Human Vivekananda
A Dramatic Reading
Witness the inspiring journey of Swami Vivekananda - from his early struggles and meeting with Ramakrishna, to his iconic Chicago address, Vedantic teachings on non-dualism, and exchanges with disciples like Nivedita and Nikola Tesla.
A strong DOUBLE CAST will bring 14 characters to life.
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Sat, Sep 27, 3pm (Cast ADVAITA)
Sun, Sep 28, 3pm (Cast VEDANTA)
Unitarian Universalist Church (Follen)
755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420
Media Publicity: ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ก๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ, Ronita Panda, Rahul Nair
Lights and Sound: ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐-๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐น, Arti Arora, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ
Backstage: ๐ก๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐
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Costume Design: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐๐ฎ๐
Posters and Pictures: ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ (๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ)
Masters of Ceremony: Rimi Sarkar, Manish Dhall
Associate Directors โ Jayanti Bandyopadhyay, Sridhar Pola, Ketan Dave, and Gitanjali Srivastava
Written, Casting and Directed by โ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐
Cast ADVAITA | VEDANTA
Stage Readers: Swapneel Batra, Priyanka Banerjee
INDIAN CHARACTERS
Swami Vivekananda: Vivek | Subrata (CT)
Sri Ramakrishna: Ketan | Amitabh
Sarada Devi: Nutan | Sangeet
Rakhal Ghosh: Sunil | Rajeev
Alasinga Perumal: Mustufa | Harshit
P.C. Mozoomdar: Bhavesh | Rahul
Bhuvaneswari Devi: Jayanti | Chandrala
Mahendra Nath Dutta: Pranav | Ujwal
Ajit Singh: Ajay | Pramod
Courtesan: Vandana | Swasti
WESTERN CHARACTERS
Sister Nivedita: Gitanjali | Mahima
Josephine Macleod: Meghna | Mukta
Sara Bull: Yogita | Shriti
Nikola Tesla: Ujwal | Pranav
Sarah Bernhardt: Cini | Janique
John Henry Wright: Sridhar | Dheeraj
Mary Tappan Wright: Ronita | Heena
Kate Sanborn: Aarti | Dolly
Disclaimer
This stage play is an attempt to humanize and universalize Swami Vivekananda - the most influential Hindu monk of the millennium - by highlighting the struggles in his life and the essence of his Upanishadic philosophy. The playwright has made every effort to remain faithful to the chronology of events and to Vivekanandaโs own words, drawing upon extensive research of hundreds of letters, several biographies, and hundreds of articles by numerous authors. Nevertheless, some degree of subjectivity may have been introduced in dramatizing certain characters and life events. Any significant deviation or alternative portrayal is purely unintentional.