She is a poet, writer, and director based in Mumbai. She is the co-founder of the theatre company Tamaasha Theatre, which runs a cultural centre called Studio Tamaasha in Mumbai, and a Performing Arts residency space in Kashid, Maharashtra.
Sapan’s association with theatre began with a collaboration with contemporary dancer Astad Deboo in 2012. In 2017-18, Sapan was invited by the National Theatre of Wales to co-write Sisters, a one-year-long project on the lives of South Asian women, their history and experiences. In 2022-23, she directed a production for National Theatre London’s youth theatre initiative, Connections India, led by National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA). She is a recipient of the Tendulkar-Dubey Fellowship, 2018. Her production Same Same but Different is running successfully, travelling to various cities, and at theatre festivals. Her latest work Be-loved is an exploration of queer love in India through theatre, music, poetry and movement.
Sapan practises theatre in multiple languages, and collaborates regularly with music composers and movement artists. She is involved in training younger theatre practitioners at institutions like the Drama School Mumbai. Her poems have been published in several Hindi magazines, including Sahitya Akademi’s Samkaleen Bharteeya Sahitya and Samved. Her first book of plays Ottam Aur Anya Natak was recently published by Delhi based Vaam Prakashan.