Pratidhwani

05/30/2026

Auditions for Improv Comedy coming up! Are you a desi improviser ? We’re looking for you! Sign up at

Pratidhwani announces auditions for our next Improv Comedy show at Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival.

04/18/2026

Pratidhwani and Seattle Public Theater are inviting self-tape auditions for their upcoming production of नेहा & Neel (Neha & Neel) by Ankita Raturi, Directed by Agastya Kohli.

Rehearsals will begin in July/Aug 2026, and performances run Oct 16 - Nov 8th, at Seattle Public Theater.

Character Break Down:

We’re inviting self-tapes for the following roles:

NEHA – Single mom, mid-forties to mid-fifties, Indian, Hindi speaking immigrant. On a trip with her son to visit college campuses in the Washington DC area. The actor playing this character needs to be able to speak Hindi (convincingly) fluently.

NEEL – Neha's son, seventeen, Indian-American/Sri Lankan-American. Born and raised in California. Travels internationally often to visit his father.

ARNAV and AVATARS - Plays every other character and voice in the play, including Arnav (Neel’s 20 y/o Indian cousin, a doctor on the plane, a motel proprietor, cab driver, nani’s voice, and many more. We are looking for a male presenting, fluent Hindi speaking actor of south Asian descent for this role.

Actors will be paid a $1000 stipend.

How to submit audition: See details at pratidhwani.org/auditions

04/18/2026

We are delighted to announce नेहा & Neel (Neha & Neel) by Ankita Raturi, a co-production with Seattle Public Theater, coming this fall.

04/17/2026

Gum Wall conquered. Join us at the Market Theater tonight for Improv-Asana with

04/16/2026

Show day!!! Hope you’ll come and join us at the Market Theater tonight for IMPROV-ASANA - An Evening of Desi Improv in English! Tickets at Pratidhwani.org/improvasana

Pratidhwani teams up with Unexpected Productions to bring you Improv-Asana - an evening of Desi Improv. April 16th. Performed by Pratidhwani's ensemble, joined by players from UP!

04/12/2026

Pratidhwani's Improv Troupe is back with IMPROV-ASANA - An evening of desi improv in English, co-produced with Unexpected Productions. Starring Anasuya Basu, Anise Rao, Gauri Shringarpure, Ronak Sharma, Siddhant Sharma and Sumant Gupta. Tickets at www.pratidhwani.org/improvasana

04/11/2026

Pratidhwani and Unexpected Productions are teaming up to bring you IMPROV-ASANA - An Evening of Desi Improv in English. April 16th. Tickets and info at www.pratidhwani.org/improvasana

01/16/2026

Congratulations to all BroadwayWorld awards winners including our own Varun Kainth for Best Performer In A Play,, Aarti Tiwari for Best Supporting Performer In A Play, and Agastya Kohli and Moumita Bhattacharya for Best Direction Of A Play, all for House of Joy. Thank you everyone who voted for Pratidhwani!

Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Seattle Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

01/01/2026

Theatre Puget Sound is featuring local theatre companies as 2025 winds down. We at Pratidhwani are grateful for an organization like TPS that serves ALL producing companies in the greater Seattle area, and encourage you all to also support them. https://theatrepugetsound.org/support/donate/

12/29/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we take a look back at all our shows, events and celebrations, which included THIRTEEN Gregory Nominations and EIGHT Awards for Pratidhwani - our biggest haul in a single year yet! As always, we are grateful to our patrons, donors, artists, volunteers, supporters and friends who make the Pratidhwani engine go!