A LAUGH TOO FAR

If having a voice and a popular platform means having power, then Ava, a successful talk-show personality, had it all. Until she was silenced by a stroke. Who will speak for her now? And what does she really want to say?

This play was produced by the New Perspective Theater as part of the Meganne George Women’s Work Short Play Festival in August 2025.

Playwright: Yekta Khaghani
Director: Kristen Kelso

Cast: Shiva Kiani, Marie Eléna O’Brien*, Anuj Parikh*