PLAYWRITING CREDITS
SHORT PLAYS / ONE ACTS
In Search of An Ending Best of PlayGround, San Francisco – 2022
In Search of An Ending Monday Night PlayGround, San Francisco – 2021
Seeing in the Dark 30/30 Vision Series, Shotgun Players – 2021
Chai Dragon Eggs, Dragon Productions Theater Company – 2021
Blended Histories Best of PlayGround, San Francisco – 2021
Matchmaker Atlantic One Act Play Festival, Atlantic Acting School – 2021
Split Trans [Plays] of Remembrance Festival, HowlRound – 2020
A Modern Odyssey Monday Night PlayGround, San Francisco – 2020
Spurs & Studs Playing at the Intersection of Pride & Joy, TigerBear Productions – 2020
There Are No Ghosts in India From the Ground Up, TheatreFIRST – 2019
Therapy Monday Night PlayGround, San Francisco – 2019
Learning How to Die Short Lived, PianoFight – 2019
A Woman Like That PlayGround – 2019
Hayden & Gabriel PlayGround – 2019
Too Much Faith Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2019
The Baby in the Sofa Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2018
Boylesque Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2018
Drag Family Sticks Together Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2018
Bruises PlayGround – 2018
Ceci n’est pas une fountaine Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2017
Cross Words Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2017
Walking on Eggshells Amios West Presents: Shotz – 2017
SELECTED PLAYS – FULL LENGTH
Two Coins for the Ferryman: An Immersive Quest (Co-Written with Madison Wetzell)
3 Girls Theatre’s Innovator’s Series Festival, 2020
3 Girls Theatre’s Innovator’s Series Festival, 2019
Sita’s Gift (Co-Written with Amy Sass)
Prospect Sierra, 2018
The Bacchae: Madwomen Only (Co-Created with Madison-Wetzell)
Liar Liar Theater Collective, 2017
SKETCH COMEDY WRITING (KILLING MY LOBSTER)
My Parents Came to America and All They Got Was a Kid Who Does Comedy – 2022
Let’s Do the Sex – Head Writer, 2022
The Fireside Project: Nana’s House – 2021
Snowed In – 2019
HONORS / AWARDS
Innovator’s Series Award 3 Girls Theatre 2020
Innovator’s Series Award 3 Girls Theatre 2019
Akaina Ghosh (they/them) has written dozens of short plays that have been performed across the Bay Area. Their sharp, witty writing has been featured by Killing My Lobster, PlayGround, and Amios West. Their work has also been showcased by several festivals, including the national Trans [Plays] of Remembrance Festival, the Short Lived Festival, and the Atlantic One Act Festival.
Akaina has co-written three full-length plays, one of which was featured in the 3 Girls Theatre's Innovator's Series Festival for two consecutive years in 2019 and 2020.
In 2019 Akaina was awarded a Fellowship in Sketch Comedy Writing, and has since become the Co-Director of Writing Education at Killing My Lobster. They teach classes to adults seeking to further their writing skills through the form of Sketch Comedy.
Akaina Ghosh