Mahesh Dattani is a playwright, stage director, and mentor. His works as a playwright have been translated and performed in many languages across India and abroad. For his anthology Final Solutions and Other Plays, Dattani received the Sahitya Akademi Award, the highest literary award in India for a literary work. His works as a director include an adaptation in English of Tagore’s story Chokher Bali for Barnard College, Columbia University, an adaptation of Lorca’s Blood Wedding for ICS Theatre, New Jersey, Snapshots of a Fervid Sunrise, written and directed by him. Recently he worked with This is Not a Theatre Company in New York to write and direct an audio piece, A Little Drape of Heaven, which was picked by The New York Times as among the top five things to catch in New York. To quote The New York Times on A Little Drape of Heaven: “This lyrical work elicits the perfect amount of warmth needed during a chilly winter night.” His film work as a writer and director includes Mango Souffle (2000) and Morning Raga (2003). He is the Artistic Director of Playpen Performing Arts Trust, a group dedicated to mentoring and producing new works for the theatre. He lives in Mumbai, India.