Rahul Varma

location_on Québec, CA

Established Artist South Asian

Pronouns: He/Him

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Website: https://www.teesriduniyatheatre.com/

Agent: Michael Petrasek, Kensington Literary Representation

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Photographer: Svetia Atanasova

Rahul Varma is a playwright, activist, and Artistic Director of Teesri Duniya Theatre, a company he co-founded in 1981. In 1998, he co-founded the journal Alt. Theatre: Cultural Diversity and the Stage. Born in India, Rahul writes in Hindi and English, a language he acquired as an adult. His recent plays include Counter Offence, Bhopal, Truth and Treason, State of Denial, Dhara’s Revenge, Kali’s Dance, Merchant of God and Talaq. His plays have been translated into French, Italian, Hindi, Punjabi and Marathi. He is honoured to have worked with India’s pre-eminent artist, the late Dr. Habib Tanvir, who translated Bhopal as Zahreeli Hawa in Hindi.
He has received the Quebec Drama Federation’s Juror’s Award (1986), the Montreal English Critic’s Circle award for interculturalism (1999), META’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award (2018), and a Lifetime Honorary Membership Award (2020) from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research.