Paz Griot
plays
Gayatri Prakash, a university student and bartender, in the midst of personal turmoil, discovers she is the human avatar of Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of wisdom and creativity.
A diverse group of strangers are trapped inside a New York City subway, including a Sufi mystic, a Zen master, a mental patient, a heroin addict, and a gospel singer. They learn to connect through spoken word poetry and spiritual wisdom.
A troubled teenager invokes a malevolent spirit to seek vengeance on those who bully him. But the spirit's wrath spreads a deadly virus throughout the suburban community.
Three best friends working in the sex industry and sharing a New York apartment are forced to work their traumas and pain through spoken word poetry and one friend's secret.
Eight gay teenage runaways occupy a public park led by a pirate radio DJ named Jesus. After a group of white supremacists discover their occupation, they must join forces to protect both the park and their very survival.
On a remote Melanesian island, two international volunteers with spiritual powers must work in solidarity with the locals to curtail an American invasion.
For ten years, the legend of Jamal Bradley's ghost has haunted death row. The prisoners must reach out to the outside world to spread Jamal's message and release his spirit from the prison walls.
Paz Griot's plays explore themes such as racism, homophobia, the death penalty, sex work, gender issues, war, self mutilation, and child abuse. Every play contains at least one HIV-positive character. The dialogue is inspired by Tennessee Williams while the storylines are inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.