WRITING
PLAYS
SULFUR BOTTOM
Full Length, 3f 3m
Buoyed by the promise of jobs and economic development, a series of factories plague a small town. But with reports of dangerous chemicals leaking from the industrial plants, a young woman must make impossible choices to protect her loved ones. Set over 40 years, Rishi Varma’s new drama SULFUR BOTTOM sees an embattled family forced to confront generations of environmental injustice—and maybe just a few talking animals along the way.
THE PARROT AND THE STALLION
Full Length, 2f 3m
The jaws of a mega pharmaceutical giant are open, and newly hired diversity officer Amara jumps in to take on a dangerous case: an allegation of racism by an employee of color against her supervisor. After taking up an investigation, Amara finds more than she bargained for as she faces corporate red-tape, psychedelic drugs, and grapples with a system that has intruded on every aspect of her life. Rishi Varma’s new play THE PARROT AND THE STALLION is an absurdist critique on an absurd system that ultimately challenges the notion that systemic change is even possible in America.
TV
THE BARRED ZONE
Miniseries - Pilot
In the early 20th century, a young man’s dangerous relationship with a shop worker, the search for a missing man, and a woman’s growing debt threaten to tear apart a Punjabi-Mexican community in Southern California, all while they face increasing pressure from law enforcement and disgruntled members of the county.
COMING SOON