Rakesh Baruah is a Milwaukee-based writer focused on the performance of power in contemporary life. His plays and fiction explore how media, institutions, and personal ambition distort the language of truth. He is currently developing new work through private readings and national submissions.
Featured Work
Tyrant
Tyrant is a full-length drama about the seduction of relevance in the streaming era. After being pushed to the margins of a changing media landscape, a prominent anchor trades credibility for virality and is gradually consumed by the system he helped build. The play examines how institutions reward certainty, punish doubt, and reshape the people inside them.
Full script available upon request.