When we meet Dr Ulka Mayur at her Goregaon West studio, the storyteller and theatre practitioner is snapping in and out of characters from her one-woman play Cast Off All Shame, launching into lengthy monologues with no visible cue. These snippets of performances were, in part, responses to our questions, but it might help that we were present at her apartment-turned-studio during rehearsals.

Mayur is readying for her next show this Saturday at Method Juhu, for what could possibly be her last ticketed performance in Mumbai after over 50 invite-only shows and 10 open performances across India, including venues like Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Asiatic Society Library, city colleges and literature festivals.