We need to ensure that the future of all girls and boys is secure and unmolested. Boys need to be taught how to respect the female of the species. Otherwise we fail as a civilization.
– Dr Ketaki Kushari Dyson (December 31, 2012)

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”
– Pearl S. Buck

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”
– Erica Jong

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

2025:: RAKTAKARABI
Category: Plays | Stage Prods

2025:: RAKTAKARABI

(Red Oleanders)
A full-length play in Bengali

Date: Sunday, March 16, 2025
Venue: Sylvia Beard Theatre, 2200 Buford Hwy NE, GA 30518

Playwright
Rabindranath Tagore

Editing, Direction, Background Score, Set, Lighting & Production Design:
Raktim Sen

EmCee
Richa sarkar

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
In order of appearance
NANDINI: Chaitali De
KISHORE:  Saikat Nandy
ADHYAPAK: Amartya Samadder
GOKUL: Anindya De
RAJA: Anindya Mukherjee
CHANDRA: Sarbani Samadder
PHAGULAL: Sudipto Ghose
BISHU: Arunava Saha
SARDAR: Debatirtha Basu
GOSAI: Anirban Ghosh
MOROL: Sanjib Datta
CHHOTO SARDAR: Kaushik Basu
PURAN-BAGISH: Animikh Sen
GAJJU:  Subhadeep Ghosh
CHIKITSAK: Ritabrata Mukherjee
MINERS: Subhankar Nath, Angan Samadder, Arindam Chowdhury
BACKGROUND VOCALS: Akashlina Sayed, Arindam Chowdhury, Arpan Banerjee, Ashoke Sarker, Bornini Chandra, Rimi Bhattacharya, Dipanjan Banerjee, Moitri Sarker, Niloy Bhattacharya & Shubhadeep Roy
MUSICIANS: Arindam Chowdhury, Ritabrata Mukherjee, Raktim Sen
DANCERS: Ankita Chatterjee, Ishani Ganguly Auddy,
Sanchita Saha, Suchismita Mukherjee, Sushmita Nandi

Credits
Compère: Richa Sarkar
Costumes: Munmun Sen, Sarbani Samadder
Dance Choreography: Rai Dey
Props: Chaitali De, Sarbani Samadder, Tumpa Bhattacharya
Art:  Rina Datta Chakravorty, Tumpa Bhattacharyya
Prod. Assts.: Debatirtha Basu, Urvashi Betarbet, Animikh Sen
Set Building: Samrat Gupta, Surajit Auddy, Swarup Nandi, Sudipto Ghose, Subhadeep Ghosh, Anindya De, Raktim Sen
Souvenir: Munmun Sen, Animikh Sen, Raktim Sen
Fundraising: Arunava Saha, Sudipto Ghosh, Subhankar Nathsanjib Datta, Raktim Sen
Stage Manager: Samrat Gupta
Make-Up: Rina Datta Chakravorty, Sanghamitra Saha,sarbani Samadder
Photography: Shankar Sengupta
Videography: Gregory Job, Bishan Chandra
Additional Help: Kallol Nandi, Mallika Basu, Darshil Dharia
Box Office: Munmun Sen
Volunteers/Ushers: Aaryan Bhanushali, Aaryan Nair, Anjani Vishwareth Banala, Bharat Santosh, Kunsh Bansa, Mayasri Senthil, Omkar Gundala, Sathvik Maheshwarm, Vedangna Agarwal

An Atlanta Theater Workshop production
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© Atlanta Theater Workshop, Inc.

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