Saturday, July 13 2024
Theatre in Life: Sound of Music
5:00 - 5:45 PM
Sound of Music (My music my fulfillment)
Creative leader: Subhasis Das
Everyone is musical – as human we bound to be. Our memories too are often connected with various sounds and rhythms. ‘Sound of music’ is our search into the depths of our soul and subliminal memories, in realization of our true self.
Saturday, July 13 2024
Project Aid Access (English)
7:00 - 8:30 PM
from coLAB Arts, NJ
Playwright & Director: Dan Swern
Project Aid Access is a new verbatim play on abortion access based on oral histories with advocates and women around the country who have received self-managed medical abortion services from international organization, Aid Access.
Saturday, July 13 2024
Na Nahaye Bahadur (Hindi w/English subtitles )
9:00 – 9:50 PM
from Prayog Theater Group, NJ
Playwright: Santosh Tiwari; Director: Ameeya Mehta
A judicial-system satire inspired by real life scenarios, where a woman harrowed by her husband who refuses to have a bath, files a divorce petition against him.
Sunday, July 14 2024
Shambo (English)
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM
from Tri-State Bengali Cultural Association, NJ
Playwright: Nilanjan Mitra Thakur; Director: Charles Anthony Burks
Shambo, an entitled son of a politician, goes through a journey to find himself and parallels the story of the once arrogant son of Lord Krishna in the mythological world to find honor and their way in the world.
Sunday, July 14 2024
Ekti Churir Goppo (Bengali w/English subtitles)
3:45 PM – 4:35 PM
from Bangladesh Theater of America, NY
Playwright: Dario Fo; Adaptation in Bengali: Anika Mahin;
Director: Rokeya Ra que Baby
The Virtuous Burglar is one of Dario Fo‘s best known farces. A satire of bourgeois hypocrisy. It deals with relational twists, entanglement and infidelity.
Sunday, July 13 2024
Theatre in Life: Badal Deene (in search of Badal Sircar)
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
“Badal Deene” (In search of Badal Sircar)
Creative leader: Subhasis Das
Badal Sircar created an entirely new dimension in the Bengali theatre diaspora, driven by his belief that ‘Theatre’ should be free and accessible to all. We look back at his vision and his legacy, through the eyes and words of his characters.
Sunday, July 14 2024
Didi IAS (English & Hindi)
6:45 PM – 8:15 PM
from Epic Actors’ Workshop, NJ
Playwright: Mrinal Mathur; Director: Pinaki Datta
A satire delving into the issue of bureaucratic and government control on creative arts and artists. Should creative arts be brought under regulation or must they remain free flowing, giving artists full liberty & freedom of artistic expression?