Short musical commissioned by Prospect Theater Co. as part of 2022 Musical Theater Lab “Caption This!”

Book, music & lyrics by Sita Sunil & Skyler Chin

Featuring Mukta Phatak, Cliff Sellers & Esha Datta

Directed by Dev Bondarin

Synopsis: Radhika Raju, head chef of Radhika’s Indian Palace, believes she has reached her dreams living with her partner and putting love into her buffet restaurant every day, until the day that she hears a rumor from the Auntie Gossip Network (AGN) that a “very special guest,” potentially a Michelin reviewer, will come to her restaurant. From then, she begins ruining all the restaurant’s dishes and her team begins to crumble under the pressure of the “Michelin Man” potentially coming, despite her partner Jo trying to calm her down… Until at last, Radhika’s mom arrives and reveals that she is the special guest, and calms her down by making chai together. They then hear that the Michelin critic may still come, but because of this experience they choose to be happy no matter what the critic thinks of their restaurant, revealing that family and love are more important than validation.