Tushar is a theatre maker, actor, and teaching artist.

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He has a Bachelor's in Mass Media from Mumbai University,
a degree in Acting and Theatre Making from Drama School Mumbai and an MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California. 

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He is the co-founder of the Otherland Theatre Ensemble, a physical theatre devising company who tell stories of underdogs and outcasts who inhabit outrageous worlds and are moved by universal struggles. Their play Forgive us, Gustavito won “Best of Fringe” at the Charm City Fringe Festival in Baltimore in 2018.

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Tushar’s teaching and creative pursuits often focuses on movement, physical embodiment, storytelling, and our relationship to the environment. His current preoccupations include re-framing narratives to center animal protagonists, dystopian worlds, birds, an AI bot named Secret Hyena, and our relationships with our neighbors.

Tushar is currently an Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts Department at Emerson College, Boston. 

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