Completed Plays
November 15-23, 2014 | Cubberley
The Taming of the Shrew - Hindi Adaptation
Naatak Presents its 48th Production
The Taming of the Shrew (Hindi)
तो सम पुरुष, न मो सम नारी (No man like you, no woman like me)
An adaptation of Shakespeare’s outrageous comedy in Hindi
The Tabard
March 14-29, 2015
About the Play
Shakespeare comes to Bundelkhand through this ageless comedy. Baptista Minola has two daughters – one a paragon of virtue, the other given to biting off a man's head at the slightest provocation. Can this 'shrew' find a man equal to the challenge of being her husband? Once she is out of the way, will her younger sister be able to marry the man she loves? We invite you to be part of the first Shakespearean play in Naatak's 20-year history!Language: Hindi (with English supertitles) Run-time: 120 minutes Children under 8 will not be admitted
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Production Team
[table th="0"] Production Design, Snigdha Jain Sets Director, Asheesh Divetia Props Designer, Savitha Samu Marketing Director, Rajiv Nema Graphic Designer, Pragya Tiwari Webmaster, Indranil Roychoudhury Sets Team, "Abhijeet Vaidya, Madhav Duggineni, Atul Chaudhari, Alka Sippy, Kalpana Bansal, Vikas Dhurka, Vipul Gupta, Deepak Jain, Indranil Roychoudhury" Props Team, "Anu Balakrishnan, Ruchi Samdani, Smita Khole, Pratiksha Rao-Vaidya" Costumes Team, "Juhi Mohan, Snigdha Jain, Shravanti Shinde-Yadav, Manjula Kollipara" Marketing Team, "Varun Dua, Abhishek Gulwade, Deepak Jain, Harish Sunderam Agastya" Lights, Manjula Kollipara Music, Aalap Desai Make-up, "Shweta Prakash, Smita Khole, Nidhi Dhar" Ticketing, Sujit Saraf Supertitles, "Vineeta Singh, Anu Balakrishnan" Photos and Videos, "Swagato Basumallick, Shweta Prakash, Atul Chaudhari, Bhushan Parulekar" Acknowledgements, "Sonal Sabu, Pratibha Sharma, Soumya Agastya, Shekhar Hemnani, CalAA, SF Shakes, Radio Zindagi, India Currents, KZSU 90.1FM (Pranjali Sirasao, Kamla Bhatt)" [/table]Manish Sabu, Director
तो सम पुरुष, न मो सम नारी is Manish's third play as Director. He has adapted it into the Bundelkhandi dialect of Hindi from Shakespeare's classic The Taming of the Shrew. The entire effort took more than two years. Manish has been with Naatak for 18 years in various capacities.Juhi Mohan, Producer
तो सम पुरुष, न मो सम नारी is Juhi's second Naatak play as Producer. She has been with Naatak for 10 years, and has multiple production credits as props director, stage manager, and lights director. Juhi also pursues Kathak as a hobby.Videos
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SHOWTIMES
SAT Mar 14, 2 pm & 6 pm SUN Mar 15, 2 pm FRI Mar 20, 8 pm SAT Mar 21, 2 pm & 6 pm SUN Mar 22, 2 pm FRI Mar 27, 8 pm SAT Mar 28, 6 pm SUN Mar 29, 2 pmVENUE
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29 N San Pedro St
San Jose, CA 95110
FREE PARKING
Parking is FREE with validation. 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. We cannot validate parking for any other parking garage. Note: Play will start on time. Please allow 15 minutes for parking. [/one_half][one_half last="yes"]TICKETS
SINGLE PLAY TICKETS*:General: $22 ($19 each for 4 or more) VIP: $32 ($29 each for 4 or more) |
SEASON PASS:General: $40 VIP: $70 |
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FAQ ABOUT SEASON PASSES
Question 1: How do I choose my shows? Answer: For "The Taming of the Shew" you choose your show when buying your Season Pass. For the next two productions, we will invite you to choose your show one month before the play opens.You will receive at least 3 notifications, and your seats are guaranteed. Question 2: What if I cannot make it to a particular production in 2015? Answer: Naatak season passes are transferrable. Contact tickets@naatak.org. Question 3: Is there a cheaper way to watch a Naatak play? Answer: No. Season passes offer the lowest possible prices for a Naatak play. Question 4: Are my seats guaranteed? Answer: Yes. A VIP Season Pass guarantees VIP seating in the front rows. A General Season Pass guarantees general seating. Question 5: How long will these Season Passes be available? Answer: Available until March, 2015, or until they sell out. --> <!-- Other past productions: [wcpgallery bullets="true" items="4" ids="383,384,385,386,387,388,389,390,391,392"] -->
June 13-20, 2015 | Cubberley
Rabbit Hole
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire is a play about a family’s attempts to come to terms with a tragic loss. Set at a time well after the bereavement, the play examines the lives of 5 people directly impacted by it, as they try to relive their past and reconstruct their future. Rabbit Hole is an unsentimental, witty and improbably funny exploration of grief and is widely regarded as one of the best scripts in this genre. It was also made into a film starring Nicole Kidman, who received nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
September 1, 2015 | Cubberley
Vrindavan
A Naatak Original
In 2014, Bollywood’s dream girl Hema Malini became Member of Parliament from Mathura. When visiting a widow-home in Vrindavan, she suggested that Vrindavan widows should remain in Bengal instead of coming to over-crowded Vrindavan. The uproar that followed involved many actors – NGOs, the BJP, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Hema Malini.
This incident provides the inspiration for Vrindavan , City of Widows, in which 12 feisty widows live in raucous celebration until a Bollywood actress arrives to disrupt their lives. Vrindavan is a grand musical, juxtaposing the colorful love of Radha and Krishna with the stark existence of Vrindavan widows, and told through humor and wit, the songs of Meera Bai and the gyrations of Bollywood songs.
A news item on the incident that became the genesis of this play: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/widows-from-bengal-bihar-stay-there-why-crowd-vrindavan-hema-malini-667204 (http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/widows-from-bengal-bihar-stay-there-why-crowd-vrindavan-hema-malini-667204)
November 1, 2015 | Cubberley
Mela - A Festival of Short Plays
Naatak Presents its 51st Production
A festival of witty short plays
Mela
મેળો · మేళా · मेळा · মেলা · மேளா · ਮੇਲਾ · मेला
(Each Play is in a Different Language, with Super-titles in English)
Audition Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015 Audition
Dates: November 14-22, 2015
Written and
Produced by Soumya Agastya
About the Plays
Over 20 years, we have staged plays in Hindi, English, and Tamil. In November, we celebrate India’s heritage by staging a bouquet of short plays, each witty and humorous, each in a different Indian language. The scripts are by playwrights all over the world, including masters such as Satyajit Ray, Anton Chekhov and Dorothy Parker. Each show will consist of nine short plays staged in quick succession, and will have super-titles in English.
1. Here We Are (English)
On their honeymoon, a newly-wed couple fight, annoy, amuse, and exasperate each other.
2. சாரி ராங்க் நம்பர் (Tamil) - SORRY WRONG NUMBER
Crossed phone lines reveal a plot to kill a bed-ridden woman, who must now protect herself.
3. एक एप्रिल (Marathi) - 1 APRIL
Four hostel room-mates play a prank on a fifth one, and more is shared than planned.
4. বারীণ ভৌমিকের ব্যারাম (Bengali) - BARIN BHOUMIKER BERAM
A thief comes face to face with the man he stole from years ago.
5. ਮਾਮਲਾ ਗੜਬੜ ਹੈ (Punjabi) - THE PROBLEM
A wife tells her husband she is pregnant and the child is not his. The husband has secrets of his own.
6. छोटी छोटी बातें (Hindi) - TRIFLES
A man has been murdered. Men investigate, but the women conduct their own, very different, investigation.
7. పంటి నొప్పి (Telugu) - TEETH
A neurotic woman with a toothache is treated by an over-zealous dentist who is also an NTR fan.
8. મનુ લાવ્યો માંગુ (Gujarati) - THE PROPOSAL
A marriage proposal leads to a hilarious quarrel about land and cattle.
9. भूख लगी है, खाना दो (Haryanvi) - OUT AT SEA
Three men starving on a life raft must determine which one is to become dinner for the other two.
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Play, Language, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, by Lucille Fletcher", Tamil, "Savitha Samu"
"TEETH, by Tina Howe", Telugu, "Bharadwaj Pudipeddi"
"1 APRIL, by Yogesh Soman", Marathi, "Niranjan Page"
"THE PROPOSAL, by Anton Chekhov", Gujarati, "Pratiksha Rao"
"BARIN BHOUMIKER BERAM, by Satyajit Ray", Bengali, "Abhishek Das"
"THE PROBLEM, by A R Gurney Jr", Punjabi, "Sareeka Malhotra"
"OUT AT SEA, by Slawomir Mrozek", Haryanavi,"Surender Singh"
"TRIFLES, by Susan Glaspell", Hindi, "Neha Goyal"
"HERE WE ARE, by Dorothy Parker", English, "Kamala Subramaniam"
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About the Plays
Over 20 years, we have staged plays in Hindi, English, and Tamil. In November, we celebrate India’s heritage by staging a bouquet of short plays, each witty and humorous, each in a different Indian language. The scripts are by playwrights all over the world, including masters such as Satyajit Ray, Anton Chekhov and Dorothy Parker. Each show will consist of nine short plays staged in quick succession, and will have super-titles in English.1. Here We Are (English)
On their honeymoon, a newly-wed couple fight, annoy, amuse, and exasperate each other.2. சாரி ராங்க் நம்பர் (Tamil) - SORRY WRONG NUMBER
Crossed phone lines reveal a plot to kill a bed-ridden woman, who must now protect herself.3. एक एप्रिल (Marathi) - 1 APRIL
Four hostel room-mates play a prank on a fifth one, and more is shared than planned.4. বারীণ ভৌমিকের ব্যারাম (Bengali) - BARIN BHOUMIKER BERAM
A thief comes face to face with the man he stole from years ago.5. ਮਾਮਲਾ ਗੜਬੜ ਹੈ (Punjabi) - THE PROBLEM
A wife tells her husband she is pregnant and the child is not his. The husband has secrets of his own.6. छोटी छोटी बातें (Hindi) - TRIFLES
A man has been murdered. Men investigate, but the women conduct their own, very different, investigation.7. పంటి నొప్పి (Telugu) - TEETH
A neurotic woman with a toothache is treated by an over-zealous dentist who is also an NTR fan.8. મનુ લાવ્યો માંગુ (Gujarati) - THE PROPOSAL
A marriage proposal leads to a hilarious quarrel about land and cattle.9. भूख लगी है, खाना दो (Haryanvi) - OUT AT SEA
Three men starving on a life raft must determine which one is to become dinner for the other two. [table nl="^"] Play, Language, SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, by Lucille Fletcher", Tamil, "Savitha Samu" "TEETH, by Tina Howe", Telugu, "Bharadwaj Pudipeddi" "1 APRIL, by Yogesh Soman", Marathi, "Niranjan Page" "THE PROPOSAL, by Anton Chekhov", Gujarati, "Pratiksha Rao" "BARIN BHOUMIKER BERAM, by Satyajit Ray", Bengali, "Abhishek Das" "THE PROBLEM, by A R Gurney Jr", Punjabi, "Sareeka Malhotra" "OUT AT SEA, by Slawomir Mrozek", Haryanavi,"Surender Singh" "TRIFLES, by Susan Glaspell", Hindi, "Neha Goyal" "HERE WE ARE, by Dorothy Parker", English, "Kamala Subramaniam" [/table]Language: Several Indian Languages (with English supertitles) <!--Run-time: 90 min (5 plays) + 15 min intermission + 90 min (4 plays)--> Run-times Nov 20: 90 min (5 plays) + 15 min intermission + 75 min (3 plays) ** Haryanvi play will not be performed in this show ** Nov 21 & 22: 90 min (5 plays) + 15 min intermission + 90 min (4 plays) Children under 8 will not be admitted
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