Theatre Passe Muraille Presents the remount of the award-winning, sold-out 2008 hit PYAASA, written and performed by Anusree Roy, this March.

Fill your 2016 theatre-going season with bold stories from the community and beyond from Theatre Passe Muraille (TPM) – Canada’s First Theatre for New Work. PYAASA, returns to Theatre Passe Muraille March 3-27, 2016 in the TPM Backspace at 16 Ryerson Avenue, and will be the first production to launch TPM’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Plays.

“Life is not easy, Chaya… but you have to believe in it.”

Set in Calcutta, Pyaasa (meaning “thirsty” in Hindi) tells the story of Chaya, an eleven-year-old untouchable who dreams of nothing more than learning her times table. When Chaya’s mother begs a woman from a higher caste to give Chaya a job at a local tea stall, Chaya’s journey from childhood to adulthood begins and ends over ten days.

A moving and heartfelt play, Pyaasa illustrates with subtlety and nuanced truth the inequities and injustices that persist through the Indian caste system. But it also speaks to us about the inequities and injustices that are all around us here in our own community.

To book your tickets or for more information, visit passemuraille.ca/archives/current-season/pyaasa, or call the Theatre Passe Muraille Arts Box Office: 416.504.7529

Photo Credit:

Photo of Anusree Roy & Design by Tanja Tiziana

Overlay Street Imagery by Deborah, CooingInTongues.com

Update Listings:

PYAASA

March 3 – 27, 2016; Opening & Media Night: March 8, 2016 at 7:30pm

A Theatre Passe Muraille Production

Written & performed by Anusree Roy

Directed by Thomas Morgan Jones

Production Design by David DeGrow

Location: Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Avenue, Toronto

Running Time: 50 minutes without intermission

Performances:

Previews: Thursday-Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:00pm

After Opening: Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30pm with Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 2:00pm

Student Matinee: Wednesday March 23 at 1:30pm

Ticket Prices:

General Backspace Admission: $33 (incl. hst)

Seniors: $28 (incl. hst)

Artsworker: $20 (incl. hst)

Under 30: $17 (incl. hst)

Pay-What-You-Can: Saturday and Sunday Matinees (excluding previews) on sale at noon. Limited PWYC tickets available in advance for $22.50 (incl. hst)

Tickets:

By Phone: 416.504.7529

Online: passemuraille.ca

In Person: The Arts Box Office located at 16 Ryerson Avenue and is open Wednesday-Friday from 3:00pm-7:30pm, Saturday from 12:00-7:30pm and Sunday from 12:00-2:30pm and one hour before the show.

Theatre Passe Muraille:

“Canada’s First Theatre for New Work”

Theatre Passe Muraille is a Toronto-based Canadian theatre company, mandated to develop and produce innovative and provocative new theatre works, while nurturing new and established artists and companies. Lead by Artistic Director Andy McKim and General Manager Régine Cadet, Theatre Passe Muraille is home to a repertoire of work that aims to be inclusive, eclectic and representative of Toronto; while creating new collaborative models for the myriad of relationships between independent artists & institutions. Theatre Passe Muraille values empowering artists in the creation and dissemination of their work, looking to help guide that work out into the world.
www.passemuraille.ca