Synopsis

In the twilight of the British Empire, an aspiring poet named Maya Mehta sets out to make her mark on the world.

Her ambitions lead her to the heart of the Indian Independence Movement, as Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Salt March passes through her hometown. Torn between her duty to her family and the inspiration of her freedom-fighting friends, Maya’s ultimately defies the Empire in both word and actions — joining the legacy of India’s quest for sovereignty, but at the cost of her family’s privilege and status.

With a contemporary score that fuses Indian classical music with Western pop, Maya is the story of how one poet, one dreamer, one person can make a lasting mark on a movement.

 
 
 

NAMT 2021

In this 20-minute presentation, hear some of our favorite songs and learn more about this show from our incredible actors.

 
 

Development History:

Upcoming:

Originally conceived at New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program

2018 New York City Center Front and Center with Tom Kitt

2019 Johnny Mercer’s Songwriters Project - Chicago

2019 ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Week - Kennedy Center, D.C.

2019 Live & In Color Developmental Residency - Salem, CT

2020 Pace New Musicals Developmental Residency - Pace University

2020 Hypokrit Theatre Industry Reading - NYC

2020 Eugene O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference - Virtual Incubator

2021 National Alliance for Musical Theatre 33rd Annual Festival for New Musicals, NYC

2022 Amas Theatre Developmental Workshop at Theatre Row, NYC

2023 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop Selected by Stephen Schwartz, L.A.

2024 Development London, U.K.

“Your words are like seeds that you plant in the ground. Seeds that remember things after we are gone. And like... the roots of a banyan tree... they will dig into the ground and shoot back up, connecting the past to the future, connecting us to every other living thing.”