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Priyanka Shetty, the solo actress in “#Charlottesville,” uses firsthand accounts to tell the story of what happened at the “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. Priyanka Shetty was a graduate theatre student when white supremacists rallied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, protesting the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue on campus just before the start of the fall semester. Dozens of people brandishing Confederate flags and lit tiki torches surrounded the statue. T

The critically acclaimed solo play had a sold-out run with extended performances at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Playwright and performer Priyanka Shetty has been awarded the prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award for outstanding new writing for her solo play #CHARLOTTESVILLE at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The award, presented by actress Miriam Margolyes, is the longest-running and most coveted theatre honor at the Fringe. Past winners include Billy Connolly,

Tony, Emmy, and Olivier Award-winning producer Richard Jordan has joined the creative team for playwright/actor  Priyanka Shetty 's critically acclaimed solo play, #CHARLOTTESVILLE. Richard Jordan will be involved in the UK premiere of #CHARLOTTESVILLE beginning with 2025 Edinburgh Fringe followed by a North American and international tour. The play will have a month-long run during the Edinburgh Fringe from July 30th to August 25th with Richard Jordan Productions producing

Priyanka Shetty's solo play # CHARLOTTESVILLE will premiere at Washington,   D.C.’s Keegan Theatre  from March 22-April 13, 2025. The production will be directed by Yury Urnov, a 2024 Tony Award winner as co-artistic director of the Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater (Best Regional Theater). Urnov’s prodigious directing credits include My Mama and The Full-Scale Invasion , winner of the 2024 Helen Hayes Award for the best theater production in Washington DC.   Written and performed

Priyanka performs #CHARLOTTESVILLE alongside Roger Guenveur Smith’s Otto Frank at a special Performance Symposium at DePaul University....

#CHARLOTTESVILLE's workshop production gets incredible response in Washington DC “Priyanka Shetty doesn’t flinch in her dynamic...

“Among the titles that caught my eye is Priyanka Shetty’s docu-theater solo #Charlottesville, about the events that roiled the Virginia...

#CHARLOTTESVILLE chosen for 59E59 Theaters' virtual festival “Among the titles that caught my eye is Priyanka Shetty’s docu-theater solo...