Stage Ensemble Theater Unit, (SETU) has recently re-staged the epic Ramayan play in Belmont, MA. Hindi Manch has produced two mini comedy skits in Concord. New England Maratha Mandal has been producing plays. American-Indian theatre community is growing rapidly in New England and is producing top plays with local actors and actresses.
The local Bengali community is also getting into the locally-produced plays and had staged Scandal Scoop Aar Kobitar Hoop. It was a real life political drama that was inspired by a band of theater enthusiasts from the Bengali community and has come together and staged the comedy “Kabikahini” rechristened as “Scandal Scoop Aar Kobitar Hoop”.
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A group of theatre lovers from the different clubs had joined hands to stage the Bengali play ‘Scandal Scoop Aar Kobitar Hoop’ at ‘Bengalees of New England’ and ‘Prabasi of New England’, the prominent ethnic Indian organizations of the Greater Boston, recently during the Durga Puja and Bijoya celebrations respectively.
Bengali culture and staging plays during Durga Puja continues to be a long tradition of the community. The presidential politics had provided the perfect fodder for a contemporary adaptation by the renowned Bengali playwright Badal Sarkar.
“The community loved the play. I personally saw such a well-acted zany, humorous play, after a long time. A consummate performance,” commented Ash Bramha, President of Prabasi club and an avid theatre connoisseur.
Director Sankha Bhowmick said: “The strength of the dialogues plays perfectly captured the broad social spectrum; the satire produced enough laughs and kept the audience engaged and entertained. The strength of the play was well-coordinated by the ensemble of actors, each bringing out the quirks of their character to perfection coupled with the appropriate, a well-produced play where every aspect of the production including direction, acting, stagecraft, light and sound music.”
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Chandreyee Lahiri (GIS Specialist at Commonwealth of Massachusetts) reviewed the play and said: “It was an immensely entertaining satire, especially in these times of media culpability for pandering and half-truths. The cast brought it to life with an impressive deftness given the space and time that separates the play’s inception and execution. It’s not easy to sustain a performance over long monologues which the lead actors delivered flawlessly. The two hours immersed in the lives of the ambitious, flawed and hilarious others.”
Maitreyee Chakravarty, an actress and background music score director at the Los Angeles Theatre Festival (Natyo Mela) for more than a decade expressed: “You need a scintillating performance from all members to captivate the audience for 2 hours and this team exceeded that expectation”
Director/Actor/Playwright Dibyendu Paul from Ebong TheatriX, Washington DC said: “The play was set with an election campaign that fitted very well with the current US political climate and the comedy was presented in an elegant manner that differentiated it from slap-stick humor”.
Amitabha Lala, the producer who leads the production, attributed the success to “great team work with sincere commitment and superb direction with meticulous attention to details”.
By Premji
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