LOG KYA KAHENGE

by Aamera Siddiqui

Directed by Suzy Messerole

Sofia Khan has been given the recipe for a perfect life: take one perfect job at a prestigious hospital, add in a perfect fiancé, stir in one high-end condo, and top it all off with an upcoming epic Indian wedding of mega proportions. This list of ingredients should surely guarantee happiness. But beneath the layers lies a painful truth that no one wants to talk about—a truth that keeps rising to the top, threatening to ruin the perfect mix for Sofia.

If you've grown up in a Desi home, you've most likely heard the phrase LOG KYA KAHENGE—a famous Hindi and Urdu saying that translates as "What will people say?" In this world premiere, local Twin Cities’ playwright Aamera Siddiqui explores the stigma around mental health and what happens when “What will people say?” becomes the gauge by which we live our lives.

ARTISTIC STAFF

SUZY MESSEROLE, Director
AISHU NAGASUNDER, Assistant Director

CALLIE AHO, Intimacy Consultant
VISAL ANANDAKUMAR, Assistant Sound Designer
LAYLA CURLEY, Illustrator
MITCHELL FRAZIER, Lighting Designer
ISABELLA FREELAND, Props Designer
BAILEY FENN, Sound Designer & Projections Programmer
SAMANTHA FROMM HADDOW, Costume Designer
AJ HERCULEIDEZ, ASL Interpreter
JASON KUJAWA, ASL Interpreter
MICHAELA LOCHEN, Scenic Designer
AMANDA OPORTO, Stage Manager
ADARSH RAJARAMAN, Composer
MADDIE RONNING, Assistant Stage Manager
SANDESH SUKHRAM, Run Crew

CAST

SAYALI AMARAPURKAR, Aasiya Khan
LAUREN RAE ANDERSON, Leslie Obermeyer
ANKITA ASHRIT, Sara Khan
MADHU BANGALORE, Omar Khan
CHAITANYA BHANDARE, U/S Nayil Iqbal & Omar Khan
JONATHAN FELD, Nayil Iqbal
SARADA GANESH, U/S Aasiya Khan & Asma Iqbal
ANJALI GOPAL, Ensemble, U/S Sofia Khan
KAYLA HAMBEK, U/S Leslie Obermeyer & Dean Schoenwald
LEIF JURGENSEN, Dean Schoenwald
AMIRAH MAHMOOD, Sofia Khan
DIVYA MAIYA, Iyla Sheikh
AISHU NAGASUNDER⁺, U/S Sara Khan & Iyla Sheikh
MANJU NAYAR, Asma Iqbal
SANDESH SUKHRAM, Ensemble

⁺denotes Social Media Captain