San Francisco, CA @ American Conservatory Theater – Feb 27th-Mar 15th, 2003
Abu Dhabi, UAE @ New York University's Abu Dhabi Institute – Mar 8th-10th, 2012
"...masterful adaptation of one of the longest poems ever written" – THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN
"Elegant and exhilarating" – PIEDMONT PRESS
"always balanced and interesting to look at... constantly alive" – INDIA-WEST
Theater Mitu presents a production of The Ramayana. Written, Adapted and Directed by Rubén Polendo. Using shadow puppetry, masks, ritualized music and multi-ethnic drumming, this staging of the Hindu Sacred epic transcends race and religion to delve into the core of what it means to be human.
STAGE MANAGER: Rebecca GriffinSET DESIGN: Scott SpahrCOSTUME DESIGN: Miranda HoffmanMASK DESIGN: Lori PetermannLIGHTING DESIGN: Ryan MuellerORIGINAL MUSIC: Jef EvansCHOREOGRAPHY: Scott Spahr
Corey Sullivan, Lena Broderson, Franco Bulaon, Rebecca Chernoff, Juan Carlos Diaz, Nellie Fleischner, Naomi Hard, Natalie Indra, Adam Lipschutz, Ean Lischin-Smith, Ariel Marcoux, Hunter McClamrock, Joshua Seidner, Rami Shamir, Julie Webster, Katie Woodard
Produced and workshopped in collaboration with Bard College, New York Theatre Workshop, A.C.T. and the McCarter Theater
