I am an Indian theatre director, performer and playwright with over a decade of practice and 40+ stage and street productions. I convene the JNU Drama Club at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and in 2025 the Government of India honoured me with the National Youth Icon Award for Excellence in Theatre & Performance.
I direct canonical Indian and world drama, from Tendulkar, Manto and Karnad to Mahasweta Devi, Camus and Badal Sarkar, and build socially-engaged theatre for Government ministries, the WWF and national platforms, including a theatre-based training for the Delhi Police ahead of the G20. A doctoral scholar of power and performance, I treat the stage as a way for a society to speak to itself.
40Productions
10Years on stage
25Social campaigns
6Jury invitations
In the News
Media Coverage
Third-party recognition of my work in The Times of India, The Telegraph, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, ANI and the regional press, newest first. A pressroom, not a gallery.
Year
Outlet
Portfolio
The performer, in portrait
Selected portraits and production images, presented full-frame. Click any image for the full-screen viewer; browse with the arrows, swipe or keyboard, and click again to zoom.
Featured Moments
A curated exhibition
The strongest images from a decade of theatre, flagship productions, the street as a stage, recognition and the ensemble at work.
On the Horizon
Upcoming
From the stage to the screen, a production currently in development.
In productionSonyLIV Original
Web Series · Period Drama · 1977
Summer of ’77
A Sudhir Mishra series · DOP Diego Dussuel Erazo
A SonyLIV original (production title Children of Freedom) in which I act, set in 1977 and filmed across Kanpur and the JNU campus in 2024. After a decade on stage, the same instincts for character and politics now carry into long-form screen.
StatusIn production
PlatformSonyLIV
DirectorSudhir Mishra
My roleActor
Filmed 2024 · Releasing on SonyLIV
The Journey
My theatre journey, year by year
Every theatre activity I can document, newest first: performances, productions, street theatre, workshops, jury invitations, leadership and recognition.
Why It Matters
The street as a stage.
As Convenor of the JNU Drama Club I have written and directed 25+ street productions (nukkad natak) that carry public-interest stories to streets, schools and national platforms.
Ministries & agencies: Environment (Mission LIFE), Health, Narcotics Control Bureau
Institutions: WWF India, TERI, NIEPA, School of Planning & Architecture
Public service: theatre-based training for the Delhi Police ahead of the G20
With my Ek Kadam company after a public-awareness performance, the team that carries these stories to the street.
Behind the Scenes
The process behind the performance
Rehearsals, preparation, the team and the quiet hours that make a production, theatre as collaborative craft.
Behind-the-scenes photographs are being curated from the production archive.
Watch
The work, in motion
A complete visual library of my work. Open my showreel below, explore current and upcoming screen projects, or browse the complete archives of full-length plays and street theatre.
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Showreel · 1:11
A minute inside my theatre
Productions, street performances and the stages that have shaped me. Plays full-screen.
Movies & Screen Projects
Current, upcoming and released feature work, independent documentaries, and screen representations.
Full-Length Productions
Complete stage performance recordings. Click a production card to open its full visual gallery and case study.
Street Theatre Archive
25+ nukkad natak created for Government ministries, the WWF, and national observances, catalogued chronologically. Recordings are being added, marked coming soon until each is published.
Curated Exhibition
Poster Archive
A chronological exhibition of 43 production posters, a decade of theatre, designed and staged. Click any poster to view full-screen.
Verified Credentials
Evidence behind the work
Award
National Youth Icon Award 2025
Excellence in Theatre & Performance, Government of India, National Youth Day.
Training
National School of Drama
Theatre Appreciation Course; shortlisted/interviewed for NSD residential programmes.
Leadership
Convenor, JNU Drama Club
Rangshala Dramatics Society (Secretary), BHU, founder's certificate on record.
Festivals
AIU Inter-University Youth Festivals
Zonal recognition (2018, 2019) with letters of recommendation for Tughlaq, Sakharam Binder, Zihaad.
Creative Collaborations
Government & WWF partnerships
Theatre created with Government ministries, the WWF and national institutions for public-interest campaigns and national observances.
Jury
Invited Adjudicator
Thank-you letters and invitations from BHU, JNU, VIPS, VMMC-Safdarjung, BBPS, Vasant Valley School.
Every claim is backed by an original document. The full archive of 52 verified credentials is kept private and available on request.
The Full Archive, 52 Verified Documents
Documents are kept private. Click any item to request access, and I will share the originals by email.
Curriculum Vitae
The full professional record
A concise web CV for institutions, collaborators, festival curators and selection committees, with the complete, formatted PDF a click away.
For institutions and selection committees, a dedicated academic profile presents my doctoral research, publications and teaching.
10+ yrsTheatre Practice
40+Productions
ConvenorJNU Drama Club
NationalYouth Icon Award 2025
5Workshops Led
6Jury Invitations
3Screen Projects
Ph.D.Power & Performance, JNU
5Languages
Profile
Theatre director, performer and playwright; Convenor of the JNU Drama Club; National Youth Icon Award 2025 for Excellence in Theatre & Performance. A doctoral scholar of power and performance who treats theatre as a civic language.
Education
Ph.D., Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (expected 2028) · “Power, Performance, and the Political: A Study of Witch-Hunting in West Bengal”
M.A., Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2022)
B.A. (Hons.), Political Science, Banaras Hindu University (2020)
Theatre Appreciation Course, National School of Drama (2020)
Honours & Recognition
National Youth Icon Award 2025, Excellence in Theatre & Performance (Govt. of India)
In production
SonyLIV Original
