Dikchinhoheen, off-kendrik, MA
Dir - Sankha Bhowmick
Playwright - Sankha Bhowmick
Synopsis:
An intimate party to celebrate a prestigious award by a famous writer/playwright at the house of a socialite brings together a group of exclusive people, each with their own agenda. Yet discussions keep turning to a young writer who is conspicuously absent. His choice of being an activist for climate refugees draws ridicule and disbelief. As the evening progresses and emotional fault lines are witnessed, events from afar inadvertently creep into the party challenging the belief and conscience of each individual leaving us to ponder what is the responsibility of an artist and our collective social responsibility.
Paul o Vincent by
ECTA,NJ
Dir - Sudipta Bhawmik
Playwright - Sudipta Bhawmik
Synopsis:
Vincent Van Gogh moved to the city of Arles in Southern France, in search of a new light. His
vision was to create the "Studio of the South", a commune of artists who would live and work
together. Paul Gauguin joined Vincent in Arles during the fall of 1888 to initiate the studio. The
two artistes lived together for about 2 months, during which they created some of their
greatest masterpieces while they ate, drank, socialized, and argued passionately over art. This
joint venture ended violently with Vincent Van Gogh chopping of his ear and Gauguin leaving
Arles forever, never to meet Vincent again.
Over the years, researchers and art historians have tried to dig into thousands of
documents to try to reconstruct what happened during those 9 weeks - how could a great
friendship between two of the greatest artists of all time disintegrate into such a horrific
conclusion. This play is not history - it is only another attempt to reconstruct the relationship
between Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh using information collected from some of the
latest research findings.
Gotroheen by DFW-PLAY, TX
Dir - Rajarshi Bhattacharya
Playwright - Rudraprasad Sengupta
Synopsis:
Gotroheen is a powerful family drama that probes the fragile boundaries of love, honor, and belonging in a South Asian immigrant world. Inspired by Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge and reimagined from Rudraprasad Sengupta’s adaptation, the play centers on Salek, a proud Bangladeshi grocer in New York’s Jackson Heights.
Living with his perceptive wife Zainab and their orphaned niece Shaheen, Salek’s authority is absolute - until two undocumented cousins, the stoic Enayet and free-spirited Nilu, arrive seeking refuge. As Shaheen and Nilu fall in love, Salek’s protective concern hardens into jealousy and obsession.
Caught between tradition and change, honor and desire, Salek’s struggle to control his world tears apart the very family he longs to preserve.