Season 19
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 |
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"] -->Rabbit Hole
Naatak Presents its 49th Production
A Pulitzer Prize winning Drama
Rabbit Hole
Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto
June 13-20, 2015
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
About The Play
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.Language: English Run-time: 100 minutes Children under 8 will not be admitted. Not recommended for children under 13 because of some foul language; viewer discretion is advised.
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[table th="0"] Production Design, Snigdha Jain Sets Director, Asheesh Divetia Props Designer, Savitha Samu Costume Designer, Juhi Mohan Marketing Director, Rajiv Nema Sets Team, "Alka Sippy, Atul Chaudhari, Vikas Dhurka, Arun Agrawal, Madhav Duggineni, Vipul Gupta, Ashok Vijay" Props Team, "Divya Chandrasekaran, Smita Khole, Pratiksha Rao-Vaidya, Arun Agrawal" Culinary Props, "Soumya Agastya, Sonal Sabu" Costumes Team, "Reshu Goyal, Neha Goyal" Marketing Team, "Varun Dua, Anjana Surin" Graphic Designer, Pragya Tiwari Webmaster, Indranil Roychoudhury Lights, "Srikar Srinath, Vinata Karra" Sound, Shubhla Jotwani Music, www.bensound.com Make-up, "Nitya Kansal, Renuka Raj, Krithika Ananthakrishnan" Ticketing and Box Office, "Sujit Saraf, Madhuvanthi Guruprasad" Ushers, "Vineeta Singh, Shivangi Jain Mehra" Photos and Videos, "Amit Basu, Neha Kumar, Swagato Basumallick, Shweta Prakash, Atul Chaudhari" Acknowledgements, "Radio Zindagi, India Currents, KZSU 90.1FM (Pranjali Sirasao, Kamla Bhatt), Mukund Marathe, Saavan Saraf" [/table][one_quarter first="yes"]
SHOWTIMES
SAT Jun 13, 6 pm SUN Jun 14, 6 pm* FRI Jun 19, 8 pm **Sold Out** SAT Jun 20, 6 pm *The Sunday June 14 show will be followed by a Q&A segment with the Rabbit Hole team. [/one_quarter][one_half]TICKETS
| RABBIT HOLE TICKETS**: General: $22 VIP: $32 Group General: $20 each for 4+ tickets Group VIP: $30 each for 4+ tickets | TWO PLAY PASS: General: $30 VIP: $50 |
VENUE
Cubberly Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 [/one_quarter] [clear]Tickets
Our Partners
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About The Play
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.Language: English Run-time: 100 minutes Children under 8 will not be admitted. Not recommended for children under 13 because of some foul language; viewer discretion is advised.
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[table th="0"] Production Design, Snigdha Jain Sets Director, Asheesh Divetia Props Designer, Savitha Samu Costume Designer, Juhi Mohan Marketing Director, Rajiv Nema Sets Team, "Alka Sippy, Atul Chaudhari, Vikas Dhurka, Arun Agrawal, Madhav Duggineni, Vipul Gupta, Ashok Vijay" Props Team, "Divya Chandrasekaran, Smita Khole, Pratiksha Rao-Vaidya, Arun Agrawal" Culinary Props, "Soumya Agastya, Sonal Sabu" Costumes Team, "Reshu Goyal, Neha Goyal" Marketing Team, "Varun Dua, Anjana Surin" Graphic Designer, Pragya Tiwari Webmaster, Indranil Roychoudhury Lights, "Srikar Srinath, Vinata Karra" Sound, Shubhla Jotwani Music, www.bensound.com Make-up, "Nitya Kansal, Renuka Raj, Krithika Ananthakrishnan" Ticketing and Box Office, "Sujit Saraf, Madhuvanthi Guruprasad" Ushers, "Vineeta Singh, Shivangi Jain Mehra" Photos and Videos, "Amit Basu, Neha Kumar, Swagato Basumallick, Shweta Prakash, Atul Chaudhari" Acknowledgements, "Radio Zindagi, India Currents, KZSU 90.1FM (Pranjali Sirasao, Kamla Bhatt), Mukund Marathe, Saavan Saraf" [/table][one_quarter first="yes"]
SHOWTIMES
SAT Jun 13, 6 pm SUN Jun 14, 6 pm* FRI Jun 19, 8 pm **Sold Out** SAT Jun 20, 6 pm *The Sunday June 14 show will be followed by a Q&A segment with the Rabbit Hole team. [/one_quarter][one_half]TICKETS
| RABBIT HOLE TICKETS**: General: $22 VIP: $32 Group General: $20 each for 4+ tickets Group VIP: $30 each for 4+ tickets | TWO PLAY PASS: General: $30 VIP: $50 |
VENUE
Cubberly Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 [/one_quarter] [clear]Tickets for "Rabbit Hole"
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| 1 ticket $30.00 USD 2 tickets $60.00 USD 3 tickets $90.00 USD 4 tickets $120.00 USD 5 tickets $150.00 USD 6 tickets $180.00 USD |
More about the Two Play Pass
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Question 1: How do I choose my shows?
Answer: After you buy a Two Play Pass, we will contact you to reserve your seats for Rabbit Hole in June and Vrindavan in September. You will receive at least 3 notifications for each play, and your seats are guaranteed.
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Question 2: What if I cannot make it to a particular production in 2015?
Answer: Naatak Two Play Passes are transferrable. Just inform tickets@naatak.org.
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Answer: Two Play Passes offer the lowest possible prices for a Naatak play.
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Answer: Yes. A VIP Two Play Pass guarantees VIP seating in the front rows. A General Two Play Pass guarantees general seating.
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Question 5: How long will these Two Play Passes be available?
Answer: Available until April 30, 2015, or until they sell out.
Roles
Female, Age 33-40, Indian-American accent desired but not necessary Female, Age 28-35, Indian-American accent required Female, Age 55-65 Male, Age 35-45 Young Male, Age 16-19What Are We Looking For?
Stage presence. Voice projection and modulation. Appropriate accent as required for the role.Audition Details
Date: Saturday April 4 @ 4PM Venue: NAATAK HOUSE, 2110 Walsh Avenue #D, Santa Clara 1. RSVP to harish@naatak.org with name, gender, age and height. Include a head-shot. 2. You will receive an audition time slot. Come prepared with a 2-minute monologue in English. Pick something that involves movement and gives you an opportunity to demonstrate a range of expressions and emotions. 3. If shortlisted, you will receive some sides from the play which you will need to memorize for a callback on Wednesday April 8th 7pm.Rehearsal Schedule
April 19 through June 12, 3 times a week at NAATAK HOUSE in Santa Clara. Tentatively, rehearsals will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and Saturday morning. For more information, contact harish@naatak.org.We Need You to Help Produce the Play!
This play will have elaborate sets. Help us build them! If you don’t have previous set construction experience, we will train and mentor you. We also need help in acquiring/creating the many props used in the play. We also need creative people to help us execute lights, sound, costumes, make-up, marketing and publicity for this play. If interested, please contact harish@naatak.org. -->Vrindavan
Naatak Presents its 50th Production
A Grand Musical - The Knight Foundation Grant Winner
Vrindavan
Audition Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015 Audition
Dates: September 12-27, 2015
Written and
About the Play
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. The play features spectacular sets, costumes and lights, along with live music by Nachiketa Yakkundi and his team, choreography by Guru Bandana Sen, and dance by Dipanwita Sengupta and her students at California Nupur Dance Academy.
This is Naatak’s 50th play. As befits a milestone production, it will be staged on a grand scale, with much media coverage, and as many as 9 shows for a large audience.
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
Language: Hindi (with English supertitles) Run-time: 100 minutes, no intermission Children under 7 will not be admitted
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: Sujit Saraf
Music Director: Nachiketa Yakkundi
Dance Director: Nritya Shiromoni Guru Bandana Sen
[tabgroup] [tab title='On Stage' id='t1' active='active'] [table th="0"] Vocalists[attr style="width:20%"], "Nachiketa Yakkundi, Vidya Murthy, Lakshmi Shankar Rao, Poonam Yakkundi" Organ, Anand Karve Tabla, Ashish Tare Manjira, Gandhar Tare Triangle, Poonam Yakkundi Assistant Dance Director, Dipanwita Sengupta Dancers, "Dipanwita Sengupta, Juhi Mohan, Kanchan Srivastava, Sonia Singhal, Mrina Natarajan, Mahasweta Ganguly, Nupur Goyal, Tina Cheruvelil, Renuka Adnani, Tejaswini Narayanan, Dipashreya Sur, Pooja Solanki, Reya Shah, Snigdha Chatterjee, Richa Bhattacharya, Oishika Barat" Protima Dasi, Ranjita Chakravarty Putul Dasi, Palak Joshi Meera Dasi, Roopcy Dhiman Lata Dasi, Aruna Sheth Gauri Dasi, Asmita Jain Ganga Dasi, Pratiksha Rao Jamna Dasi, Savitha Samu Saraswati Dasi, Anjali Bhaid Pinki Dasi, Neha Goyal Neela Dasi, Rajani Nair Badi Sumitra Dasi, Anjali Bhide Chhoti Sumitra Dasi, Shubhla Jotwani Anjali Madam, Sowmya Padmanabhan Bina Kumari, Vinata Karra Mishraji, "Surender Singh (Sep 13, 19, 20, 26), Ashok Vijay (Sep 12, 18, 25, 27)" Murariji, "Amit Sharma (Sep 12, 25 ,27), Shaurya Jagtap (Sep 13, 18, 19), Navjyoti Sharma (Sep 20, 26)" Sudhakaran, Vikram Ramanarayanan [/table] [/tab] [tab title='Off Stage' id='t2'] [table th="0"] Producer[attr style="width:20%"], Soumya Agastya Production Designer, Snigdha Jain Sets Director, Asheesh Divetia Props Designer, Savitha Samu Costumes Director, Soumya Agastya Marketing Director, Rajiv Nema Sets Manager, Vikas Dhurka Sets Team, "Nicole A Bryant Stephens, Michael X Stephens, Madhav Duggineni, Indranil Roychoudhury, Abhijeet Vaidya, Saurabh Jain, Rohit Dube, Prithi Yadav, Vipul Gupta, Alka Sippy, Ranjan Patra, Mansi Kothari, Harpreet Kaur, Rhitik Verma, Rohit Verma, Arun Agarwal" Props Team, "Arun Agarwal, Saurabh Jain, Rohit Dube, Vignesh Ramakrishnan, Divya Chandrasekharan" Costumes Team, "Snigdha Jain, Sonali Baheti, Harpreet Kaur, Prabha Seshadri, Ranjana Saraf, Monica Chitkara, Nrityavilash Suchandra Banerjee" Marketing Team, "Harish Agastya, Hemkumar Joshi, Surender Singh, Varun Dua" Lights, Srikar Srinath Sound, Manish Sabu Supertitles, Vineeta Singh Visual Designer, "Pragya Tiwari, Cherie Jhaveri" Stage Management, "Arun Agarwal, Rohit Dube, Saurabh Jain" Make-up, "Smita Karhade, Harpreet Kaur, Shravanti Shinde, Neeti Solanki" Event Management, Rajat Sharma Box Office, "Madhuvanthi Guruprasad, Daniel" Photography, "Swagato Basumallick, Amit Basu, Shweta Prakash" Videography, Phani Mahavrathayajula Website, Indranil Roychoudhury [/table] [/tab] [tab title='Acknowledgments' id='t3'] [table th="0"] "Knight Foundation, KQED 88.5FM, India Currents, India West, India Abroad, Brian Haines, Byron, Sonal Sabu, Bottega Designs, Anurooba Balakrishnan, Anil Khubchandani, Varun Dua" [/table] [/tab] [/tabgroup][one_third first="yes"]
SHOWTIMES
SAT Sep 12, 6 pm: Sold Out SUN Sep 13, 4 pm: Sold Out FRI Sep 18, 8 pm: VIP Sold Out SAT Sep 19, 6 pm: Sold Out SUN Sep 20, 4 pm: VIP Sold Out FRI Sep 25, 8 pm SAT Sep 26, 2 pm & 6 pm SUN Sep 27, 4 pm [/one_third][one_third]TICKETS
Individual Tickets
General: $22 VIP: $32Group Tickets (for 4+ tickets)
General Group: $20 VIP Group: $30 **Deep discounts available for 10 or more tickets. Please call 408.499.5692 or email tickets@naatak.org [/one_third][one_third last="yes"]VENUE
Cubberly Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 [/one_third] [clear]Tickets
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Roles
Group 1: NINE women, age 25-50* Group 2: ONE woman, age 18-22 Group 3: FOUR women, age 50-80 Group 4: THREE men, age 30-50* *NOTE: a knowledge of Hindi is NOT required for one of the women and one of the men.What Are We Looking For?
Fluency in Hindi, stage presence, and a sense of rhythm. Actors will not be required to sing or dance, but will work alongside professional musicians and dancers.Audition Details
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2015 Venue: Naatak House, 2110D Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara 1. RSVP to sujit@naatak.org. Mention previous 2. You will receive a time slot between 1 pm and 3 pm. 3. Come with a monologue (2 minutes, Hindi) that involves movement. 4. If shortlisted, you will be called back at 4 pm the same day.Rehearsal Schedule
July, August, and early September, three times a week at Naatak House, 2110D Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA.Join our Production Team
Please contact soumya@naatak.org to join our production team.Sets and Props
This play will have spectacular sets and props. Help us build them! If you don't have previous set construction experience, we will train and mentor you.Costumes
Help us design and arrange costumes for this play. Like sets, costumes will be fanciful and imaginative, and we will train and mentor those who do not have previous experience.Other Production Roles
We also need creative people to help us imagine lights, make-up, props, marketing, and publicity for this unique play.-->
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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