←Recommendations of Jyoti's Bridge

  • Leah Roth Barsanti: Jyoti's Bridge by Kanika Vaish
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    THE SORT OF PLAY WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF! It is a beautiful blueprint about the obligations we have to ourselves and our communities that engages ALL of the senses. It is also a script with A TON of room for collaborative play. Designers and actors are given so much meat and theme, but nothing about this play feels prescriptive, and this could easily be produced beautifully with a modest or extensive budget. It's East Asian, it's queer, it's unique and relatable and vulnerable and beautiful.

    THE SORT OF PLAY WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF! It is a beautiful blueprint about the obligations we have to ourselves and our communities that engages ALL of the senses. It is also a script with A TON of room for collaborative play. Designers and actors are given so much meat and theme, but nothing about this play feels prescriptive, and this could easily be produced beautifully with a modest or extensive budget. It's East Asian, it's queer, it's unique and relatable and vulnerable and beautiful.

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  • Red Theater: Jyoti's Bridge by Kanika Vaish
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    JYOTI'S BRIDGE is a kind of love letter to the self, an acknowledgement that we can't exist outside of one another, that life has to be lived in the moment. This play zooms out far enough to reveal how fleeting the significant moments of our lives are, how malleable gender is, and how emotions get trapped in our bodies until we choose to face them. Truly a unique piece of theater with plenty of exciting potential for design, especially lighting and sound.

    JYOTI'S BRIDGE is a kind of love letter to the self, an acknowledgement that we can't exist outside of one another, that life has to be lived in the moment. This play zooms out far enough to reveal how fleeting the significant moments of our lives are, how malleable gender is, and how emotions get trapped in our bodies until we choose to face them. Truly a unique piece of theater with plenty of exciting potential for design, especially lighting and sound.

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  • Blyss Cleveland: Jyoti's Bridge by Kanika Vaish
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    Jyoti's Bridge is a moving story that uses reincarnation to explore how to leave one's soul in better shape for the next person. It raises thoughtful questions about what we owe to those who came before us and those who will come after, and how to make sense of painful experiences. I loved the image of the bridge being built throughout the play. I highly recommend this play!

    Jyoti's Bridge is a moving story that uses reincarnation to explore how to leave one's soul in better shape for the next person. It raises thoughtful questions about what we owe to those who came before us and those who will come after, and how to make sense of painful experiences. I loved the image of the bridge being built throughout the play. I highly recommend this play!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Jyoti's Bridge by Kanika Vaish
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    Wow! I really need to see this play produced. I was moved by the journey Jyoti goes on as she looks back at her life and the regrets she lived through. This play perfectly captures aspects of queer love and discovering one's own identity as it relates to being Indian. I was so moved by the moments where Jyoti and Anirudh both got to make peace with their pasts. Can't wait to see what a lighting and sound designer can do with this play. Proof that the specific is usually the most universal.

    Wow! I really need to see this play produced. I was moved by the journey Jyoti goes on as she looks back at her life and the regrets she lived through. This play perfectly captures aspects of queer love and discovering one's own identity as it relates to being Indian. I was so moved by the moments where Jyoti and Anirudh both got to make peace with their pasts. Can't wait to see what a lighting and sound designer can do with this play. Proof that the specific is usually the most universal.

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  • Zach Barr: Jyoti's Bridge by Kanika Vaish
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    Beginning as a journey to confront the past, Vaish’s script twists devilishly and gradually into a wider exploration of guilt, generational trauma, and the shadow of self-loathing. Acknowledging the audience as viewers raises the stakes, and the ethereal setting allows for enormously creative scenic design without letting spectacle overwhelm the strong core. Incorporating elements of ritual (and food preparation!) help it stand out as a gripping, significant play.

    Beginning as a journey to confront the past, Vaish’s script twists devilishly and gradually into a wider exploration of guilt, generational trauma, and the shadow of self-loathing. Acknowledging the audience as viewers raises the stakes, and the ethereal setting allows for enormously creative scenic design without letting spectacle overwhelm the strong core. Incorporating elements of ritual (and food preparation!) help it stand out as a gripping, significant play.

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