The Old Globe is ready to put on a new show with the world premiere of the heartwarming House of India by San Diego playwright Deepak Kumar (2023 MacDowell Fellow, Prospect Musical’s Baked! The Musical)! The Tony Award-winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional nonprofit regional theatres. Now in its 90th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community by creating theatre that lives beyond the stage. Performances begin May 10 and run through June 1, 2025, with the opening on Thursday, May 15, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center in San Diego’s Balboa Park.
Drama Desk Award-nominee Zi Alikhan (Primary Stages’ On That Day in Amsterdam, Pasadena Playhouse’s Sanctuary City) directs this touching comedy featuring a vibrant cast of characters who work to build a restaurant, a legacy, and a new kind of American Dream.
Ananya runs House of India, a once-successful restaurant in a strip mall outside Cleveland. Her cook, Jacob, has an idea to attract more customers: ditch the traditional dishes and embrace a trendy, fusion-forward menu (think “Indian Chipotle”). Her two grown children have their own views, too. As the bills and worries pile up, Ananya must choose to hold on to her late husband’s vision or compromise in the name of progress.
“The Old Globe’s 2025 lineup continues with a world premiere play that’s moving and meaningful,” said Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. “ House of India asks fascinating and deep questions about identity and Americanness as it reminds us that immigrant communities are the engines that forge our national culture. Deepak Kumar cannily uses food and cuisine as a way to consider authenticity, assimilation, and change, and he simultaneously makes an American family play that’s truly touching and very funny. This is a special work, and director Zi Alikhan partners with Kumar to make a production of unusual richness in our intimate Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. They’ve gathered a phenomenal cast of major stage talents, and together, these artists will make a memorable evening of theatre in San Diego.”
The cast of House of India includes Supriya Ganesh as Vaidehi (Dr. Samira Mohan in MAX’s The Pitt, Freeform’s Grown-ish), Mahira Kakkar as Ananya (The Old Globe’s Henry 6, Broadway’s Life of Pi), Deven Kolluri as Vikram (Off Broadway’s Monsoon Wedding, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?), and Tommy Bo as Jacob (Classic Stage Company’s Snow in Midsummer, Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s The Far Country).
Also joining Kumar and Alikhan as part of the creative team are Chika Shimizu (Scenic Design), Rodrigo Munoz (Costume Design), Cha See (Lighting Design), Fan Zhang (Sound Design); tbd casting co., Stephanie Yankwitt & Margaret Dunn, CSA (Casting); and Evelyn G. Myers (Production Stage Manager).
Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 28 at 12 p.m. PT, and prices for House of India start at $31. Performances for the four-week limited engagement begin May 10, and the show runs through June 1, 2025, with the official press opening at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Visit TheOldGlobe.org for tickets, a full schedule, and additional information.
