Date – Aug 24, 2024. 10am-2pm. SJSU King Library, San Jose State University Hosted by – Mantra Roy Musical Guests – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Sonali Bhattacharya and many other artistes Event Website Join the SJSU King Library for a special exhibit to celebrate the musical traditions and sounds of instruments from South Asian countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Discover many South Asian instruments like the ‘rabab/rubab’ from Afghanistan and its close relative, the ‘sarod’ of India. Many of these instruments are taught and performed…
Public Obscenities – Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2024
February 15 – April 09, 2023. Off-Broadway Production – Soho Rep, New York City Written and Directed – Shayok Misha Chowdhury. Cultural Dramaturg – Sukanya Chakrabarti. Pulitzer Prize finalist 2024 Soho Rep Event Page Public Obscenities is a bilingual play from writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on. Public Obscenities is produced by Soho Repertory Theatre and the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) through the NAATCO National Partnership Project. Reviews Juan A Ramirez, New York Times,…
Raabta
September 15-16, 2018. Castro Valley Center for the Arts (CFA), Castro Valley, CA The show has been produced by Bay Area Creative Dance Academy Script – Sukanya Chakrabarti Play Direction – Ranjita Chakravarty Video Production – Archita Mandal Fallini Dance choreographers – Dalia Chatterjee Sen, Debbani Khatua, Puspita Moitra, Aparna DG, Shirni Kanth , Sanjib Bhattacharya Music – Overall Direction & Arrangement- Subhen Khatua Lights – Snehungsu Guha Sound – Jay Roy Vision and Direction – Dalia Chatterjee Sen From the Event page (link)… Event photographs taken by Bibek Ghosh…
The Forgotten Empress
February 27-28, 2020 in San Jose Performance Center, San Jose, CA. April 20-21, 2018 in Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX. Sukanya Chakrabarti, Narration Performed by Kathak artist Farah Yasmeen Shaikh. Written and directed by award-winning playwright Matthew Spangler. Original live score by Musical Director Salar Nader. From the Facebook Event page (link)… All Event photographs taken by Lynn Lane Combining South Asian classical dance, live music, multimedia, and theater, The Forgotten Empress is a dynamic dance drama based on the life of Empress Noor Jahan. The performance will explore…
Gauhar
February 2-3, 2018 in 3400 Main St, Houston TX February 10, 2018 in Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose. February 11, 2018 in Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto Sukanya Chakrabarti, Actor Written by: Mahesh Dattani. Directed by: Lillette Dubey. From the Facebook Event page (link)… GAUHAR traces the story of one of India’s first mass media superstars at the turn of the last century! An Armenian Christian who later converted to Islam, Gauhar Jaan was a naturally gifted musician with a wide repertoire. One of the earliest women artists who seized the…