JAZZ at the concert of new musical Māyā,

Casting has been revealed for the upcoming one-night-only concert of new musical Māyā, previously featured in an episode of the Playbill Songwriter Series. The performance, set for November 21 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC, will be directed by J. Mehr Kaur.

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Sabrina Shah (Kimberly Akimbo) will lead the company in the title role, joined by Meetu Chilana (Monsoon Wedding), Ruchir Khazanchi, Michael Maliakel (Aladdin), Yamuna Meleth (The Secret Garden), and Sorab Wadia (Life of Pi), with Deven Kolluri (Monsoon Wedding), Jonathan Raviv (The Band’s Visit), Sushma Saha (1776), and Jasmine Sharma.

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The ensemble will feature Emily Ballou, Martin Richard Borromeo, Kimberly Chatterjee, Andrew Cheng, Sarah Chiu, Andrew Cristi, Andy Danh, Arjun Dhawan, Patricia Jane, Brian Jose, Mel S. Maghuyop, Cameron Miya, Vaibu Mohan, Rishi Mutalik, Anu Mysore, Mio Nakanishi, Maile Oravitz, Yuki Ozeki, Nasir Ali Panjwani, Mukta Phatak, Jazz Sunpanich, Vikas Venuthurupalli, and Viet Vo.

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The musical features music by Cheeyang Ng and lyrics by Eric Sorrels, and both collaborated on the book. The story follows Maya Mehta as she finds herself at a crossroads during the Salt March, a nonviolent 1930 protest.

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Alexander Tom is music supervisor, with orchestrations by Anthony Lucca and music direction by Greg Paladino. The creative team also includes associate producer Sierra Lancaster and additional casting support by Devi Peot.

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The event is being co-presented by National Asian Artists Project, via its Discover: New Musicals series; and Prospect Musicals, via its Ignite series.

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Tickets are available at ProspectMusicals.org and NAAProject.org.

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​Artical credit https://playbill.com/article/nyc-concert-of-maya-finds-cast