Rakesh Baruah is an Assamese American writer and director working across theatre, film, television, and fiction. His work explores power, identity, ambition, family, and the systems that shape private lives, often through heightened or genre-bending forms.
Featured Work
Tyrant
Tyrant is a full-length drama about the seduction of relevance in the streaming era. After being pushed to the margins of a changing media landscape, a prominent anchor trades credibility for virality and is gradually consumed by the system he helped build. The play examines how institutions reward certainty, punish doubt, and reshape the people inside them.
Full script available upon request.
Creative CV
A selected record of theatre, screenwriting, performance, publishing, and training.