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Thank you for your interest in Alter Ego Productions and our upcoming production Whose Afraid of Vijay Tendulkar that we are presenting as part of the Vijay Tendulkar Play Festival '04 organized by the Indo American Arts Council (IAAC). Below is additional information about our Theater Company and Whose Afraid of Vijay Tendulkar. Alter Ego Productions brings together people from many different professional backgrounds sharing a common passion for theater. The company was founded in April 2002 by a group of individuals whose professional focus is not theater but who have a strong interest in theater and significant past experience in directing, acting, or set design. Our present production, Anuvab Pal and Shourin Roy's Whose Afraid
of Vijay Tendulkar, is a story of an American professor of Indian
Theater studies and his assistant who travel to India to present at
a symposium onVijay Tendulkar, Indian theater's eminence gris. Confronted
by the fact that Vijay Tendulkar is going to be present at the symposium,
the professor with the help of the assistant grapple to deconstruct
Tendulkar's plays while waiting for a suburban train. The story uses
a collage of excerpts from four of Tendulkar's plays to capture his
narrative of power and violence inherent in institutional spaces as
diverse as media (Kamala), the State (Ghashiram Kotwal),
and sexuality (Sakharam Binder and A Friend's Story). In doing
so, the story also examines Tendulkar's relevance in contemporary India.
Previously, Alter Ego has produced Fatwa, Indian Ink, Chaos Theory, and Hayavadana. Our most successful production to date - The New York Premiere of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink ran at the Soho Repertory Theater from August 16, 2003 through September 7, 2003. It was a critical and popular success prompting us to extend it to a short off-broadway run and Theater Mania to list it under the 2003's category for "Shows You Should Have Seen But Probably Didn't". Also attached are bios on the Alter Ego production team and the cast. For a full press kit and more information and photographs please visit us at www.alteregoproductions.org. Sincerely,
The People PRODUCTION: ANUVAB PAL (Writer, Director) - Anuvab is a playwright in New York. His plays have been produced by prestigious theatre companies and leading universities in NYC, Los Angeles, Washington D.C, Alaska, London, Edinburgh, and India. Alter Ego premiered his second play, Chaos Theory in October 2002, and he is currently serving the role of Creative Associate in this vibrant young theatre company. SHOURIN ROY (Writer, Dramaturge) is currently pursuing his doctorate in movement sciences at Columbia University. This is his second year in Alter Ego and has previously been involved with its publicity. This is his first foray into playwriting and he finds it an exhilarating experience. NILAY OZA (Producer) - Nilay is currently the main force behind Alter Ego. He is one of the founding members of the collective and was set designer for Hayavadana and Chaos Theory. After completing a Masters in Building Technology from M.I.T, came to New York to practice architecture.
MICHAEL GNAT (Dr Thelonious Grundle) will next appear in TheDrillingCompaNY's Honor II (opens 10 Oct. at 78th Street). Film: Bobby G. Can't Swim (Tim); Die Dreaming (Carlo); Found Money (Orange). Recent NYC stage: Anything But Black (Strawberry Festival Finalist); All's WellŠ (Theatre Ten Ten, Lafeu). Member Harbor Theater. His thanxoxox, as ever, to Linda and Nick. [AEA, SAG, AFTRA] DEEPA PUROHIT (Levitra Jaisingh) is the co-founder, co-artistic director of The Rising Circle Theater Collective dedicated to advancing the works of theater artists of color. She co-wrote and is co-producing Rising Circles™ first full length original production, Pulling the Lever at Wings Theatre 154 Christopher St. Show runs Oct 28-Nov 6. For info:www.risingcircle.org. TV: The Sopranos, The Education of Max Bickford, One Life to Live. Stage: In the Heart of America, Barriers, Vagina Monologues, The End of the Apurnas, The Abortion. Film: Theen, Another Journey, The Lottery, Over the Mountains. DEBARGO SANYAL (Audience 1, Sher Khan) has performed in two previous Alter Ego productions--as 'Dilip' in Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink and as 'Gotham' in Anuvab Pal's Chaos Theory. He is very pleased to be back with his Alter Ego friends to take part in tonight's presentation. POORNA JAGANNATHAN (Sarita, Champa) theater credits include The End of You, Kalighat, Queen of the Remote Control, Macbeth, I am Mou and Anything For You, Dolores. Film: She Hate Me (Spike Lee), Weatherman (Gore Verbinski). All The Girls I've Loved, Arranged Marriage. TV: Law & Order, Johnny Zero and MTV's Damage control (series regular). GITA REDDY (Kamala, Sumitra, Laxmi) has performed with the National
Asian American Theater Company, Target Margin and Disha, among others,
as well as her own solo-ish work at Exit Art, Dixon Place and the St.
Mark's Theater. She will be appearing in two other readings for the
Tendulkar AKSHAY DAMARLA (Nana) Akshay is a Computer programmer by day. He thoroughly enjoys fraternizing with the theatre community through the delightful folks at Alterego and hopes to continue on this path of creative fulfillment. PRIYANKA MATHEW (Servant) is an analyst with Goldman Sachs. This is her third production with Alter Ego and is a key member of this group. She was Stage manager for Indian Ink, Assistant Director for the barebones production of The Lark's, Sex and Other People's Houses among other productions. SEEMA MALIK (Woman 2, Sign Bearer) is an architect currently working in New York. Seema has been a part of AlterEgo Productions for the last two years. After having worked behind the scenes, designing the sets of "Indian Ink" and managing the production of "Fatwa", she has now decided to add to her theatrical repertoire by stepping into the world of acting with AlterEgo's latest production, "Who'se Afraid of Vijay Tendulkar?" PUJA OGALE (Audience 2, Woman 1) works in marketing for a NYC hotel company. Theater experience includes mostly behind the scenes work such as props for Alter Ego's Chaos Theory, production coordinator for Anuvab Pal's Life, Love and EBITDA, Stage Manager on Benjamin Curtis, Bill Balzac, and Alter Ego's Indian Wants the Bronx and Asst. Producer for Alter Ego's Indian Ink and FATWA. GAURAV TEJWANI (Dawood) is a research analyst with Lehman Brothers. He joined their structured credit strategies team after graduating from business school. He has directed/ acted in plays such as Ajay Shukla's Taj Mahal ka Tender and Sharad Joshi's Andhon ka Hathi. He has also been involved with set design and construction for various productions. RANJIT GUPTE (Coolie) works at a hedge fund in New York. He is an avid reader and traveler and is Alter Ego's go to guy for almost anything under the sun. VAISHALEE THUBRIKAR (Chorus) is a research analyst at Bearing Point. This is her first year with Alter Ego and she assisted with costume design in Alter Ego's production of Fatwa. She enjoys working with her Alter Ego crewmates and looks forward to many more productions.
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