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1: Kuhoo Verma // Racial Awakening

"It was a huge transition going from hating myself and hating my Indianness and finding out that in the process of white-washing myself, I was erasing my parents' existence in my life." - Kuhoo Verma... Read More

53 mins
9/2/19

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Embracing Her Indianness

"It was a huge transition going from hating myself and hating my Indianness and finding out that in the process of white-washing myself, I was erasing my parents' existence in my life." - Kuhoo Verma

From graduating NYU, to booking a movie, to starring Off-Broadway and working on multiple Broadway-bound workshops, Kuhoo Verma is a force to be reckoned with. There is an energy about her that is pure and open, and the perfect embodiment of light.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:
  • Why Kuhoo never really talked about her family growing up (4:06)

  • Kuhoo's relationship with colorism within her community (7:53)

  • What the name 'Kuhoo' means (9:52)

  • Kuhoo's relationship with 'diverse casting' (11:49)

  • How an education at NYU shaped Kuhoo (18:32)

  • If anyone mentored Kuhoo in her first professional theatre experience (26:05)

  • Kuhoo's experience working with Dave Malloy and Annie Tippe on Signature Theatre's Octet (33:08)

  • How Kuhoo handles playing Indian characters (41:20)

  • And so much more…

Some Questions We Discuss:
  • Was it kind of permission or racial awakening to start discussing her own relationship with race? (4:50)

  • Was performing always in the plan? (15:59)

  • How was the experience doing Monsoon Wedding at Berkeley Rep? (22:23)

  • How was time on set of The Big Sick? (28:51)

  • What advice would you give yourself? (44:36)

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