Completed Plays
February 1, 2016 | Cubberley
August: Osage County
This darkly comedic play by Tracy Letts has swept the awards list - it received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and August: Osage County is an unflinching – and uproarious – look at the dark warrens inside any home.
June 1, 2016 | Cubberley
Noises Off
Often called the funniest farce ever written, Michael’s Frayn’s Noises Off is a play-within-a-play, presenting a manic menagerie as a cast of actors rehearsing a sex romp hours before opening night. Lines are forgotten, love triangles unravel, gloves and clothes come off, and there are flying fish everywhere. Can the cast pull their act together on stage amidst all this pandemonium?
The New York Times once called the play “the most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy”. The Wall Street Journal said "If laughter is the best medicine, this flawless show is capable of curing double pneumonia." Noises Off has won the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Play and the London Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy.
September 1, 2016 | Cubberley
Mr. India
A Naatak Original
A half-blind, bumbling tea-seller in Delhi rises to become Prime Minister of India in this hilarious and hard-hitting satire on Indian democracy. Based on the 2007 novel The Peacock Throne , acclaimed by Time (http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1586291,00.html) and The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/feb/24/featuresreviews.guardianreview22) , the play is a grand farce, starting with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and ending with the election that threw up a hung parliament in 1989. Tucked amidst these momentous events is the tale of a humble and foolish tea-seller, whose rise to power is the bittersweet story of India itself. The play features spectacular sets, costumes and lights, along with live music by Nachiketa Yakkundi (http://ganapriya.com/) and his team, and dance by Niharika Mohanty (http://gurushradha.org/home.php) , Deepa Mahadevan (https://www.facebook.com/deepa.mahadevan.39) , Madhuri Kishore (https://www.facebook.com/Madhurikishorekuchipudischool/) and their team. The whole play rhymes.
November 2018 | Cubberley
Mela '16
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Naatak Presents its 55th Production
5 Short Plays in 5 Languages
Mela '16
મેળો · मेळा · মেলা · மேளா · मेला
(With Super-Titles in English)
Audition Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016 (Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati), Sunday, September 25, 2016 (Tamil), and October 4-5 (Bengali) Audition
Show Dates: November 19 - December 4, 2016
Written and
About the Plays
In Naatak's 55th production, 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, Roald Dahl, and George Bernard Shaw. Each show will consist of five short plays staged in quick succession, and will have super-titles in English.
1. অমর্ত্য (Bengali) - IMMORTAL
Based on ময়ূরকণ্ঠী জেলী ("Mayurkanthi Jelly"), a short story by Satyajit Ray
Adapted, directed and
Cast: Anirban Chakraborty, Soumya Chakravorty, Sudipta Chatterjee, Anindita Mukherjee, Sayantanee Dutt
When a scientist dies unexpectedly, his friend embarks on the project of publishing his work and finds himself entangled in a web of love, friendship, and ethical dilemmas.
2. ஆடு பலி ஆட்டம் (Tamil) - THE GOAT SLAUGHTER GAME
Based on "Lamb to the Slaughter", a short story by Roald Dahl
Adapted and
Cast: Savitha Samu, Anush Moorthy, Dilip Ratnam, S Suresh, Venu Subramaniam
Shattered by the discovery that her husband is leaving her, a devoted housewife retaliates, gathering the pieces rather cleverly.
3. गारे की दीवार (Hindi) - THE MUD WALL
Cast: Deepal Pandya, Ashok Vijay, Manasi Deshmukh, Ankur Jain, Chinmay Vaidya
Having moved to a new house, a family is visited by a thief whose arrival throws their lives into confusion.
4. Logging Out (Marathi)
Cast: Mandar Khoje, Gauri Jog, Kiran Pandhare
A girl prefers to live in the virtual world when talking to her boyfriend, but becomes acutely aware of her loneliness when forced to share her physical world with neighbors.
5. જુઓ શી કલા થી મે તમને છુપાવ્યા (Gujarati) - LOOK HOW ARTFULLY I PROTECTED YOU
Based on "How He Lied to Her Husband" by George Bernard Shaw
Adapted by Vikas Dhurka and Paresh Vyas |
Cast: Ekta Brahmakshatri, Snehal Pachigar, Sanju Pancholi
A married woman and her lover get into a pickle with her husband and then get out of it.
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About the Plays
In Naatak's 55th production, 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, Roald Dahl, and George Bernard Shaw. Each show will consist of five short plays staged in quick succession, and will have super-titles in English.1. অমর্ত্য (Bengali) - IMMORTAL
Based on ময়ূরকণ্ঠী জেলী ("Mayurkanthi Jelly"), a short story by Satyajit Ray Adapted, directed and Cast: Anirban Chakraborty, Soumya Chakravorty, Sudipta Chatterjee, Anindita Mukherjee, Sayantanee Dutt When a scientist dies unexpectedly, his friend embarks on the project of publishing his work and finds himself entangled in a web of love, friendship, and ethical dilemmas.2. ஆடு பலி ஆட்டம் (Tamil) - THE GOAT SLAUGHTER GAME
Based on "Lamb to the Slaughter", a short story by Roald Dahl Adapted and Cast: Savitha Samu, Anush Moorthy, Dilip Ratnam, S Suresh, Venu Subramaniam Shattered by the discovery that her husband is leaving her, a devoted housewife retaliates, gathering the pieces rather cleverly.3. गारे की दीवार (Hindi) - THE MUD WALL
Cast: Deepal Pandya, Ashok Vijay, Manasi Deshmukh, Ankur Jain, Chinmay Vaidya Having moved to a new house, a family is visited by a thief whose arrival throws their lives into confusion.4. Logging Out (Marathi)
Cast: Mandar Khoje, Gauri Jog, Kiran Pandhare A girl prefers to live in the virtual world when talking to her boyfriend, but becomes acutely aware of her loneliness when forced to share her physical world with neighbors.5. જુઓ શી કલા થી મે તમને છુપાવ્યા (Gujarati) - LOOK HOW ARTFULLY I PROTECTED YOU
Based on "How He Lied to Her Husband" by George Bernard Shaw Adapted by Vikas Dhurka and Paresh Vyas | Cast: Ekta Brahmakshatri, Snehal Pachigar, Sanju Pancholi A married woman and her lover get into a pickle with her husband and then get out of it. [one_half first="yes"]
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Language: Five Indian Languages (with English supertitles) Run-time: 2 hours 40 minutes Children under 7 will not be admitted
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