Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On 4 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the prolific award-winning writer/director Misha Chowdhury.
Shayok Misha Chowdhury is a many-tentacled writer and director, born in India, based in Brooklyn. He directed the premiere of his playwriting debut, Public Obscenities (NYT Critic’s Pick; Soho Rep, NAATCO, Woolly Mammoth, TFANA), a bilingual play in Bangla and English, which was named one of three finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Drama and earned Misha a Whiting Award for writing and an Obie Award for directing. He recently wrote, directed, and performed in Rheology, a collaboration with his physicist mother (HERE Arts Center, Bushwick Starr, Ma-Yi, upcoming at Playwrights Horizons). He also directed Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot (NYT Critic’s Pick; Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Studio Seaview) and Jesse Eisenberg's The Ziegfield Files (Studio Seaview), and a revival of the musical, Gospel at Colonus (Little Island). Misha is also a recipient of The Relentless Award, The Mark O’Donnell Prize, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Princess Grace Award, a Jonathan Larson Grant, two Sundance fellowships, and a Fulbright Fellowship.
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On 4 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the prolific award-winning writer/director Misha Chowdhury.
Shayok Misha Chowdhury is a many-tentacled writer and director, born in India, based in Brooklyn. He directed the premiere of his playwriting debut, Public Obscenities (NYT Critic’s Pick; Soho Rep, NAATCO, Woolly Mammoth, TFANA), a bilingual play in Bangla and English, which was named one of three finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Drama and earned Misha a Whiting Award for writing and an Obie Award for directing. He recently wrote, directed, and performed in Rheology, a collaboration with his physicist mother (HERE Arts Center, Bushwick Starr, Ma-Yi, upcoming at Playwrights Horizons). He also directed Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot (NYT Critic’s Pick; Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Studio Seaview) and Jesse Eisenberg's The Ziegfield Files (Studio Seaview), and a revival of the musical, Gospel at Colonus (Little Island). Misha is also a recipient of The Relentless Award, The Mark O’Donnell Prize, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Princess Grace Award, a Jonathan Larson Grant, two Sundance fellowships, and a Fulbright Fellowship.
About HowlRound TV
HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based, peer-produced, open-access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world's performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and develop our knowledge commons collectively. Anyone can participate in this community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our contribute content page.
