This futuristic noir inspired by the classics Blade Runner and Metropolis uses live feed from multiple security cameras to create a beautiful nightmarish environment of danger and intrigue and surrounds spectators with live music, cabaret, projection and classical Indian dance-theatre in a unique total theatrical experience the press calls “a multi-sensory, funny, serious, erotic and fascinating piece of theater” and “a paranoid post-apocalypse [that] bridges ancient and modern mythology and calls on audiences to question the composition of human nature.”
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Bhadra Rajaneesh
(Translation)
Bhadra Rajaneesh (Sanskrit) Bhadra is a Sanskrit scholar and translator. She completed her masters in Sanskrit and is now conducting research at Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit Kaladi, Kochi. She is also a disciple of kutiyattam and has been training for the last year with her husband master kutiyattam artist Rajaneesh Chakyar of the world-renowned Ammannoor Gurukulam.
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Ellery Royston
(Performer)
Ellery Royston was born in 1986 in Honolulu, HI. She holds a B.A. in Electronic Music
Composition, and an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Computer Science from Mills College.
She is an M.F.A. candidate in Performance and Interactive Media Arts at Brooklyn College. Ellery has played in multiple projects around the Bay Area, focusing on experimental, improvised, and noise music. She plays and improvises on harp and keyboards, often augmented by electronics, both analog and computer generated. Since moving to Brooklyn, her focus has been on creating sound for collaborative multi-disciplinary works.
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Kristin Arnesen
(Playwright-Performer)
Kristin Arnesen is a performer, writer, dancer, media artist, and the co-founder of Theatre Reverb. She holds a BA in performance and an MA in theatre. Kristin’s work is influenced by classical Indian theatre forms which she studied on two trips to Kerala India to train in kathakali and kutiyattam. She has performed with such companies as Mabou Mines under the direction of Lee Breuer. Kristin is also a regular emcee and dancer in variety shows and clubs around New York, she is a resident artist at Galapagos Art Space, she studies classical bharatanatyam with master dancer Kamala Cesar, she is a sponsored artist of the Brooklyn Arts Council, and a collaborator with the Ukraine-based international women’s movement FEMEN.
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Melissa Wansin Wong
(Voiceover)
Melissa Wansin Wong is a Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre at the Graduate Center. CUNY where she is writing her dissertation on the performance of human rights in Asian cities. Before embarking on her journey in academia, she was a theatre practitioner, arts curator, and educator living and working in Singapore. Her performance work has also taken her to various festivals in Denmark, Poland, and Australia. She thanks Theatre Reverb for giving her the opportunity to work in the theatre again.
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Radoslaw Konopka
(Co-Writer - Performer)
Radoslaw Konopka is a sound and media artist, audio engineer, performer, and the co-founder of Theatre Reverb. He came to the US from Poland in 1994 and earned a BA in film. Radoslaw’s work is influenced by classical Indian theatre forms which he studied on two trips to Kerala India to train in kathakali and kutiyattam. Radoslaw has also worked as a video designer for productions including Lingua Franca (59E59, 2010). He has also worked as a live-mixing and audio engineer at private events and performances at venues including Lincoln Center, The Met, The New Yorker Festival and The Tribeca Film Festival. With Theatre Reverb, Radoslaw is a resident artist at Galapagos Art Space and is a sponsored artist of the Brooklyn Arts Council.
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Rajaneesh Chakyar
(Kutiyattam)
Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar, the grand nephew of Guru Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, was initiated into Kutiyattam at the age of 7 at Ammannur Chachu Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam with a scholarship from the Sangeet Natak Akademy, New Delhi and had his debut in Koothambalam at the Koodalmanickyam Temple, Irinjalakuda in 1991. His Gurus are Ammannur Parameswaran (Kuttan) Chakyar, Ammannur Madhava Chakyar and Ammannur Parameswara Chakyar. He has learned Sanskrit under Late Dr Paimkulam Parameswara Chakyar. Rajaneesh also performs Chakyar Koothu and Anguliyamkam Kootu.
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