House of Beida and Buddies in Bad Times present Kainchee Lagaa and Jhooti by Zaiba Baig, April 1 – 18, 2026
I’ve been a b***h as long as I can remember.
The Begging Brown B***h Plays are about lying, sex, and rebirthing oneself: over and over and over again. Zaiba Baig, Peabody Award-winning co-creator of CBC/Max/Sphere Media’s Sort Of, explores deception, desire, and family fractured by displacement in these two unflinching stories of Brown trans women caught between worlds. Kainchee Lagaa and Jhooti are playing as a double bill with a short intermission between the shows.
Please note that both shows play every night of the run — one ticket allows you to see both Kainchee Lagaa and Jhooti!
Taxali Gate, Lahore, now / Etobicoke, Ontario, now
Billo is a sex worker who spends most of her time waiting for men and eating tandoori chicken in bed. She’s saving up to run away with someone special, so tip generously. On the other side of the world, her estranged brother Arsalan is looking for something that feels like home, trying to reach back toward Billo before his survivor’s guilt swallows him whole.
North America, now
Sakeena leaves home for good while her sister is at work. Sakeena is a Bollywood Item Number Girl. Actually, I’m sorry, she’s not. She’s not from here though. But she’s not a liar. She’s finally arrived, and no one has ever believed her, so can you blame her for telling the truth, even when it doesn’t match the facts?
