Come join in on the fun as Mary and Connor chat with the creative team of There Are No Diving Pools in Hell: Aliza Cosgrove, Akshita Bawa, and Aryan Bhattacharjee! They chat about working as a team and delve into the complexities of working on a play centered on trauma and healing.

Play Synopsis
There Are No Diving Pools in Hell is a play exploring sisterhood, maternal influence, and healing. Centered around half-sisters Thea and Brie, the play follows the recovery of the two in both physical and emotional extremes as they unpack their childhoods together, having both been raised by an overbearing mother who pressured them in their respective careers and hobbies. 

The Artists

The Directors
Akshita Bawa is an MPS candidate at ITP, Tisch School of Arts. From New Delhi, India and, currently living in Brooklyn, NYC, she has successfully completed her undergraduate degree in Bachelors of Fashion Technology from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi followed by an intensive 8 week-filmmaking program at the New York Film Academy, Battery Park, NYC. She is passionate about filmmaking and over the years has made a couple of her own short films as well as collaborated with various fellow artists and production houses. Currently, she is exploring the realm of journalism and interactive filmmaking as well as directing her first play with Broke People Play Festival. 

Aryan Bhattacharjee is an undergraduate freshman pursuing a major in Performance Studies at Tisch. He is excited by the prospect of giving a voice to little-known but profoundly human stories and hopes to meet the unique, slightly quirky minds who want to do the same.