Mysuru: This year’s B.V. Karanth College Rangothsava will be from held from Sept.24 to Oct.5 at Bhoomigeeta in Rangayana premises, said senior theatre director and former Rangayana Director Chidambara Rao Jambe here yesterday.
Addressing press persons at Rangayana, he said that the theatre repertory had been organising the festival for the past 10 years and this year’s was the 11th edition of the festival.
Stating that was fitting tribute to Rangayana Founding Director B.V. Karanth, Jambe added that the institution should continue its work to bring in more and more youngsters to the theatre.
Senior Theatre Director from Patna, Sanjay Upadhyaya, lauded Rangayana for its continuous work to introduce theatre activities among student community.
This year’s College Rangothsava will be inaugurated by Sanjya Upadhyaya. Karantaka Sangha, Mandya, President Jayaprakash Gowda and Shanthi Arts, Science and Commerce College Principal Dr. C. Nagaraj will be the chief guests.
Former Rangayana Director Chidambara Rao Jambe will preside. Rangayana Joint Director V.N. Mallikarjunaswamy and College Rangothsava Convenor Hulugappa Kattimani will be present.
The 11th edition of the festival will not only feature colleges from Mysuru but also from neighbouring Kodagu, Mandya, Malavalli, K.R. Pet, T. Narasipur and Hunsur.
While tickets are priced at Rs.30 for plays to be staged between Sept.24 and 28, entry will be free for plays to be staged between Sept.30 and Oct.5 marking Dasara celebrations.
Plays to be staged at Bhoomigeeta from 6.30 pm every day during B.V. Karanth College Rangothsava are as follows:
September 24
Play: Anischita e-baduku
College: Shanthi Arts, Science & Commerce College, Malavalli
Playwright: P. Lankesh
Directors: C. Ajjaiah and H.M. Girish
September 25
Play: Bombat Beechi
College: BHS Higher Education Society, T. Narasipur
Playwright: Belur Ramamurthy
Directors: Vinod and Ravi Kyathanahalli
September 26
Play: Raja Lear
College: Government First Grade College, K.R. Pet
Playwright: Vydehi
Directors: Arun Kumar and Pradeep Hassan
September 27
Play: Purana Prahasana
College: Ursu First Grade College, Hunsur
Playwright: B.T. Munirajaiah
Directors: Mahantesh and Subhash
September 28
Play: Raavi Nadiya Dandeyalli
College: District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Kodagu
Translation: Dr. Thippeswamy
Directors: Shreyas and Veerabhadrappa Annigeri
September 30
Play: Hyder
College: Government First Grade College, Mandya
Playwright: Lingadevaru Halemane
Directors: V. Ranganath and Milan K. Gowda
October 2
Play: Kanchu Gannadi
College: SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Mysuru
Playwright: Usha Narasimhan
Directors: Vikram and P. Chandini
October 4
Play: Yuddha Mugivudaadare?
(based on stories by Vaikom Basheer and Sara Abubakar)
College: Sri Nataraja Residential First Grade College for Women, Sri Hosamutt, Mysuru
Theatre Adaptation and Directors: Sharath and Shilpa
October 5
Play: Bakavaliya Hoo
College: St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru
Playwright: Sudheer Athavara
Director: Riyaz and Shariff
This post was published on September 23, 2019 6:31 pm