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Off-Kendrik

We are currently inviting groups and individuals to participate in and support our 4th South Asian American Theater Festival (SAAThFest) on November 21-23rd, 2025 at The Mosesian Center for The Arts in Watertown, MA.

The goal of this festival is to continue to highlight our South Asian American experiences and diversity through theater and performing arts with a particular focus on regional languages.

We are inviting plays with the following criteria for our festival:
1. The duration of the play should not exceed 50 minutes.
2. The play should be on a topic that is meaningful to the larger South Asian community in the US.
3. Our preference is original work in native language (with supertitles) or English, that will be showcased for the first time. We will also consider adapted or reimagined work.
lease note, preference will be given to plays not staged in the Greater Boston area before.

Steps for submission:
1. Please send us a play outline by 1st August (Friday) to ec@offkendrik.com; your outline must be between 500 to 1000 words, so that we can make a fair judgement of the play.
2. Please provide details of your organization and some videos of past performances.
3. If needed, we shall ask for scripts with appropriate translations.
4. A final decision will be made by 31st August.

We are proud to announce that we have been selected by the @AsianCommunityFund for a 2025 grant. ACF’s commitment to supporting and uplifting the AAPI community aligns powerfully with our mission and will help expand our vital work. Read more about it here

Off-Kendrik is proud to present Ujjan at the 10th Natya Darpan Festival in New Jersey.

'Your child will grow and develop differently compared to the children you see, Mom and Dad. Your kid will have a different journey, and so will you.'
One sentence, one diagnosis- the almost achieved dream of suburban house, summer barbecues, Birthday parties, yearly vacations, busy evening pick up and drop offs all just come to a screeching halt. An unforeseen journey starts for the family. How will they cope?
'Ujaan' -a parent's journey against all odds.

Recent Events

Recent Productions

Off-Kendrik proudly presented Kids-Kendrik, a production dedicated to the younger generation. The event will showcase a play written by a next-generation writer raised here, performed in English, alongside a landmark Bengali children’s play, presented with English supertitles, brought to life by both adults and kids.

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About Off-Kendrik:

Off-Kendrik brings the South Asian community to the center stage of Boston/New England, through Art, Theatre and Storytelling. With our roots in Bengali theatrical productions, we have rapidly evolved to embrace the rich montage of languages and artistic traditions that blend within the fabric of South Asian culture

The annual SaaTh festival showcases the best of South Asian theatre in its endeavor to be inclusive of the region's diverse languages. Our storytelling event called Voices curates impactful immigrant experiences from the South Asian community. Theatre workshops are organized regularly to learn about various forms, techniques and content of theater and storytelling. Off-Kendrik provides a platform for expression to various theatre groups, social activists and young leaders. We also stage original plays in Bengali that are conceived, scripted and enacted by the team.

Born in 2008, Off-Kendrik is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, based in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. All our presentations are super-captioned in English to broaden their reach.

Our Mission:
Off Kendrik creates an awareness of the South Asian community in the larger American society by representing the voices of this community through theater. One of the goals is to involve the youth from the community and offer them a platform for self-expression through the performance arts.