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Cast
Anand Bhatt – Pip Raj Bond – Pumblechook / Orator Lane Anthony Flores – Herbert Pocket / Soldier Linda Gillum – Miss Havisham Robert Hardaway – Magwitch Anish Jethmalani – Joe Gargery Tommy Malouf – Compeyson / Ensemble Alka Nayyar – Mrs. Gargery / Molly Roderick Peeples – Jaggers / Sergeant Siddhartha Rajan – Wemick / Ensemble Rasika Ranganathan – Biddy Netta Walker – Estella |
Production
Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys – Co-Directors Angela M. Adams – Stage Manager Margaret Baughman – Dramaturg Yeaji Kim – Scenic & Projections Designer Elsa Hiltner – Costume Designer Lindsey Lyddan – Lighting Designer Ronnie Malley – Original Music and Sound Designer Spencer Batho – Sound Designer and Engineer Abigail Cain – Properties Designer Eva Breneman – Dialect Coach Vahishta Vafadari – Assistant Dialect Coach Margaret Baughman - Dramaturg Assistant Directors - Helen Young & Annabel Armour |
"...Nick Sandys and Lavina Jadhwani’s co-direction evokes the spirit of Gupta’s adapted work; the characters’ inner turmoils are all given new intricacies developed on the foundation of Dickens’ classic story."
NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended Read Full Review
"Tanika Gupta's adaptation of the literary classic is not content with merely dressing it up in exotic drag, despite retaining nearly all of the original dialogue. Instead, this collaboration of the Silk Road Rising and Remy Bumppo Theatre companies, likewise jointly directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys, consolidates the resources of both troupes to explicate Dickens' study of social inequities with a clarity unmistakable even by audiences within our allegedly "classless" nation... Look for this ambitious project to continue on long after its immediate run." Windy City Times
"It’s a marriage made in theater heaven:.... Remy Bumppo, a troupe who deliver solid professional productions of “well-made” works by established authors, and Silk Road Rising, a theater that gives voice to minority dissent both cultural and racial, unite in a U.S. premiere directed by Nick Sandys and Lavina Jadhwani.... It's a three-hour treasure." Stage and Cinema Read Full Review
"The direction is superb." Around The Town
"[Ms. Gupta's] play, brilliantly co-directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys, feels as if it was always meant to take place in Colonial India. Staged with sensitivity and passion, seasoned with the sounds and colors of the Far East, this production is as captivating as it is fascinating...." Chicago Theatre Review - Read Full Review
"...a tremendously faithful adaptation... really quite wonderful production... every ounce of pathos comes down.... some very comic fight choreography that is just a joy..." The Dueling Critics WDCB 90.9 FM
" One suspects that Silk Road Rising and Remy Bumppo should also write a training manual on how to make theater collaborations work." Picture This Post Read Full Review
NewCity Chicago - Highly Recommended Read Full Review
"Tanika Gupta's adaptation of the literary classic is not content with merely dressing it up in exotic drag, despite retaining nearly all of the original dialogue. Instead, this collaboration of the Silk Road Rising and Remy Bumppo Theatre companies, likewise jointly directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys, consolidates the resources of both troupes to explicate Dickens' study of social inequities with a clarity unmistakable even by audiences within our allegedly "classless" nation... Look for this ambitious project to continue on long after its immediate run." Windy City Times
"It’s a marriage made in theater heaven:.... Remy Bumppo, a troupe who deliver solid professional productions of “well-made” works by established authors, and Silk Road Rising, a theater that gives voice to minority dissent both cultural and racial, unite in a U.S. premiere directed by Nick Sandys and Lavina Jadhwani.... It's a three-hour treasure." Stage and Cinema Read Full Review
"The direction is superb." Around The Town
"[Ms. Gupta's] play, brilliantly co-directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys, feels as if it was always meant to take place in Colonial India. Staged with sensitivity and passion, seasoned with the sounds and colors of the Far East, this production is as captivating as it is fascinating...." Chicago Theatre Review - Read Full Review
"...a tremendously faithful adaptation... really quite wonderful production... every ounce of pathos comes down.... some very comic fight choreography that is just a joy..." The Dueling Critics WDCB 90.9 FM
" One suspects that Silk Road Rising and Remy Bumppo should also write a training manual on how to make theater collaborations work." Picture This Post Read Full Review