Brimful of Asha

First performed at Theatre Passe Muraille’s Buzz Festival, March 2009

Featuring Ravi Jain and his mom.
In Dec 2007, Ravi Jain went to India to explore his culture; the theatre, people and places in India. Having been before, it was the first time he ever had to travel the sub-continent on his own. To his great surprise, his parents also came to India, and tried to trap him in an Arranged Marriage. Yes. It is true. This is a work in progress, in which my mother and me will talk about what it is to be a 2nd generation immigrant, stuck between two cultures, and the trials and tribulations of the process that is the Arranged Marriage, from both of our perspectives. It really happened.

Special thanks to Andy Mckim for pushing this project in motion.

Ravi Jain was selected as the Urjo Kareda Resident artist at the Tarragon Theatre and will be developing this project throughout 2009/2010