India, 1947. Six women, three Muslim and three Hindu, hide inside a coal truck as it speeds through the newly-partitioned Hindustan. Nothing will stop Alo from reaching West Bengal. Her former employers are now her captors, and she will seek revenge for what they have done, even if it means harming the child she has spent her life raising. Violence and hatred threaten to engulf those inside the truck, as intense and terrifying as that which can be heard outside in the streets. But suddenly, the truck stops, and the women must find what unites them in order to have any chance of survival.
About the Author
Anusree Roy is a Governor General’s Award-nominated and four-time Dora Award-winning writer, actor, and director.
Anusree’s plays include: Through the Eyes of God, Sisters, Trident Moon, Little Pretty and The Exceptional, Sultans of the Street, Brothel #9, Roshni, Letters to my Grandma, and Pyaasa. She is the recipient of the K.M. Hunter Award, the RBC Emerging Artist Award, the Carol Bolt Award and the Siminovitch Protege Prize. She was the 2018 finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the largest and oldest playwriting prize for women writing for English-speaking theatre. Currently, she is the commissioned playwright at Tarragon Theatre, writing her new play, 147, 8th Street.
Anusree’s playwright residencies include: Nightwood Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Factory Theatre, The Blyth Festival, Theatre Passe Muraille, the Canadian Stage Company and Tarragon Theatre. Anusree spent two seasons as an actor at the Stratford Festival of Canada. She holds a B.A. from York University and an M.A. from the University of Toronto.
Anusree is also an adjunct professor of playwriting at the University of Toronto and a professor of creative writing, teaching advanced drama to MFA students, at the University of British Columbia.
