Guards at the Taj

"Guards is about tyranny and the long (and ongoing) suppression of freedom. About clashing human desires: for the safe, comfortable life that comes of “playing along”—or a life built of your own free will and dreams."

Q: Although this script premiered in 2015, the story it recounts is centuries old. And while the play is set in 17th century Agra, the playwright has given the characters a contemporary style of speech.

Q: This award-winning script, by prolific American playwright Rajiv Joseph, is at turns funny and horrific, beautiful and grotesque, calm and overwhelming.