Neighborhood Watch
Jackalope Theatre Company
2025
“Harsh Gagoomal does a phenomenal job of acting and holding the play together; his timing is brilliant.”
— Julia W. Rath, Around The Town Chicago
“Herb and Gagoomal as Becca and Mo have fantastic chemistry, and their flirtations are delightfully coquettish. But revelations from Mo’s past threaten the couple’s tentative harmony.”
— Tristan Bruns Newcity Stage
“Harsh Gagoomal plays Mo Rizvi with deft emotional range, a bearded, swarthy Middle Easterner who has moved into a house in white suburbia.”
— Bill Esler, Buzz Center Stage
Security
Kane Repertory Theatre, Virtual
2021
— Noel Schecter, Newcity Stage
“Kane Repertory Theatre’s online production of 'Security’ by Hammaad Chaudry is a powerful production, realistic and thought-provoking. In the role of the British detainee is Harsh Gagoomal, who also is an amazing actor, giving an equally powerful performance, with a strong intensity expected of a young male with the cynicism of youth. The chemistry between the two actors is what gives this amazing theatrical work its bite.”
— Anna Hessel, People & Places
“Chaudry offers a well-crafted script that keeps its focus squarely on the interplay between victim and oppressor. Brian and Riaz are humanized, but also serve well as stand-ins for greater political constructs. We care what happens to them and at the same time see how their plight echoes the ongoing struggle between Empire and Colony.”
“Oscar nominee Eric Roberts is Brian, a Homeland Security officer charged with keeping the borders of the United States safe. Riaz, played with great emotion, by Harsh Gagoomal, is a 17-year-old Englishman with Pakistani antecedents.”
— Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide