Guards at the Taj

2016 Obie Award for Best New Play

2016 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play

Guards at the Taj

by Rajiv Joseph

November 10 – December 11

Directed by Katie Mallinson*

Starring Afrim Gjonbalaj & Darryl Semira

India 1648 as the sun rises, two imperial guards are assigned to protect the unveiling of the just-completed Taj Mahal. When ordered to perform the most unthinkable task, friendship is tested and broken by brutal circumstances.  Bold, darkly funny and deeply moving, Guards at the Taj addresses friendship and faith in God surrounded by beauty, carnage and duty at one of the most famous wonders of the world.

*member of RLTP Ensemble

ADVISORY: Explicit content. Persons under the age of 17 are not permitted in the Road Less Traveled Theater.