Rishi Varma

August 3 2025

3B Development Series

IN RESIDENCE: July 29 – August 4, 2025

Buoyed by the promise of jobs and economic development, a series of factories plague a small town. But with reports of dangerous chemicals leaking from the industrial plants, a young woman must make impossible choices to protect her loved ones. Set over 40 years, Rishi Varma’s new drama SULFUR BOTTOM sees an embattled family forced to confront generations of environmental injustice—and maybe just a few talking animals along the way.

PERFORMANCE
August 3, 2025
PRICE: FREE
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.
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TEAM
Writer: Rishi Varma
Director: Megumi Nakamura
Stage Manager: Josh Andrew Wisdom

CAST
Fran: Kendyl Davis
Sir Cavin: Kevin Richard Best
Melissa: Joyah Dominique
Winter: Eric Easter
Maeve: Feyisola Soetan
Copal: Isaiah Joseph
Female Swing: Tatiana Graves-Kochutara
Winter/Copal Swing: Aaron Dorelian

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. Thank you to IndieSpace, and everyone who supports venues like ours in New York City.

ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org

PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.