THE
DOCTOR (PH.D.) IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
Written & Directed by Ajinkya Desai
Written & Directed by Ajinkya Desai
Time: A morning in 2020, President Trump’s Second
Term in office.
Place: Large, rectangular science-laboratory-cum-office at a university, LA.
Place: Large, rectangular science-laboratory-cum-office at a university, LA.
Characters in order of appearance
Sulaiman (a.k.a. Solomon)………….Ajinkya Desai
Who’s Who . . .
Ajinkya Desai (Sulaiman) obtained his MFA from The Old Globe/USD, where this
play debuted. Playing Malvolio, in the Globe's tour of Twelfth Night, was his first job out of school. His favorite MFA
credits include Touchstone in As You Like
It, Speed in Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Shamrayev in The Seagull and Agamemnon
in Ajax. His Globe Summer Shakespeare
Festival credits include King Richard II,
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, Hamlet. He also understudied/went on for Marcel Spears (The Mayor) in Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the Globe. ajinkya-desai.com
Ajinkya Desai (Director/Playwright) would like to give a
special thanks to his playwriting advisor, Fred Robinson, English Professor at
University of San Diego, and to his directorial advisor, Richard Seer, Director
Emeritus of the Old Globe’s MFA program, for their guidance in constructing
this piece. He also wishes to thank his previous MFA classmates for their
valuable feedback.
Joyce Pena (Light
& Sound Operator) has been in the
business for a little over 25 years. She has touched on many jobs in
this business, from Stage Managing, Props, ASM, Lights, Sound to
Hair-Dressing. Some of the plays she has worked on are "Isaiah's
Dream", New York Artist Unlimited, "Three" at The Swedish
Cottage, "Rock My Soul" at The Riant Theatre, and "Ebony
Black", New York Artist Unlimited. She has also worked at
the world-famous Laugh Factory Comedy Club as a Technician.
Series
C: Sat, May 19th @ 1pm &
Sun, May 20th @ 3:30pm
THE GOOD SEEDS By Lauren Andrews
Featuring: Marissa M. Miller & Mike Heslin
A thought-provoking yet humorous insight into married life and the modern age.
Featuring: Marissa M. Miller & Mike Heslin
A thought-provoking yet humorous insight into married life and the modern age.
THE ORANGE LILY By Dymon Taylor Davis
When you say you love me, do you really mean it?
When you say you love me, do you really mean it?
A man and woman fall in
love. Everything is like a movie until
the woman becomes pregnant. The man is
not ready to be a father and wants nothing to do with the woman. The woman has
to decide between her baby and her husband.
THE
DOCTOR (PH.D) IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
By Ajinkya Desai
We are very willing to stereotype South Asians as nerds, fearful of artistic risk-taking. However, we forget that most brown people have limited scope to pursue their artistic dreams.
By Ajinkya Desai
We are very willing to stereotype South Asians as nerds, fearful of artistic risk-taking. However, we forget that most brown people have limited scope to pursue their artistic dreams.
The Strawberry One-Act Festival May 16, 2018 – May 27, 2018
At Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, NYC
Between 7th & 8th Avenue
Trains: B,D or E to 7th Avenue. #1 train to 50th Street.
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, NYC
Between 7th & 8th Avenue
Trains: B,D or E to 7th Avenue. #1 train to 50th Street.
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