The ensemble. Photo by Ken Yotsukura.

Presented by Chuang Stage Theatre Company 
Written by Lavina Jadhwani
Directed by Tushar Mathew
Live Tabla Music by Om Hegde

October 14 – October 31, 2026
Boston Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre

Critique by Kitty Drexel

65 minutes (plus or minus) with no intermission.

TL;DR: Regardless of your religion or culture: It doesn’t matter how strung his bow is. Dump him if he shoots it with everyone but you. 

BOSTON — Lavina Jadhwani’s feminist play The Sitayana reimagines the ancient Sanskrit epic poem The Ramayana from the perspective of Rama’s defamed but forgiving wife, Sita. Tushar Mathew’s production for Chuang Stage was a narrative ritual told through an ensemble of women. On a gorgeous stage decked in oranges, reds and yellows designed by Jayoung Hong and lit by designer Ashley Ting Yung, Sita’s story unfolded before us. It was wonderful: intersectional, feminist, sacred.  Continue reading →