(By Srikar Srinath on Feb 16, 2017 to mark the 21st anniversary of Naatak’s first show ever – It was our first play Khaamosh Adaalat Zaaree Hai. Staged on Feb 16, 1996 in Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto) I went to the second Naatak audition at Stanford. Sanjay (Rajagopalan) and (Sujit) Saraf were there and a […]
(By Sujit Saraf on Feb 16, 2017 to mark the 21st anniversary of Naatak’s first show ever – It was our first play Khaamosh Adaalat Zaaree Hai. Staged on Feb 16, 1996 in Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto) I remember the dates very well. Auditions on Dec 2, 1995 in Gamble Lounge, International House (my dorm
“I always caution my friends never to thrust a microphone in front of someone who comes from the performing arts – every speech is a performance. That is why they cut the audio out after 2 minutes in the Oscar awards. I will try in spite of myself to keep this brief. The last time
Savitha Samu Ivy Weston is the 2nd daughter of Violet and Beverly Weston. She lives in Osage County, Oklahoma close to her parents house and has been the only daughter to stay close to home despite all the drama that goes on in that family. She was born into a house of dysfunction; with her
Surachita Bose This is the end, my beautiful friend, the end. Of our elaborate plans, the end. Of everything that stands, the end – The Doors Three months, many missed lazy weekends, blurry eyed mornings, 120+ hours of rehearsals and one hell of a time later I find myself thinking where time has gone by
By Sujit Saraf Over 20 years, Naatak has staged 50 productions – most of them, full-length plays performed in Hindi and English. There is much charm in a full-length play: the plot can be complex, the characters fleshed out, the resolution nuanced. However, a full-length play imposes some restrictions on a theater company: we can
Deepa Karnad Dhurka I dearly wish to capture, tame and contain in words the emotions experienced with Vrindavan today. In a world where superlatives are cheaply and abundantly strewn, I am flailing when I really need them. I will refrain for that reason, and also because I wish for every person reading this to be
Snigdha Jain Production Designer, Naatak Mounds of brightly colored fine sawdust, rows upon rows of makeshift stalls selling clay toys and dolls — Krishnas, Radhas, gopis, dancers, musicians, animals and birds, and jostling crowds, the scene at Burra Bazaar in Calcutta was a sight to behold on the morning of Krishna Janmashthami, the birthday of
Deepa Karnad Dhurka I cannot CANNOT wait to watch Naatak’s Vrindavan. Not merely because this is a celebratory production to mark the theater’s 50th play in its 20th year, although this alone is cause for huge excitement. Truth be told, I can’t wait mostly because of the confluence of individual and collective genius that has
Mukta Banerji To start with, I listened to the entire KQED interview broadcast about Vrindavan a couple of weeks ago, and winced at some of the questions at least, if not most. Sincere congratulations on handling a potentially tricky interview with amazing clarity, conviction and confidence The subject of Vrindavan is something that perhaps a
