All Productions
Season: 2021 - 2022
Productions:
The Jungle Book: Rudyard Revised
Palo Alto Sept. 2022 | Houston Oct. 2022 | San Francisco Nov. 2022 | San Jose Dec., 2022
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts
The Sitayana (or, How to Make an Exit)
Virtual – September 2021
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts, East West Players, and Hypokrit Productions
Dum Biryani and Cross Connection
Virtual – July 2021
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts and Rage Productions
Virtual – Jan 2021
Produced by:
Rage Productions
Presented by:
EnActe and Rage Productions
Co-Presented with:
DC South Asian Arts Council Inc, Tasveer
Season: 2019 - 2020
Productions
Letters to a Daughter from Prison
Virtual – Oct 2020, Nov 2020
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts and StageSmith Productions
Co-Presented with:
Indiaspora, India Community Center, Dallas Indian Arts Collective, Priya Living
A Touch of Brightness (postponed)
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts
Co-Presented with: Apne Aap
Written By: Partap Sharma
The Case of the Vanishing Firefish
Palo Alto Jan 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Based on the book Ayesha and the Firefish by: Ajay Chowdhury
Adapted by: Vinita Sud Belani and Raashina Humayun
Written By:
Vinita Sud Belani, Parker Downey, Sameer Gauri, Vineet Gupta, Anika Jayaram, Zoya Khare, Amytza Maskati, Vivaan Mudgil, Inika Mukherjee, Vijay M. Rajan, Uma Ramesh, Uma Sakhalkar, Varin Sikka, Sanjana Taware
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
In Conversation
A Beautiful Harmony: In Conversation with Lillete Dubey and Mahesh Dattani
Aug 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Lillete Dubey, Mahesh Dattani
Deconstructing Sita: In Conversation Anita R. Ratnam and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
July 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Anita R. Ratnam, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Having It All: In Conversation with Denzil Smith
July 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Denzil Smith
State of the Arts: Anuvab Pal in conversation with Rahul daCunha and Shernaz Patel
June 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Anuvab Pal
Guests: Rahul daCunha, Shernaz Patel
July 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Namita Gokhale, Anita R. Ratnam, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Nov. 1, 2019
Produced by: Anita R. Ratnam
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Co-presented with: Indiaspora, Laya Dhwani Academy of Performing Arts
Written, Directed and Performed by: Anita R. Ratnam
Stage Reads:
Aug. 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written by: Mike Reiss
Director: Parker Denton
Events:
July 2020
Produced by: The Hoshruba Repertory
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Co-presented with: Indiaspora, Laya Dhwani Academy of Performing Arts
Performed by: Danish Hussain
Season: 2018 - 2019
Productions:
San Jose, June 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Tanika Gupta
Director: Noreen Raza and Vinita Sud Belani
San Jose – May 2019, Mountain View – Sept 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Madhuri Shekar
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
San Jose, Feb 2019
Produced by: Navarasa Dance Company
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Choreography and Direction: Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda
Script and Concept Development: S M Raju
Palo Alto, Dec 2018
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Shane Sakhrani
Director: Aditya Thakur
Events:
San Jose, Dec 2018
Produced by: Still Space Theatre
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Akshay Gandhi
Season: 2017 - 2018
Productions:
San Francisco – Jan 2018, San Jose – Mar 2018
Produced by: EnActe Arts and Noorani Dance
Presented by: Z-Space
Playwrights: Salil Singh and Anurag Wadehra
Director: Vinita Sud Belani and Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
San Jose – Feb 2018, Palo Alto – Feb 2018
Produced by: PrimeTime Theatre Company
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written by: Mahesh Dattani
Director: Lillete Dubey
San Jose, Sept 2016
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Written By: Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Houston, April 2018
Produced by: Noorani Dance
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Asia Society
Written and Directed by: Matthew Spangler
San Jose, June 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Tanika Gupta
Director: Noreen Raza, Vinita Sud Belani
Cupertino, Oct 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Script by: Anthony Clarvoe
Director: Sukanya Chakrabarti, Anne Yumi Kobori
Stand Up Comedy:
Season: 2016 - 2017
Productions:
May 12 & 13, 2016 | Palo Alto, CA
June 18, 2016 | Houston, TX
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Madhuri Shekar
Director: Ranjita Chakravarty
Antara Asthaayi: Tale of a Kathaka
July 1, 2016
Produced by: Antara Asthaayi Dance
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Solo dance theatre by: Antara Bhardwaj
SoundWaves – The Passion of Noor Inayat Khan
Los Altos, April 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Joe Martin
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Los Altos Hills, Aug 2016
Produced by: The Hoshruba Repertory
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Performed by: Danish Hussain
Palo Alto – Oct 2015, Houston, Palo Alto – Oct 2016
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Anuvab Pal
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
In Conversation:
In Conversation with The Iconic Peter Brook
Los Gatos, April 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne
Season: 2015 - 2016
Productions:
San Jose, March 2016
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Written by: Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
Director: Matthew Spangler
Stand Up Comedy:
Anuvab Pal: The Empire Strikes Back
Milpitas, April 2016
Produced by: Anuvab Pal
Presented by: EnActe Arts | In Collaboration with India Community Center
Written and Performed by: Anuvab Pal
Season 2014 - 2015:
Productions:
Palo Alto, May 2015
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Rabindranath Tagore
Director: Ranjita Chakravarty
Go To Your Room, Mother!
Palo Alto – Feb 2015, San Jose – June 2014, Houston – May 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
In collaboration with: Samsrkiti
Written by: Sanjiv Desai
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Merchant on Venice
Mountain View, Nov 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
Written by: Shishir Kurup
Directors: Sonalee Hardikar, Amsalan Doraisingam
The Nation Wants to Know
April 1, 2014
Produced by: Anuvab Pal
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written and Performed by: Anuvab Pal
Season 2013 - 2014:
Productions:
Noor: Empress of the Mughals
San Francisco – March 2013
San Jose – May 2013
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
Written and Directed by: Feisal Alkazi
The Modern Vyaasa – The Mahabharata by Jean-Claude Carriére
Houston, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, San Francisco – March 2013
Seattle, Boston, Exeter – October 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
In Collaboration with: Arts Emerson, Seattle Asian Art Museum
In Co-Operation with: Bellevue Hindu Temple, Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Bothell, Pratham Seattle Chapter
Written by: Jean-Claude Carriére
Directed by: Vinita Sud Belani
Season: 2021 - 2022
Productions:
The Jungle Book: Rudyard Revised
Palo Alto Sept. 2022 | Houston Oct. 2022 | San Francisco Nov. 2022 | San Jose Dec., 2022
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts
The Sitayana (or, How to Make an Exit)
Virtual – September 2021
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts, East West Players, and Hypokrit Productions
Dum Biryani and Cross Connection
Virtual – July 2021
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts and Rage Productions
Virtual – Jan 2021
Produced by:
Rage Productions
Presented by:
EnActe and Rage Productions
Co-Presented with:
DC South Asian Arts Council Inc, Tasveer
Season: 2019 - 2020
Productions:
Letters to a Daughter from Prison
Virtual – Oct 2020, Nov 2020
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts and StageSmith Productions
Co-Presented with:
Indiaspora, India Community Center, Dallas Indian Arts Collective, Priya Living
Art of the Possible
Online – June 2020, Aug 2020, April 2021
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts
A Touch of Brightness (postponed)
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Produced and Presented by:
EnActe Arts
Co-Presented with: Apne Aap
Written By: Partap Sharma
The Case of the Vanishing Firefish
Palo Alto Jan 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Based on the book Ayesha and the Firefish by: Ajay Chowdhury
Adapted by: Vinita Sud Belani and Raashina Humayun
Written By:
Vinita Sud Belani, Parker Downey, Sameer Gauri, Vineet Gupta, Anika Jayaram, Zoya Khare, Amytza Maskati, Vivaan Mudgil, Inika Mukherjee, Vijay M. Rajan, Uma Ramesh, Uma Sakhalkar, Varin Sikka, Sanjana Taware
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
In Conversation:
A Beautiful Harmony: In Conversation with Lillete Dubey and Mahesh Dattani
Aug 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Lillete Dubey, Mahesh Dattani
Deconstructing Sita: In Conversation Anita R. Ratnam and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
July 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Anita R. Ratnam, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Having It All: In Conversation with Denzil Smith
July 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Denzil Smith
State of the Arts: Anuvab Pal in conversation with Rahul daCunha and Shernaz Patel
June 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Anuvab Pal
Guests: Rahul daCunha, Shernaz Patel
July 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Namita Gokhale, Anita R. Ratnam, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Nov. 1, 2019
Produced by: Anita R. Ratnam
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Co-presented with: Indiaspora, Laya Dhwani Academy of Performing Arts
Written, Directed and Performed by: Anita R. Ratnam
Stage Reads:
Aug. 2020
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written by: Mike Reiss
Director: Parker Denton
Events:
July 2020
Produced by: The Hoshruba Repertory
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Co-presented with: Indiaspora, Laya Dhwani Academy of Performing Arts
Performed by: Danish Hussain
Season: 2018 - 2019
Productions:
San Jose, June 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Tanika Gupta
Director: Noreen Raza and Vinita Sud Belani
San Jose – May 2019, Mountain View – Sept 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Madhuri Shekar
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
San Jose, Feb 2019
Produced by: Navarasa Dance Company
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Choreography and Direction: Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda
Script and Concept Development: S M Raju
Palo Alto, Dec 2018
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Shane Sakhrani
Director: Aditya Thakur
Events:
San Jose, Dec 2018
Produced by: Still Space Theatre
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Akshay Gandhi
Season: 2017 - 2018
Productions:
San Francisco – Jan 2018, San Jose – Mar 2018
Produced by: EnActe Arts and Noorani Dance
Presented by: Z-Space
Playwrights: Salil Singh and Anurag Wadehra
Director: Vinita Sud Belani and Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
San Jose – Feb 2018, Palo Alto – Feb 2018
Produced by: PrimeTime Theatre Company
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written by: Mahesh Dattani
Director: Lillete Dubey
San Jose, Sept 2016
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Written By: Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Houston, April 2018
Produced by: Noorani Dance
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Asia Society
Written and Directed by: Matthew Spangler
San Jose, June 2019
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Tanika Gupta
Director: Noreen Raza, Vinita Sud Belani
Cupertino, Oct 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Script by: Anthony Clarvoe
Director: Sukanya Chakrabarti, Anne Yumi Kobori
Stand Up Comedy:
Season: 2016 - 2017
Production:
May 12 & 13, 2016 | Palo Alto, CA
June 18, 2016 | Houston, TX
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Madhuri Shekar
Director: Ranjita Chakravarty
Antara Asthaayi: Tale of a Kathaka
July 1, 2016
Produced by: Antara Asthaayi Dance
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Solo dance theatre by: Antara Bhardwaj
SoundWaves – The Passion of Noor Inayat Khan
Los Altos, April 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Joe Martin
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Los Altos Hills, Aug 2016
Produced by: The Hoshruba Repertory
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Performed by: Danish Hussain
Palo Alto – Oct 2015, Houston, Palo Alto – Oct 2016
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Anuvab Pal
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
In Conversation:
In Conversation with The Iconic Peter Brook
Los Gatos, April 2017
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Moderator: Vinita Sud Belani
Guests: Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne
Season: 2015 - 2016
Productions:
San Jose, March 2016
Presented by: EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts
Written by: Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
Director: Matthew Spangler
Stand Up Comedy:
Anuvab Pal: The Empire Strikes Back
Milpitas, April 2016
Produced by: Anuvab Pal
Presented by: EnActe Arts | In Collaboration with India Community Center
Written and Performed by: Anuvab Pal
Season: 2014 - 2015
Productions:
Palo Alto, May 2015
Produced and Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written By: Rabindranath Tagore
Director: Ranjita Chakravarty
Go To Your Room, Mother!
Palo Alto – Feb 2015, San Jose – June 2014, Houston – May 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
In collaboration with: Samsrkiti
Written by: Sanjiv Desai
Director: Vinita Sud Belani
Merchant on Venice
Mountain View, Nov 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
Written by: Shishir Kurup
Directors: Sonalee Hardikar, Amsalan Doraisingam
The Nation Wants to Know
April 1, 2014
Produced by: Anuvab Pal
Presented by: EnActe Arts
Written and Performed by: Anuvab Pal
Season: 2013 - 2014
Productions:
Noor: Empress of the Mughals
San Francisco – March 2013
San Jose – May 2013
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
Written and Directed by: Feisal Alkazi
The Modern Vyaasa – The Mahabharata by Jean-Claude Carriére
Houston, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, San Francisco – March 2013
Seattle, Boston, Exeter – October 2014
Produced and Presented by: EnActe
In Collaboration with: Arts Emerson, Seattle Asian Art Museum
In Co-Operation with: Bellevue Hindu Temple, Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Bothell, Pratham Seattle Chapter
Written by: Jean-Claude Carriére
Directed by: Vinita Sud Belani
