This article was published on September 19, 2015 by Darshana Varia Nadkarni Vrindavan: A Grand Musical — Play Review By Darshana Varia Nadkarni How does one take a known and tragic tale of the widows in Vrindavan, and transform it into a splendid work of art, full of humor, fun, mischief, and devotional songs in […]
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This video was aired on September 18, 2015 on KQED Newsroom Naatak Featured on KQED NEWSROOM The Bay Area is home to one of the largest Indian-American communities in the country – and to one of the largest Indian-American theater companies: Naatak. This year Naatak is celebrating its 20th anniversary and putting on “Vrindavan,” an
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This article was published on September 20, 2015 by Vinod Narayan Naatak’s 50th Production – Vrindavan: Theater Talk By Vinod Narayan There are customs, there are traditions, beliefs, stories, mythology and more then entangles in all this there are people. People with emotions, pains, love, life, joy, sadness and more. There is a companionship that
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This article was published on March 25, 2015 by ‘Vrindavan’: Playful Reimagining of Modern Incident, Ancient Myth By Sonia Waraich, India-West Palo Alto, Calif. — In Naatak’s new play “Vrindavan,” written and directed by Indian American Sujit Saraf, fact mixes with fiction to create a playful reimagining of Bollywood actress Hema Malini’s infamous comments about
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Tejaswini Narayanan Dancer, Team Vrindavan No one could know all the efforts that went into the making of the beautiful VRINDAVAN, better than I do. I was standing there, watching everything. Every song that was composed and set to melodious music, every dance that was aptly choreographed, every glitch that was fixed seamlessly, and every
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Mrina Natarajan I blame social media for forcing connectedness. Such pressure, to connect. To how many of the 400 “friends” are you really close? Do you ever meet in person? Have you ever cried to one of them? Now step outside into the real world. You’ll observe a similar state of affairs. You go to
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This article was published in October 2005 by TEN YEARS OF NAATAK Bringing Indian Theater to the Bay Area by Sujit Saraf Ten years ago, seven people met at the International House of the University of Berkeley, writes Sujit Saraf, who helped found NAATAK, which celebrates 10 years this December with its 22nd production. In
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This interview was aired on August 26, 2015 on NPR’s Forum with Michael Krasny Silicon Valley’s Naatak Theater Company Celebrates 20 Years Since 1995, Naatak has been staging plays in the South Bay. The theater company identifies itself as the “largest Indian theater in the U.S.” Its latest musical production, “Vrindavan,” takes a closer look
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This article was published on July 21, 2015 by We have just been anointed by the San Jose Mercury News Readers’ Choice Awards as “Best Live Theater” in Silicon Valley for 2015. Read it again – that’s not Best Desi Theater, or Best Indian American Theater, but Best Live Theater, period. Thank you Mercury News.
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This article was published on July 18, 2015 by ‘Best Live Theater’ in Silicon Valley Receives Knight Foundation Grant By Sonia Waraich SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Shortly after being named the “Best Live Theater” in Silicon Valley by the San Jose Mercury News, the Naatak theater company was awarded a grant of $30,000 from the
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