Night of January 16th is a courtroom drama featuring a sensational murder trial. The ravishing Radhika Roy stands trial for the murder of her boss and paramour, the financier Jai Walia. Witnesses for the prosecution and defense paint her alternately as shrewd and hapless, murderer and victim, schemer and pawn. At the end of the play, the verdict - guilty or not guilty - is rendered by the audience. First produced in 1934, Ayn Rand's play was made into a Hollywood film and has been staged countless times. While Ayn Rand thought of the play as an expression of her Objectivist philosophy (which has been both admired and ridiculed), critics focused more on its complex plot, its melodrama, its gimmick of seating jurors from the audience on stage, and what they called "great entertainment". Originally set in New York, the play has been adapted by Naatak.

Naatak presents its 42nd production

A play about Greed, Gunpowder, and Gandhism

वन्दे मातरम्!

June 7-23, 2013

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About the Play

Aug 8, 1942: On the day Gandhi launched the Quit India movement in Bombay, a band of rebels met in Patna to plot their own campaign. Led by a University of Colorado trained philosopher, they planned to blow up public buildings and landmarks to sabotage both the Quit India movement and the British Empire. A veteran of World War I was recruited to build bombs; a renegade Congressman provided ideological cover; a couple of businessmen provided money; a restauranteur offered his backyard as a bomb factory. This is the story of their campaign its motivations, flaws, triumphs and failures. Based on a true story - the Keezhariyur Bomb Case in Malabar, Kerala - Vande Mataram is a lament for Indian nationalism and the absurdity of being an Indian rebel in the 1940s.

Language: Hindi (with English supertitles) Run-time: 120 minutes Children under 12 will not be admitted

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SHOWTIME

FRI Jun 7, 8 pm^ SAT Jun 8, 2 pm^, 6pm^ FRI Jun 14, 8 pm SAT Jun 15, 2 pm*, 6pm SUN Jun 16, 2 pm FRI Jun 21, 8 pm SAT Jun 22, 6 pm* SUN Jun 23, 2 pm [/one_third] [one_third]

Tickets

VIP - $35 ($30 for 4 or more tickets) General - $25 ($20 for 4 or more tickets) [/one_third] [one_third last="yes"]

VENUE

29 N. San Pedro St. San Jose, CA 95110 [/one_third] [clear] ^ The shows on June 7 & 8 will be staged exclusively for AID (Assoc. for India’s Development). For AID shows tickets, click here. * The 2 pm show on June 15 and 6 pm show on June 22 will be followed by a "QA with the playwright". Free Parking Please park in the San Jose City parking garage located across San Pedro Street from the theater. At the end of the play, we will validate your parking tickets. Parking without validation is $5 or more. We cannot validate parking for any other parking garage.

A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Bay Area parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters. This sharp-edged comedy has been staged worldwide starring stalwarts like James Gandolfini, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Daniels, Jimmy Smits, Annie Potts and Lucie Liu. It was also adapted into a film by Roman Polanski starring Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet.