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2023-2024 Programming
Choti Choti Batain:
New Play reading
Red Beti Theatre & Pleiades Theatre
in association with SAWITRI Theatre present
CHOTI CHOTI BATAIN
a new play
by Sanskuti Marathe & Davinder Malhi
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April 16th, 2023 at 6 pm
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in the Music Room at The Brampton Civic Centre
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(150 Central Park Drive, Brampton, ON)
Playwrights - SANSKRUTI MARATHE and DAVINDER MALHI
Directed by - SANJAY TALWAR
Dramaturgy by - JIVESH PARASRAM
With our own ...
RADHA MENON as Mummy Waheeda
Featuring ...
SARENA PARMAR - Jaspinder
SUPINDER WRAICH - Meena
DHANISH KUMAR CHINNIAH - Gurvir
JIND SOHILA - Chachi Kiran
BECKY ABLACK - Muni
JASMINE SAWANT - Tayee Sukhminder
SARABJEET ARORA - Suraj (The Man), Papa Balwinder, Chacha Kuljeet
Presenting Partner: Pleiades Theatre
ANDREY TARASIUK - Artistic Producer
ASH KNIGHT - Artistic Producer, Designate
LAURYN SHERWOOD - Social Media Co-ordinator
LEON AUREUS - Graphic Designer
PERSPECTIVES, POWER, and PRIVILEGE
Staged readings celebrating Pleiades Theatre's 25-year history & its future
With Gratitude...
for support from the following Red Beti sponsors:
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Abhijit Mohare, Realtor, SaveMax at Dreamhome Realty
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Chirag Pillai, Mortgage Agent at Affinity Mortgage Solutions
About the Play...
Choti Choti Batain is our love letter to South Asian mothers. This story takes place in Brampton as the death of their father brings a family to their knees, the mother of the household attempts to divorce her dead husband to find freedom again. choti choti batain was inspired by our own experiences with the patriarchy in South Asian/Punjabi culture and the sacrifices immigrant families must make to survive. When writing this play, we asked:
What does resilience look like for South Asian women?
How do Punjabi families relate to the idea of "home"?
How can we find compassion for our families, while also challenging them to expand their beliefs?
Join us for laughs, catharsis & snacks
Red Beti is pleased to offer homemade, individually wrapped snack boxes.
$5, $10, $20 PWYC (general seating)
Our Core Values
DECOLONISATION
We place IBPOC women’s stories at the forefront of the curatorial process, and work with IBPOC Artistic and Design Teams to create and implement work culture policies that support transparency, accountability, and care.
COMMUNITY
We value our theatre and arts community in Hamilton; we aim to serve the community by creating jobs, discussion, and politically charged art that demands evolution from the status quo.
VIBRANCY
Inspired by the colourful, dynamic and bold tradition of rich textiles woven by women globally, we are determined to bring vibrant, entertaining, dramatic, and explosive art to the stage.
MENTORSHIP
We believe that mentoring younger generations is integral to the development of our community and consistently work with younger artists and administrators to support paid on the job training.
RESILIENCE
Our company was born out of a need for founding Artistic Director, Radha Menon, to have her work produced- as a woman of colour in Hamilton- in the late 2000s, as Radha was prevented access to all mainstream companies. Her resilience and the tenacity of countless other marginalized artists has propelled the performing arts sector in Canada to evolve into the more inclusive ecology we see today.
Community Impact
Red Beti Theatre creates experiences that take audiences on unpredictable journeys that are inspiring, exciting and intriguing. Our productions are critically acclaimed and have been included in The View Magazine’s annual Best of Theatre column from 2012 to the present. While we consider Hamilton, Ontario our home base, our productions have been presented throughout the province and for global audiences online.
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