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| Published:
2004-04-06 |
| Krea Creations presents 'Maya' |
| Archana Ravinder |
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 Palo Alto, CA: If the success of
a play is gauged by its powerful storyline, the crew or the
sold out audience that it is playing to, then “Maya,” a recent
theatrical production from the house of Krea Creations, a Bay
Area Tamil theatre arts group would definitely be classified
as a runaway hit.
Playing to a packed audience at the
Cubberly Theatre in Palo Alto on March 21st, the story written
by noted Tamil playwright Bombay Chanakya, was a beautiful
depiction of the various insecurities and fears that
constantly haunt our lives.
With stellar performances
by a team of exceptional artists, Dheepa Ramanujam, the
Director of the play who also plays the title role of Maya, a
character whose life is marred by several failures and
setbacks, the loss of her lover and a failed marriage to Dr.
Surya Prakash, played by Rajan Varadarajan all of which has
instilled a deep fear within her and a lackadaisical approach
towards life. Also, central to the theme of the play are the
characters played by Jeya Padmanabhan, who dons a scheming
advocate’s hat in the role of Abhirami, Maya’s mother and
their domestic help played by Naveen Kumar Nathan.
The
story unfolds with Maya’s eventful trip to the US, which
leaves her delusioned owing to the death of her lover
Ravikumar played by Venu Subramaniam in the September 11
disaster and her subsequently falling in love with Dr. Surya
Prakash, a practicing psychiatrist in whom she notices all the
mannerisms of her ex-lover. Despite parental objections, the
two go ahead and marry. The play also explores, though briefly
a fight between logic and scientific reasoning supported by
Dr. Prakash with mysticism and astrology, practiced by
Rajaguru, the family astrologer.
The audience cheered
the artists after every scene with a thunderous round of
applause. Sandhya Muckai Girish, one of the audience member
said, “The play had a strong story and was very professionally
executed. Right from the set, the lighting, Krea Creations had
paid attention to every little detail.”
All proceeds
from the play went to Udavum Karangal, a social service
organization founded in 1983 in Chennai to serve orphans and
destitutes. N.A. Subramaniam, another audience member
remarked, “The work done by Krea Creations is really credible,
apart from such events bringing the Tamil community on a
common platform, combining this with a noble cause, really
adds a lot of value.”
At the end of the play, the
artists received a standing ovation from the audience.
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