39th Season 2004-2005

As Vishnu Dreams

By Shishir Kurup

Directed by Juliette Carrillo

Co-Production with Cornerstone Theater Company

Set Designer Christopher Acebo

Costume Designer Ivy Chou

Lighting Designers Geoff Korf & Jessica Trundy

Composer & Sound Designer Chris Webb

Puppet Play Composer Paul Livingstone

Property Master Mina Kinukawa

Puppet Designer Lynn Jeffries

Choreographer Naila Azad

Dramaturg Scott Horstein

Stage Manager Anna Belle Gilbert

WORLD PREMIERE
Previews: November 4 - November 7th, 2004
Opening Date: November 10, 2004

This contemporary adaptation of the epic Hindu poem The Ramayana  fuses the ancient and the contemporary to explore the symbiosis of good and evil through the complicated relationship of the "fair" Queen Sita, the "wicked" Ravana, and the "hero" Rama.  An intriguing exploration of the nature of morality, spirituality, and the power of myth upon modern culture, AS VISHNU DREAMS is created in collaboration with the Los Angeles Hindu community.

Company

Naila Azad......................................Vayu, Narrarator, Vanara, Reporter

Sunkrish Bala...........................................................................Rama

Pial Hossain.........................................................................Musician

Peter Howard.........................................Indra, Vibhishena, Puppeteer

Peter Jacobson....................................................................Musician

Sri Kesava................................................................Musician, Dancer

Sean T. Krishnan....................................................................Ravana

Meena Kumari.................................................Shurpanaka, Puppeteer

Page Leong........................................................................Mondodari

René Millán........................................................................Lakshman

Natch Narasimhan....................................................Valmiki, Brahma

Uma Nithipalan...............................Reporter, Soma, Ruma, Puppeteer

Francis Reyes.....................................................Hanuman, Puppeteer

Ritu Marwah Portugal..........................................Tara, Reporter, Agni

Berkeley Sanjay.......................................................Vali, Kumbakarna

Meena Serendib...........................................................................Sita

Seema Shastri................................................Reporter, Vanara, Kama

Piyush Ved.................................................................Head Puppeteer

Ogie Zulueta.............................................................Sugriva. Indrajit

AS VISHNU DREAMS Photos by Michael Lamont

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AS VISHNU DREAMS is supported in part by California Community Foundation, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, James Irvine Foundation, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Shubert Foundation,

Theatre Communications Group, and the Wallace Foundation.