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Title
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Poster of Panchakanya
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Description
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Promotional poster for Panchakanya, written by Anindya Chakraborty and Sayoni Roy, reimagines five women from the Ramayana and Mahabharata: Mandodari, Ahalya, Tara, Kunti, and Draupadi. Traditionally invoked together in Sanskrit verse as figures of moral complexity, the “Panchakanyas” occupy distinctive and often paradoxical roles within South Asian epic literature. BAAT’s production approached these characters through five distinct performance styles, incorporating music and choreography to explore questions of power, gender, and moral ambiguity. Rather than retelling familiar episodes, the play reinterprets these figures within a contemporary theatrical framework, inviting audiences to reconsider inherited narratives from the epics
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Date
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2025
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Director
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Anindya Chakraborty
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Playwright
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Anindya Chakraborty and Sayoni Roy
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Location
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HUSD Performing Arts Center, Hayward
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Production Location
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BAAT
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Subject
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BAAT
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Identifier
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B12