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| Shivani Wazir Pasrich |
 Shivani Wazir Pasrich has been working on the contours of the depiction of Draupadi and comprehension of her spirit. The idea of doing a play based on Panchali germinated as she produced her last stage production about Karna. Draupadi is an icon of strength, determination and achievement and this play uses the story to inspire and share experiences of courage.
Professional Odissi dancer, actress, compere, director and producer Shivani Wazir Pasrich has planned this production as a ‘Spectacle with Soul’. Shivani has acted in musicals, like ‘Annie’ and ‘West Side Story’, in plays, like ‘The Maids’, ‘The See Saw’ and ‘Kamana’ and in comedies like ‘The Dear Departed’, ‘Black Comedy’ and ‘Who Done It’ written and directed by Shah Rukh Khan. She played major roles in three of Mahesh Dattani’s plays ‘Dance Like a Man’, ‘Where There is a Will’ and ‘Bravely Fought The Queen’ and performed in ‘Larki Seedhi Rahegi’ at the NSD theatre festival in Bangalore. She also acted in films like Yash Chopra’s ‘Dil to Pagal Hai’. Shivani graduated from Delhi University in Economics Honours and then completed her Law degree. She won the Miss India Worldwide and Miss Talent title in 1992. She was part of the launch team of Lok SabhaTV. Now she is set to embark on the mega store production. |
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| Tina Johnson |
 Tina Johnson has worked professionally in New York city and Johannesburg and cape town at the Market theater and the Baxter theater. She has directed such plays as; Hamlet, lysistrata, the coolie odyssey, a colored place and the award winning plays: Itsoseng and Out of Bounds - both of which won firsts at the Edinburgh Theater festival and were performed successfully in London. She has also trained actors and directors, worked as a mentor for university students at the Grahamstown national arts festival, worked as the artistic director for the playwrights festival at the market theater and the Sibikwa theater festival and served as the deputy chair of the Gauteng theater practitioners, as well as written extensively on arts policy for the performing arts. |
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