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Kiran Pandey

BSR Contributor Since December 6, 2022

Kiran Pandey (he/him) is a writer based in Philadelphia.

Kiran Pandey is a writer based in Philadelphia. He is also an editorial assistant with Princeton University Press, a crossword constructor with bylines in the New York Times, a high school tutor, and an improviser.

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The Book of I.P., by Chris Courtney Martin

Poetry against the machine
In The Book of I.P., a poetry-and-essay chapbook collection, Philly native Chris Courtney Martin breaks from the strictures of Hollywood to craft a blazing manifesto of art on its own terms. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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Scallen, Finister, and Robbins pose backstage, standing on a spiral staircase.

1812 Productions and Jennifer Childs present Broads

Legendary “naughty” comedy
1812 Productions presents Broads, a hit cabaret that celebrates the bawdiest, boldest, and funniest ladies of the 1920s through the 1960s. Kiran Pandey previews.
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Previews 2 minute read
Hall & Jackson, playing 2 Black teens in 90s wear, face each other in a bedroom, hands touching in what might be a greeting

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Ngozi Anyanwu’s Good Grief

How do we document sorrow?
Good Grief, in its regional premiere at Hedgerow Theatre Company, offers a sometimes touching, mostly frustrating, portrayal of grief. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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Reviews 3 minute read
Gliko in white feathers, stands in front of a circular blue-lit window. Rishard & Kidwell sit on a beanbag looking at Pierce.

Wilma Theater presents Nathan Alan Davis’s Eternal Life Part 1

The times we create
Eternal Life Part 1, in its world premiere at the Wilma, offers a vision of the near future that is as strange and wondrous as it is relatable. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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Reviews 3 minute read