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PRISONCORE!

 
Lucky is starting his job as a guard at a new innovative prison. Rain is continuing her job as a dealer for a popular online casino. In a moment of indifferent cruelty, the two lives intersect and discover what it means to fight for freedom — and who gets sacrificed along the way.


DEVELOPMENT:

Worldwide Premier at Exponential Festival 2025. Directed by Rachel Gita Karp, Media Design by Lauren Serafica, and produced by Thalia Sablon and Emma Richmond.

Workshop Performance developed with Rachel Gita Karp and Lauren Serafica at Gestating Baby 2024.

Staged Reading directed by Rachel Gita Karp with Art Direction by Lauren Serafica at LPAC’s Rough Draft Festival 2024.


Script Available Upon Request ︎︎︎


The Fate of the Online Cow


The Cow spends her life in front of a camera, playing video games for an active chat, earning money for her owners, Mud and Hue. Up until this point, her life has been simple but fulfilled. However, when a game of Minecraft leads her to consider her own predicament, she must come to terms with the oppressive conditions she exists under and the act of earned revolution.

DEVELOPMENT:

Workshop Production at Brick Aux 2023.

Theater Spring Intensive 2021 & Finishing Commission

Developed under The Lark’s Fall 2020 Playground

AWARDS:
Honorable Mention, Relentless Award, American Playwriting Foundation 2024
Finalist, FMM Fellowship at Synechdoche Works
Semifinalist at Austin Film Festival
Semifinalist at O’Neill NPC


Script Available Upon Request ︎︎︎


Gardens @ Glennshead


On her way to plant her late mother's four herbs, Karna awakens a long sleeping Giant. The Giant has been waiting for a human to come its way so that it may pass on an ancient prophecy. However, as Karna tries to avoid this prophecy, the world around both Karna and The Giant begins to fold in on them.

DEVELOPMENT:
Developed in residency at BARN LAB 2024
Clubbed Thumb SummerWorks 2023

Developed with Clubbed Thumb ‘22/23 Early Career Writers Group


Script Available Upon Request 

Caretake of Her


Cyrus is in a listless part of his life. He has quit his job to start a directionless podcast, and is growing more and more resentful of his fiance, Lily. However, he is suddenly thrown into a spiral when his vegetable grandmother is moved into his and Lily's one-bedroom apartment as she enters hospice. As he discovers her past and comes to view himself as a member of a lost royal community, he begins to bring chaos into what was a quiet life for him and his partner.

DEVELOPMENT:

Sanguine Theater Playwright’s Spring Break 2023

Fall 2020 Playground with The Lark


Script Available Upon Request ︎︎︎


Let Me Let Me Rot


When Mangal's suicide attempt fails, he suddenly finds himself in an awkward predicament: face to face with a recent meet on a dating app, Death herself. Together, they investigate why he tried, and whether their relationship can survive.

DEVELOPMENT:

Presented as part of Boomerang Theater’s Pass the Baton ‘23 series

Developed with Clubbed Thumb ‘22/23 Early Career Writers Group


AWARDS:

Finalist for O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2023

Script Available Upon Request ︎︎︎
kanishk pandey © 2024 
kanishk.pandey@gmail.com

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