About Shane

Shane Sakhrani is an international playwright and screenwriter born in Hong Kong to Indian parents. After many years of crippling cultural confusion, moving between East and West, he is finally comfortable describing himself as a ‘global citizen’.

Shane’s plays combine traditional Asian-American themes with the aesthetic of Broadway comedies of the 30s and 40s. Shane’s romantic comedy ‘A Widow of No Importance’ was a Critic’s Choice for the LA Times, Backstage, LA Weekly and the LA Theatre Alliance (Ovation awards).

His family comedy ‘The Doctor is Indian’ was a finalist for the Kendeda National Playwriting Award. A monologue from the same play appears in Monologues for Actors of Color: Men (Routeledge Press).

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Shane’s plays have been produced and performed at East West Players (Los Angeles, CA), Victory Gardens Theatre (Chicago, IL), Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Primary Stages (New York, NY), EnActe Theater (Palo Alto, CA), Silk Road Rising (Chicago, IL), Shunya Theatre (Houston, TX), Alliance Francaise (Singapore), Haque Center of Acting and Creativity and the Hong Kong Fringe Club.

Shane's half-hour comedy pilot "Indians in America" was a semi-finalist for the 2018 ATX Pitch Competition, the WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Awards and a quaterfinalist for the Slamdance Pilot Competition.

Shane has recently adapted a YA fantasy fiction novel into a radio play.

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Shane holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing (Playwriting and Screenwriting) from the University of Southern California. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing, Playwriting and Screenwriting for the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Hong Kong.

Shane divides his time between Hong Kong and Los Angeles.