Set centuries ago, yet piercingly relevant today, Guards at the Taj follows two low-ranking imperial guards stationed outside the Taj Mahal before its grand unveiling. An impossible task will test their lifelong friendship, shake their faith, and shatter their lives forever. This darkly funny and deeply moving play asks us: follow duty or follow beauty?

Written by Rajiv Joseph, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Starring Behzad Dabu and Kausar Mohammed
Directed by Behzad Dabu
Presented by Plan Beh and Luchima Productions

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“Absorbing…GUARDS AT THE TAJ raises potent questions about the human price paid throughout history for the caprices of the mighty.” —The New York Times.

“In this strikingly original drama GUARDS AT THE TAJ, Rajiv Joseph entrusts the romantic legend of the Taj Mahal to two lowly palace guards. Meanwhile, the playwright’s amusingly anachronistic idiom…keeps us entertained, and totally unprepared for some shocking plot turns.” —The New Yorker

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Content Disclosure: This play includes simulated violence and explicit language.