One of the exercises involved going through 50 Indian productions that have queer representation to understand what worked and what didn't," says Vikram Phukan, critic and dramaturgist who also composed the open script for the play Even Mists Have Silver Linings. "When talking about the LGBTHQIA+ community there is still only a trickle of meaningful expression. We have to evolve," he adds.

Thus, an Indo-US collaborative project by directors Jeffrey Pufahl and Will Weigler of the University of Florida and Hardik Shah of Five Senses Theatre will address identity and stigma in the Indian context through vignettes, starting today. Supported by the US Consulate General Mumbai and the G5A Foundation of Contemporary Culture, it was developed following a series of processes and techniques that began in November last year.