Dream Devis: The Death and Life Of
Created by Abhijeet & Leha Salam
LookOut Series
About the Show
Dream Devis, Chicago's trans femme South Asian collective, return to Steppenwolf after their sold-out eponymous show last year. Join our Devis for an existentialist romp through time, history, mythology and pop culture through song, dance and comedy.
Dream Devis: The Death And Life Of centers and celebrates women at the margins of their own stories via a decidedly queer, camp lens on the big questions of life (and death).
This new work uses a short story by the legendary polymath Rabindranath Tagore, known widely as the greatest man of Indian letters, as the creative springboard for a fantastical exploration of mythology, literature and history. Tagore’s heroine Kadambini, caught between the world of the dead and the living, becomes a witness to the subversion of famed victims, notorious villainesses and controversial icons.
THE ARTISTS
Abhijeet
Leha As The Salamander
Shruthi Kannan
Masala Sapphire
Gulabi Sapphire
DJ RIYA RIYA
@dream.devis
About the artists
The Dream Devis is an ensemble of South Asian queer and trans femme artists and performers led by noted Chicago drag queen and artist Abhijeet (@bon_abhijeet) and writer-performer Saleha Salam/Leha As The Salamander (@thesalamanderchicago) and features Shruthi Kannan of the beloved local Bollywood-punk band Do The Needful (@dtnchicago).