“Lina Patel is that rare playwright who not only excites and entertains but proves over and again that a sharp intellect and the desire to explore ideas make for great theatre.”
– Jamil Khoury, Co-Executive Artistic Director, Silk Road Rising
THEATRE
SELECTED PLAYS
Full-Legth
SANKALPAN
A loose adaptation of Three Sisters set in pre-Partition Bengal.
RAGGED CLAWS
When Alec, the adopted Indian son of a power couple questions his mother's politics, family pain tumbles forth, like the tsunami about to consume Manhattan.
BONOBOS
Four women extricate a friend from a bad relationship. Chaos ensues. A darkly comedic telenovela for the stage, Bonobos looks at female friendships and loyalty and wonders, why can’t two wrongs equal a right?
SELECTED PLAYS
Short Plays
THE RANDOMNESS OF BEES
When Ryder moves to a new town and meets Charlotte, she finds the courage to tell her she’s adopted—well, at least on her second try. We follow the girls' evolving friendship from ages 9 to 15, when Charlotte moves away. And even as the world changes for Ryder, she may discover that a good friend can still be there for you, even when they’re not.
Available now in the anthology ALL OF US published by YouthPLAYS.
SWEET LIFE
Three misfits find community at a convenience store in a Texas town.
WIN
A couple is detained at LAX for dubious reasons.
INVOLUNTARY
Two liberals question their politics while setting up a polling station.
CANARY
Two cops get personal during a homicide investigation
On television, Lina has written for CW’s Frequency, DC’s Krypton, and Ava DuVernay’s Cherish the Day.