New York City; Wanted: organ Donors.(Manjula Padmanabhan's "Harvest")(Theater review)(Brief article)

good fortune comes at a terrible cost in the futuristic world of Manjula Padmanabhan's Harvest. When young, unemployed Om lands a coveted job at the mammoth Inter-Planta corporation, his slum life (and that of his Indian family) is transformed overnight. In a Faustian exchange for luxuries like a private bath in his own home, Om has signed away his body parts. In Padmanabhan's witty and fast-paced satirical drama, which East Coast Artists will perform at La MaMa E.T.C. in New York City starting Jan. 19, the new world order is comprised of Receivers and Donors. In the colonialism of ...