SAWITRI Theatre Group – Founded in 2003 by Artistic Co-Directors Jasmine Sawant and Shruti Shah, SAWITRI Theatre Group is an award-winning, incorporated not-for-profit organization presenting original works featuring established professionals as well as emerging artists. SAWITRI’s mandate is to educate, inform, entertain, and heal through South Asian theatre arts that foreground women and the new generation, and to highlight issues of socio-political importance with works in some of India’s many languages including English.
Winner of the 2016 Marty’s Award for excellence in theatre, SAWITRI Theatre produces and presents three festivals each year – The SSTF (SAWITRI Shorts Theatre Festival) the MMFF – the Mississauga Multilingual Fringe Festival, the only multilingual fringe festival in North America and the SFF (SAWITRI FolkFest). Operationally, SAWITRI Theatre Group is partly funded by the City of Mississauga and the Ontario Arts Council, as well as by The Open Space, Nitin Sawant, and the unstinting support of family, friends and volunteers.
Week 1 – Venue 1: AN1 Studios, 2465 Cawthra Rd, Unit 132 Mississauga, ON L5A 3P2. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Week 2 – Venue 2: Sampradaya Theatre, 3250 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 5, Mississauga, ON L5L 5Y6 CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
Performance Dates: August 10th to 23rd
Parking: FREE
Tickets: $16.95 (tax included)
Duration of each performance: 60 minutes approximately.