A REAL Check-In from India ft. Laxmi Priya & Anisha Pucadyil

We are BACK for the second half of Season 1 with a REAL check-in from India featuring Laxmi Priya and Anisha Pucadyil! Laxmi is a Playback Theatre performer, teacher, and improviser in Bangalore, India. She performs with The Adamant Eves (India’s first all women’s improv company) and is a co-founder of Citylamps Playback Theatre. She is a graduate of Interdisciplinary humanities from the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, and has facilitated spontaneous theatre-based processes and training since 2014. Anisha performs with Citylamps Playback Theatre (India), the Tiny Dinos team (UK), the sll women's team Tooth Fairy Conspiracy with Queen City Comedy (US), and the NOAAR team (India). She has a Masters in Psychology and has advocated for early access to Arts education in India. She hopes to engage in conversations about intersectionality, climate change, and gender in building community through improv and playback. On this episode Laxmi and Anisha talk about their reality off the stage as artists living in India during the pandemic and amidst political unrest, and varying levels of crisis. They share their passion for Playback Theatre and it’s importance in community building, and discuss what it’s like participating in artforms, that are not native to their country, during tumultuous times. They also share their perspectives on the complexity of coming from caste privilege and creating meaningful, aware, and inclusive work. As the global improv community continues to come together virtually, this episode is a lesson in our responsibility as a community to have awareness of what our friends across the globe are going through off the stage. ******* If you’re enjoying our show and want to keep in touch follow us on social media @eliseandjohnshow . You can also support us on Patreon and get exclusive content and more from the both of us! City Lamps Playback Theatre: Facebook ; Instagram Casteism in Indian Stand-up comedy by the Anurag Minus Verma Podcast Mentioned: City Lamps Playback Theatre, Queen City Comedy