Justice for Geetha at Chain Theatre

Sunita Deshpande

Playwright & Director Sunita Deshpande is a New York–based actor and writer whose work explores silence, identity, and the tension between belonging and invisibility. Her new play, Justice for Geetha, examines the real-life drowning of Geetha Angara—an immigrant scientist whose success was met with resentment—and draws a chilling parallel to the suffocating structures of corporate America. It marks her third original play at the Chain Theatre Festival @chaintheatrenyc , following Princess of Tea and An Indian Wedding on a Starry Night in South Georgia Somewhere in Early November. Her award-winning short A Sari for Pallavi highlights her passion for telling untold stories with heart, depth, and bite.

Margaret Burrus

Margaret Burrus (Chelle) is a NYC-based actor who performs for the stage, in sound, and on camera. She is a series regular on the audio anthology show THE TRUTH (Radiotopia from PRX), most recently playing the role of Lake in Davy Gardner's PARIAH, a 3-part crime drama. She can be seen in THE DEBUT (Just for Laughs), MONSTERLAND (Hulu), LOVE LANGUAGES (Condé Nast Traveler) and several national commercials. Recent theater credits include Live from Chapel Hill! by senior SNL writer Bryan Tucker; Miss New Hampshire by 20-time Moth Story Slam Winner Adam Wade; and Pat Robinson's Sublease. She is represented by Take 3 Talent @take3talent and a student at The Prep NYC.

Julie Amangoua

Julie Priscilla Amangoua is a first-generation Ivorian-American actress who's thrilled to be making her theatre debut at Chain Theatre. She's been honing her craft with her acting coach, Michael Ryan and proudly calls the Freeman Studio her artistic home. Most recently, Julie wrapped filming on the feature film "As Good as Dead". A fluent French speaker, she brings a multicultural perspective to her work. When she's not on stage, she's often found in front of her mirror singing into a hairbrush and dancing like nobody's watching, to her favorite R&B tracks. Julie is deeply grateful to her incredible support system -whose love and encouragement continue to fuel her artistic journey!