Desi Matrimony

Playwright: various

Director: various

Producer: Anitha Dixit

Getting married, being married, ending it all: Three hilarious plays with three takes on married life, live-streamed over Zoom and free to Season 2022 Pass Holders. A Q&A session with the cast and directors will follow each show. THE SEQUEL by Percival Wilde, KITCHEN SINK DRAMA by Andrew Biss, WE ARE SEPARATING by Sujit Saraf,

Rain

A Naatak Original

Playwright: William Somerset Maugham

Director: Ritwik Verma

Producer: Alka Sippy

(in English) Stranded with a woman whose morality he disapproves of, a priest sets out to save her soul and finds himself sinking deeper into the mire. This play will be performed in an amphisee pictures) that provides an intimate theatrical experience. Mary Campbell Campbell Community Center, 1 W Campbell Ave, Campbell Proof of vaccination will be required for entry. Please also visit our Covid Safety Page. language: English, runtime: 90 minutes

Pandemic Diaries

A Naatak Original

Playwright: various

Director: various

WORKATION, THE NOT SO SURGICAL STRIKE, WE ARE OPEN

Hayavadan

Playwright: Girish Karnad

Director: Harish Agastya

Producer: Soumya Agastya

(in Hindi, with supertitles in English) HAYAVADAN (“horse-face”) is Girish Karnad’s best known classic, and one of the most frequently staged plays in India. Padmini is married to the wise Devadatt and attracted to the well-built Kapil, but the love triangle is turned upside down when the men’s heads and bodies are miraculously switched. Based on The Transposed Heads, Thomas Mann's re-telling of a fable from Kathasaritasagar, HAYAVADAN is a tale of unrequited love and imperfection. Our presentation of the play will be grand, with original music compositions, choreographed fight sequences, stylized movements, imaginative costumes and make-up. Cubberley Theater, 4120 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto run-time: 100 minutes

The Sixth Pillar

A Naatak Original

Playwright: Vikram Ramanarayanan

Director: Vikram Ramanarayanan

Producer: Dhananjay Motwani

The children of an Indian diplomat in San Francisco drift into Islamic radicalism. Inspired by real life events, the play follows their quest to discover the promised land, and their parents' frantic efforts to reclaim them.

Ramayan

Playwright: Tulsidas

Director: Sujit Saraf

Producer: Soumya Agastya

After nearly 27 years on the stage, NAATAK presents its landmark 100th production - RAMAYAN - a fascinating stage adaptation of India's greatest epic, with an ensemble cast, live music and dance. Based on Ramcharitmanas, the play immerses itself in Tulsidas's facility with rhyme and rhythm, his love of the natural world and, of course, his deep adoration of the "Lake of the Glories of Raam", resulting in a delightful presentation that enriches, amuses, informs and entertains. Cubberley Theater, 4120 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto run-time: 100 minutes

K.K.

A Naatak Original

Playwright: Sujit Saraf

Director: Vikas Dhurka

Producer: Alka Sippy

K.K. arrives in Connaught Place, New Delhi, in pursuit of a lifelong passion, and cuts a path through fruit vendors, card players, booksellers, security guards, shoppers, shopkeepers, film goers, gangsters and gold smugglers in this faux-Hindi-film romp. There are hundreds of characters in the play, but a single actor who walks through imaginary crowds and is suddenly entangled in a plot straight out of the movies. The role of K.K. is played by different actors, male and female, in different shows.