Through the pandemic, we live-streamed these 17 Zoom plays – a show every Saturday, and a new play every other Saturday. In the next few weeks we will announce Season 2021, which will mark our return to the stage.
8 pm, Saturday, February 6 and 13, 2021
MAHABHARAT
the grand finale of our season
adapted and directed by Sujit Saraf
The great epic, imagined as a unique Zoom play with live music and dance, minimalist design, and a stylish rendering of the violent scenes in the story.
music director: Nachiketa Yakkundi, performing live
based on Gogol’s Inspector General, directed by Pratiksha Rao
language: Hindi
producer: Vikas Dhurka
In this hilarious adaptation of Gogol’s classic, the inspector general is about to visit town for an inspection, and corrupt local officials are scrambling to make a good impression.
Two years after his affair rocks their marriage, Preeti calls on Jai with a proposal and an agenda. The play takes us through eight dates in their lives as they attempt to re-ignite the spark in their failed romance.
Known worldwide as the “hugging saint” who provides hugs over Zoom, Mataji has hugged millions, bringing them joy and electric vibrations. In this humorous farce, she finally meets someone for whom a Zoom-hug won’t work.
producer: Anitha Dixit
production team: Poulomi Sarkar, Tuhina Goel, Shraesht Chitkara
cast: Bruce Blau, Kartic Bhargav, Dilip Ratnam, Amit Sharma, Laurie Michaels, Deanna Shinsky, Jay Ruparel, Ranjini Srinivasan, Shelly Smith, Karla Nema, Mahesh Makhijani, Monica Mehta Chitkara, Deepal Pandya
music: Anitha Dixit
duration: 75 minutes
8 pm, November 15 and 21, 2020
Prisoner’s Dilemma
by Anush Moorthy, directed by Devika Ashok
language: Hindi/English
A serial killer stalks Mumbai, and a quirky constable may have found the clues that will give him away.
Two clerks in Delhi’s Connaught Place spend an 8-hour working day – and a lifetime – together, watching the world change around them. आठ घंटे has been staged all over the United States. In India, nearly 50 shows have been performed by artists from the National School of Drama, Delhi, and other theater companies.
language: Hindi
producer: Vikas Dhurka
cast: Mohammad Zishan, Abhishek Das
duration: 75 minutes
8 pm, Saturday, October 3 and 10, 2020
Ultimate Breaking News
written and directed by Vikram Ramanarayanan
Four TV journalists are kidnapped and forced to star in a deadly reality show.
December 2004: In Asia, a tsunami has devastated the lives of millions. In Silicon Valley, the India Association has split. In this hilarious satire, it is the victims of the tsunami who come to the rescue of the victims of the split.
A tribute to Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman , this play imagines a special court session convened to hear the testimony of a woman who says she was raped at a village temple festival.
