbraCaDabrA by Epic Actors’ Workshop
• Medea’s Sisters (English) by Epic Actors’ Workshop, NJ