It's 1970s Winnipeg—a time of revolution and radical possibilities—and an apartment building of Indian immigrant friends is about to be transformed by their latest arrival. A young Bengali Muslim woman, Nuzha, has just married Qasim over the phone at his mother's insistence, and can't wait to start her new life with him. But Qasim struggles to let go of his true love, a Canadian nurse named Abby, making him an emotionally and physically distant husband. Broken-hearted but full of pluck, Nuzha finds comfort and adventures on her own terms by exploring everything her new community has to offer. From braving the bus schedule to building close relationships with Qasim's friends, Nuzha's discoveries are thrilling, enriching, and crack open new possibilities for everyone.

From the creator of the powerful solo show Crash, Pamela Mala Sinha's New is an evocative, emotionally astute comedy about the complex nature of love and sacrifice, joyful togetherness and piercing loneliness, and what it means to create entirely new ways of life through our willingness to tread uncharted territory. (From Playwrights Canada Press)

Pamela Mala Sinha is an award-winning Canadian actress and writer. Her solo debut play, CRASH received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Lead Actress. Her second play, Happy Place, premiered in Toronto at Soulpepper, followed by runs at Vancouver's Touchstone Theatre and Winnipeg's Prairie Theatre Exchange. Sinha was also a recipient of Soulpepper's Project Imagination commission.