THEATRE “Cloud Tectonics” by José Rivera at Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place > 7pm on 3rd September 2016

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 03/09/2016 19:00 03/09/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata THEATRE “Cloud Tectonics” by José Rivera Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/08/theatre-cloud-tectonics-by-jose-rivera.html Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Instituto Cervantes, 48, Hanuman Road, Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi - 110001
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Metro : Nearest Metro Station - 'Rajiv Chowk' (Yellow Line and Blue Line)

Area : Connaught Place (CP)

Event Description : THEATRE “Cloud Tectonics” by José Rivera

Synopsis: Cloud Tectonics is set in the Los Angeles of the 90s, when nature's storms were the norm.
The World Trade Centre existed and the business of movie making still flourished. It is the triangular love tale between Anibal de la Luna, a Puerto Rican immigrant and luggage loader at LAX (Los Angeles airport); Nelson, his macho, soldier brother serving in the U.S. army and a wandering gypsy called Celestina del Sol, who Anibal happens to pick up and give shelter to in his house. Time becomes irrelevant with the entry of Celestina -- whom Anibal refers to as Nature's Miracle -- into his ‘Forties-built Craftsman house, of which he is very proud. The play is philosophical, weaving in and out of a dreamlike state, something the writer Jose Rivera learnt during his master-classes in screenplay writing with the
Father of Magical Realism, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Stunningly poetic, the play also exposes the treatment given to immigrants in America. A fact that finds resonance in today's world where not only immigrants, but also refugees from war zones are finding it harder and harder to be accepted in the Western World. The play is even more relevant today than it was when it was written almost two decades ago.

Director’s note: I chose Cloud Tectonics because it is a moving and mystical story about lifelong love, something that is missing from our strife-torn world. It is a triangular love story that flirts with the concept of time and how love can alter our perception of it. Written in the mid 90s, before terrorism took root, it has deep spiritual lessons for us, leaving us with thoughts on love and how that can and should be the guiding force in our lives. -- Sohaila Kapur

About the playwright: José Rivera is a recipient of two Obie Awards for playwriting for Marisol and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, which were both produced by The Public Theater in New York. His plays, Cloud Tectonics (Playwrights Horizons and Goodman Theatre), Boleros for the Disenchanted (Yale Repertory Theatre and Goodman Theatre), Sueño (Manhattan Class Company), Sonnets for an Old Century (The Barrow Group), School of the Americas (The Public Theater), Massacre (Sing to Your Children) (Rattlestick and Goodman Theatre), Brainpeople (ACT, San Francisco), Adoration
of the Old Woman (INTAR) and The House of Ramon Iglesia (Ensemble Studio Theatre), have been produced across the country and around the world. He is currently working on The Last Book of Homer, Scream for the Lost Romantics, and The Gamma Forest. Rivera’s screenplay for The Motorcycle Diaries was nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2005. His screenplay based on Jack Kerouac’s On the Road premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was distributed nationally in the winter of 2013. His film Trade was the first film to premiere at the United Nations. Television projects in the works
include an untitled HBO pilot, co-written and produced by Tom Hanks, as well as a 10-hour series for HBO tentatively known as Latino Roots. Celestina, based on his play Cloud Tectonics, will mark his debut as a feature film director. He is the writer/director of the short film Lizzy and has recently completed his first novel, Love Makes the City Crumble. His next film project will be a biography of famed baseball player Roberto Clemente for Legendary Films.

About the director: Sohaila Kapur is a reputed, New Delhi-based playwright, writer, producer, actor and director. Plays directed by her have performed in several theatre festivals nationally and internationally and she has also had solo runs in Malaysia, the Middle East, U.K. and Canada. She authored a book on esoteric rituals in rural/tribal India titled, Witchcraft In Western India and was selected as the anchor for the National Geographic Channel’s award winning documentary, Indian Witch Hunt, aired over the years
on NGC and Discovery. Her first theatre script, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan, Won an award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2002 and was subsequently invited by the Arts Council for a 5 city U.K tour. Rumi: Unveil The Sun, directed by her, was nominated in 11 out of 12 categories at META (theatre awards function) and was also performed in London. As a journalist, Sohaila has written over 100 articles for mainstream Indian papers, as well as several plays, many of which she has produced and directed. 
Sohaila has also worked with Omni, a television conglomerate in Toronto, Canada, and currently works as a television writer, producer and anchor in Delhi. Sohaila has been part of the expert committee for the Ministry of Culture’s Production Grants for theatre and is also a judge for the National Television Awards.
She has been awarded the Art Karat Women of Substance Award for 2013 in the field of theatre and the Best Actor (female) Award by Natsamrat in 2014. 

Cast: Shena Gamat (Celestina del Sol), Ashish Paliwal (Anibal de la Luna), Tarique Hasan (Nelson)

Sound: Pamela Prakash


Lights: Gopal Verma 

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