Director
Harish Sunderam Agastya has been with Naatak since its founding in 1995. Over the last 15 years since its inception, Harish has worn multiple hats with Naatak as actor, director, producer and lighting designer. He directed Naatak's first foray into English plays in 2003 with Where There's A Will, a comedy by Mahesh Dattani. In 2007, he adapted, directed and played the lead in Anthony Shaffer's legendary thriller Sleuth. In 2008, he directed Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions, a critically acclaimed play on Hindu-Muslim riots. Bay Area audiences have recently seen Harish on stage in several memorable roles such as Tughlaq (Tughlaq - Jun 2010), Patol Babu (Patol Babu Filmstar - Oct 2009), and Kashi Naresh (Madhavi - Feb 2009). Harish is also on Naatak's board and serves as its director of operations.
Producer
Siva Kollipara, a theater and dance enthusiast, has been with Naatak since its 29th production "Madhavi" in 2007. He has been actively involved in other Naatak productions (Tughlaq, K.K., Patol Babu Filmstar etc) and with other Bay Area productions. He has worked with various groups and has taken different roles as a backstage crew member, set builder, lights tech, sounds tech and sets manager. "8 Ghante" is his debut as a producer.
Playwright
Sujit Saraf's plays have been staged all over the US and India, at the National School of Drama in Delhi, Nandikar's festival in Kolkata, and the Bhartendu Natya Utsav featuring "the best plays staged in Delhi in 2007". His novel
The Confession of Sultana Daku was published recently by Penguin. For more information, visit
www.sujitsaraf.com
Cast
Harish Sunderam Agastya (also Director - see above)
Abhishek Das has actively pursued his passion for theater ever since his days in college. He has directed and performed in several Bay Area productions, the most recent ones being 'Madhavi' and 'Bhopal'. Abhishek occasionally dabbles in film-making, and in his free time - works on making search engines (Google) better.
Crew
Set Design - Snigdha Jain
Sets & Props - Siva Kollipara, Snigdha Jain, Subashinee Krishnamurthy, Alka Sippy, Surendra Lele, Indranil Roychoudhury, Sreekumar Kodakara, Manjula Kollipara
Make-up - Soumya Agastya, Subashinee Krishnamurthy
Costumes - Snigdha Jain, Sharvari Dixit
Light & Sound - Kamala Subramaniam, Sreekumar Kodakara
Supertitles - Manish Sabu
Marketing - Rajiv Nema, Satish Karry, Manjusha Gangadharan
Website - Harish Sunderam Agastya, Asheesh Divetia
Graphics - Snigdha Jain
Ticketing - Ashok Malani, Ajay Sondhi
Brochure - Neha Kumar
Photography - Neha Kumar, Swagato Basumallick, Ashima Yadava
Video - Henry Cheung, Harsha Ramakrishna