Off-Kendrik is organizing the fifth SAATh theater festival September

18–20th, 2026 at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA!

SAATh is a celebration of coming together of diverse communities in

South Asia and beyond through theater and storytelling. As the world

around us gets more challenging and complex, Off-Kendrik has

realized the necessity of creating a platform for opening dialogues and building partnerships between communities.

We continue our support of multilingual South Asian Theater groups in the Greater Boston area with six new productions in Minithon format (including performances in Kannada, Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati and Kashmiri), followed by ten plays over two days in English, Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam. Through our collaboration with multiple theater groups from Massachusetts and beyond, we are bringing high quality, thought provoking diverse theater as part of SAAThFest 2026!

Please see below for ticket information and festival schedule. 

Send any questions or queries to ec@offkendrik.com

See you at SAAThFest 2026!!

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SAATh Fest 2026 SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

6:30pm - INAUGURATION 

7:00 pm – MULTI-LINGUAL MINITHON (short plays in six different languages - Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kashmiri and Kannada) by multiple groups from the Greater Boston area. 

TOOTI TONTI (Hindi)                                                                                 Director - Amitabh Dashottar; Playwright - Amitabh Dashottar

PADACHHAYO (Gujarati)                                                                             Director - Ketan Dave; Playwright - Ketan Dave

GHARELU MUNDA (Punjabi)                                                                      Director: Abhishek Arora/ Shilpi Arora; Playwright – Abhishek Arora

YEN CHI AYEKH (Kashmiri)
Director - Sanjay Kaul; Playwright - Sanjay Kaul

SILK BOARD TO SILICON VALLEY (Kannada)
Director - Chandrala Malkood; Playwright - Chandrala Malkood

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

1.45 PM: The Off-Kendrik Story and Dedication 

2.00 PM: INAUGURATION

2:15 PM: AADHI RAAT KE BAAD – After Midnight (Hindi), Mandi Theater, Chicago, IL.

Director – Alka Sharma; Playwright – Shankar Shesh

3.45 PM:  DEN TO WATER (English) & THE RIVER SWELLS (English), Kids-Kendrik, MA

Director – Souvik Chattopadhyay; Associate Director – Arup Dey;                            

Playwright (DTW) – Ketaki Dutta; Playwright (TRS) – Souvik Chattopadhyay

4.50 PM:  AMERICAN BHOOT (English), Colab, NJ.

Director – Daniel Swern; Playwright – Daniel Swern

5.45 PM - BREAK

6:15 PM: BOTTOMS UP (Bengali) Spotlight, Columbus, Columbus, OH.

Stage Adaptation & Director – Arijit Sur; Playwright – Tapas Nayak

7:30 PM: TRINGSHA SHATABDI – 30^th Century (Bengali), Off-Kendrik, MA.

Director - Chandan Sen (Kolkata); Playwright – Badal Sircar (Kolkata)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

1:30 PM: Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in today’s theater – perspectives from India and the US.

   - Excellence in Theater Award 

2.30 PM: The Off-Kendrik Story and Dedication

2:45 PM: THANIYAVARTHANAM – The Repeating Rhythm (Malayalam), MA.

Director – Dheeraj Prasad and Cini Murali K; Playwright – Dheeraj Prasad and Cini Murali K

3.45 PM: MODERN LOVE JAISA – Like Modern Love (Hindi), KrossRoads, MA.

Director and Playwright – Jayati Banerjee; Co-Director – Nilay Mukherjee

4.45 PM: BREAK

5:15 PM: ARANYAK – Pluralism of Realities (Marathi), Natyaranga, MA.

Director – Madhu Nene; Playwright – Laxman Londhe

6:30 PM: SAKHARAM BINDER – Sakharam, the Binder (English), Epic Actors’ Workshop, NJ.

Director - Prof. Farley Richmond (University of Georgia, Atlanta); Playwright – Vijay Tendulkar