Play Development & New Work

Creating stories from first workshop to final performance.

Purva is passionate about the process of bringing new work to life. As an actor and collaborator, she has worked alongside playwrights, directors, and theater companies from the earliest stages of development through full productions, helping shape characters, worlds, and stories as they evolve.

She believes that new work is built through curiosity, collaboration, and a willingness to explore what a piece is becoming. Whether in a first reading, workshop, developmental rehearsal, or production, Purva brings a deep commitment to discovery and a collaborative spirit to the room.

Her development work includes collaborations with leading New York theater companies and artists, including Target Margin Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Clubbed Thumb, Tectonic Theater Project, and others.

Selected New Work & Development

Heathcliff! — Written & Directed by Jaclyn Backhaus

Where Is Miss Stone — Written by Chad Kaydo | Directed by Lily Riopelle

Pigeonhole — Written by Jasmine Sharma | Directed by Neal Gupta

Circles — Written by Danny Tejera | Directed by Caitlin Ryan O’Connell

Tony Shalhoub Is My Daddy — Written by Alyssa Haddad-Chin | Directed by Adam Kassim

A Chimera, A Prayer — Written by Max Mooney | Directed by Hanna Yurfest

Smoke — Written by Ife Olujobi | Directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury

Immaculate Mothers — Written by Avery Deutsch | Directed by Katie Lindsay

Three Women — Written & Directed by Isheeta Ganguly

Fixate — Written by Michele Selene Ang | Directed by Chloe Chow

Too Much Time — Written by Kanishk Pandey

You Can Sit With Us — Written by Mukta Phatak | Directed by Susanna Jaramillo

Some Demon — Written by Laura Waldren | Directed by Katie Birenboim

To the Playground — Written by Andy Bragen | Directed by Carolyn Cantor

Class of Forever — Written by Ryan Harriman | Directed by Cameron King

Moon Rituals — Written by Laura O’Neill | Directed by Kelleen Moriarty

Coro - Written by Michi Barall & Anusha Paris-Carter | Directed by Rachel Dickstein