Short Cut Productions

The ensemble cast of Bong Eats takes the customary audience bow. Written and directed by Ritendra Datta, Bong Eats is a 2023 pandemic-era family drama centered on a specialty restaurant struggling through financial crisis and emotional strain. Performed at Cañada College in Redwood City, the play follows a family of four whose encounter with an unexpected visitor brings new perspective to both the guest and the family.

A father and daughter share a delicate moment, reminding each other that hardship, like joy, is temporary. Bong Eats is a 2023 pandemic-era family drama centered on a specialty restaurant struggling through financial crisis and emotional strain. Performed at Cañada College in Redwood City, the play follows a family of four whose encounter with an unexpected visitor brings new perspective to both the guest and the family.

Two couples engage in classic, harmless gossip during an equally harmless housewarming party in Playing It Safe, a 2025 Bay Area desi household comedy set in a prime local neighborhood. Presented at James Logan High School in Union City, the play uses the dynamics among friends, spouses, and colleagues to reveal the tensions, humor, and layered social negotiations of everyday South Asian diaspora life.

A celebratory party dance is performed by the ensemble cast of Playing It Safe, a 2025 Bay Area desi household comedy set during a housewarming party in a prime local neighborhood. Presented at James Logan High School in Union City, the play uses the dynamics among friends, spouses, and colleagues to reveal the tensions, humor, and layered social negotiations of everyday South Asian diaspora life.

A rebel lawyer tries to convince the judge and orderly that the defendant is not guilty, but simply gullible. This lighter moment comes from Satyamev Bhayate, a 2025 satirical courtroom comedy written and directed by Ritendra Datta. Performed at The Pear Theatre and the Campbell Community Center, the play transforms the courtroom into a chaotic stage of eccentric judges, dramatic lawyers, unexpected witnesses, and sharp commentary on Indian bureaucracy, everyday life, and modern society.

Dancers portray the veer-rasa in the face of an impossible ordeal. A critical moment in the plot of Satyamev Bhayate, 2025 satirical courtroom comedy written and directed by Ritendra Datta. Performed at The Pear Theatre and The Campbell Community Center, the play transforms the courtroom into a chaotic stage for eccentric judges, dramatic lawyers, unexpected witnesses, and sharp commentary on Indian bureaucracy, everyday life, and modern society.

The Walk is a 2026 street-theatre sketch by Short Cut Productions, presented as part of The Sisterhood Social at Fremont Hub Courtyard. Reflecting on women’s courage, inheritance, and collective struggle, the piece uses walking difficult roads as a metaphor for creating freer paths for future generations. Through dialogue-based street theatre, it connects these themes to Draupadi after the cheer-haran episode in the Mahabharat, imagining her internal conflict among the identities of Panchali, Yagnaseni, and Draupadi.

In Mayapur, a teenage belle holds on to her pet a little longer before society demands her transformation into a coy bride. Mayapur was staged as part of The Tagore Tales, Short Cut Productions’ 2025 anthology of three Hindi short plays, Rishikesh, Benares, and Mayapur, presented at The Pear Theatre in Mountain View.

A poignant scene from Benares, in which the duo hatches a macabre plan. Benares was staged as part of The Tagore Tales, Short Cut Productions’ 2025 anthology of three Hindi short plays, Rishikesh, Benares, and Mayapur, presented at The Pear Theatre in Mountain View.

A newlywed bride in Benares appears more captivated by her jewels than anything else. Benares was staged as part of The Tagore Tales, Short Cut Productions’ 2025 anthology of Hindi short plays adapted from stories by Rabindranath Tagore.

The hero and heroine of Permit Pending, part of Short Cut Productions’ 2026 Hindi comedy double bill Two Much Chaos, prepare for their next shot with voiceover work and a makeup check.

The ensemble cast of Permit Pending, part of Short Cut Productions’ 2026 Hindi comedy double bill Two Much Chaos, brainstorms how to secure a permit for a rushed film shoot by “cooperating” with local power brokers.

Two actors from Surajmukhi Aur Hamlet, part of Short Cut Productions’ 2026 Hindi comedy double bill Two Much Chaos, share a playful moment where the art of persuasion takes center stage.