The Kingdom of Cards
Palo Alto: Oct. 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By:
Rabindranath Tagore
English Adaptation by:
William Radice
Director: Ranjita Chakravarty
Music Director: Siddhartha Chattopadhyay
Costume Design: Keya Chatterjee
Costume Managers: Keya Chatterjee, Madhubala Jaggi, Namita Vakil
Makeup and Hair:Gayatri Joshi
Set Design: Ranjita Chakravarty
Set and Prop Managers: Ashish Chakrabortty, Keya Chatterjee, Adwait Joshi, Juhi Mohan
Choreography: Sanjib Bhattacharya
Projections: Spenser Matubang
Sound Design: Shraddha Suman
Lighting Assistant: Vikram Ramanarayanan
Stage Manager: Mughda Kulkarni and Adwait Joshi
Backstage: Vanani Vasundhara
Written in 1937 as a parody of fascism, Rabindranath Tagore’s poetic fantasy examines a kingdom of two-dimensional playing cards strictly regulated by the cold rule of conformity. Enter a young prince whose thirst for adventure provides them with the elixir for freedom and self-worth.
Cast:
Varun Arvind, Anuj Bhargava, Ekta Brahmkshatri, Ashish Chakrabortty, Alisha Chakravarty, Suruchi Chandorkar, Mekhala Chatterjee, Roshni Datta, Sejal Desai, Stefan Fisher, Chaitanya Godsay, Abhi Karki, Juhi Mohan, Tannishtha Mukherjee, Anju Prakash, Geeta Rai, Sadhana Rajan, Havish Ravipati, Shekhar Sakhalkar, Vinita Sud Belani
Sponsored by: Palo Alto Networks, Jupiter Research Foundation, Nutanix, Bahwan Cybertek, Accenture, Sunera Technologies, Xoriant, Multicoreware, Shasta Foods, Lasya Art, Mantra India, Chaat Bhavan, Institute for South Asia Studies UC Berkeley, Radio DeHottie Media Mahima
