It has been my greatest pleasure to essay two roles under the excellent tutelage of Harish Sunderam Agastya. Two roles on either end of the spectrum. From vastly different genres. With the same OCD, minute-detail-picking, exasperating-with-accuracy director. And to detail every little nuance in Noises Off takes all these qualities and more. I couldn’t think […]
This article was published on June 20, 2015 by Vinod Narayan Rabbit Hole By Naatak – An avalanche of emotions that slowly settles in you By Vinod Narayan Handling Bereavement, the intensity and duration of it are different for different people, there is no one single point when you can say it has completely ended.
This article was published on June 24, 2015 by Rabbit Hole – Naatak’s 49th Production By Divya Mehta 20th year is indeed shaping great for USA’s Biggest South Asian Drama Company Naatak. The choice of plays they made for this year has been distinct, yet equally experimentive. In their 49th production they have proved the
This article was published on June 16, 2015 by Dealing with Grief Over a Son’s Loss By Archana Asthana We have all been touched by tragedy in some way, directly or indirectly, in our lives…a death in the family is the worst kind….when that death involves an innocent child, it is even worse, and when
Amit Basu The Tao was getting very tired of sitting by himself in front of the iMac, looking at beautiful places and even more beautiful women. Just when he was considering getting up and doing something more meaningful, such as watch the past episodes of Game of Thrones, a calendar event popped up with a
Sunaina Karanwal Full disclaimer : ladies, don’t wear mascara to the play unless you want to leave with a teary, full-fledged raccoon eye situation (I may or may not be speaking from experience). Rabbit Hole revolves around the death of a couple’s child, their grief and their inability to heal. That’s some heavy stuff, you
Anjana Surin Heads bowed down, eyes focused, hands stable – this is what you see in these pictures. And White – a lot of White! What you miss is the shiny, friendly banter, the smell of turpentine, crazy hunt to find the perfect stage props, creative brains that cannot be contained in a box, contagious
Divya Chandrasekaran I remember that day quite well. A lazy afternoon Google search for local theaters showing the Tamil movie “OK Kanmani” had led to “NAATAK” serendipitously popping into my search results. I was intrigued. Hmmm, so there is an Indian theater company in the Bay Area? Oh, wait, it’s also America’s biggest Indian theater
DIPIKA SHARMA Dipika is a character standing still wondering why the rest of the world is whizzing past her. Dear Audience, Depending on the role, there are challenges sometimes set by the author, the director, the actor, and sometimes even the audience. All of this holds true for Dipika. Let me first cover mine –
Mahesh Umasankar “I am the Producer of a Rabbit Hole” is not a complimentary way to identify oneself. But, for that matter, the way the characters in the play treat each other is not exactly complementary either. So, it all fits in very well. When the director explained my role to me, I heard it
