An IT guy, a playwright, an artist and a banker walk into a coffee shop. Far from what you think, 15 of us including the four are seated at Colaba’s Belgian eatery, Le Pain Quotidien, and distribute printed copies of Ira Lewis’ Chinese Coffee. With that, another session of the Nouveau Art Play Reading Group commences; that is conceived for those who love theatre and wish to don a different persona through varied play readings. Braving jitters, each of us take turns playing Harry Levine or Jake Manheim, starving New York artists who were portrayed by veterans, Al Pacino and Jerry Orbach, in theu00a0movie adaptation.

Laughter, jitters and more — during a reading of Chinese Coffee. Pic/Bipin Kokate