A deal has been struck between two men in India—twenty-one hundred rupees in exchange for a young village woman named Rekha. Sent to Calcutta without knowing why, Rekha finds herself in the confines of a brothel with Jamuna, a prostitute and madam, who is resigned to her trade. In these conditions, Rekha must shape her destiny and find inner liberty.
Anusree Roy was born and raised in Calcutta, India, before moving with her family to Toronto. Roy is a recent graduate of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto. Since graduating she has met with great success with Pyaasa, winning two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Performance. Roy's latest play, Brothel #9, premiered at Factory Theatre in Toronto in 2011 and was a finalist for the Carol Bolt Award for Playwrights.
"Brothel #9 is her most ambitious, hardest hitting play to date." —Lynn Slotkin
"Roy's convincing dialogue shows how a disturbing semblance of domesticity persists in this horrible environment."