ECTA Inc.
A Non Profit Theater Company
28 McBride Way
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
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Theater Productions
Following is a list of ECTA's past productions
Taconic Parkway
Written and Directed by Sudipta Bhawmik
Synopsis: Manasij, a veteran Bengali screen actor is visiting USA with a theater group to stage some shows in multiple cities. During his first stop in New York, he is hosted by Dipak and Sharika at their multi-million dollar mansion in upstate New York. The enthusiastic host, Dipak, expresses his desire to make a film with Manasij as the hero and their daughter Pom as the heroine. But Sharika objects to this proposal vehemently. She would never let Pom take part in this dream project of Dipak. Manasij tries to mediate, but soon realizes that he is being pulled into a dark vortex of suspicion and animosity that was carefully camouflaged by the opulence and the veneer of apparent happiness of an affluent NRI family.
Satyameva
Written by Sudipta Bhawmik; Directed by Indranil Mukherjee
Synopsis:
Sanjoy, a young software professional, has arrived in the "land of opportunity" for just over six months and works for a software body shopping company "InterSoft" owned and operated by Bill (a Bengali American living in the States for over thirty years.) On the day of the play Bill fires Sanjoy and asks him to go back to India. Sanjoy, however, is not happy with this decision and refuses to oblige. He informs Bill that he is not going to return to India under any circumstances. He states that returning to India is synonymous to signing a death warrant for himself. He cannot subject himself to such a grave risk. And to justify himself, and to win his ultimate motive, he has to make a choice between truth or deceit.Phera (The Return)
Written and Directed by Sudipta Bhawmik“Phera” (The Return) is a play in Bengali which deals with the eternal struggle which every immigrant in USA has to go through in order to balance between the strong attachment to their home land and the economic and social demands of life. The play tells the story of a young immigrant man, whose family is dependent on his dollar remittances, decides to go back to his country and faces strong resistance from his loved ones. "Phera" is written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik. The duration of the play is 80 minutes. The play has been staged at the New Jersey Bengali Drama Festival organized by Kallol of NJ in South Brunswick, NJ. The play has received rave reviews from the audience and the press. Please check out some of the photos shot at the above mentioned staging as well as couple of reviews.
Synopsis:
Sukomol, the protagonist who lives and works in USA, suddenly, arrives at his home to the utmost surprise and joy of his parents Satyasadhan and Mrinmoyee and his sister Sikha. Later in the afternoon, Sukomol breaks to his would-be father-in law Ramapada and his mother that he has come back for good and would like to work in India or possibly set up a chemical plant in his hometown. Mrinmoyee is delighted at the prospect of her son staying back in India, but Ramapada rebukes him for his naivety and foolishness. Being a failed politician himself, Ramapada reminds Sukomol of how impossible it is to build anything in West Bengal with its business hostile political environment. At this moment comes Bibhas, Sukomol’s childhood friend and gives him hope by promising that he will make all arrangements to make Sukomol’s dream a reality with the help of the local member of the legislative assembly. However, in the very next scene in an interesting twist, Bibhas confides to Sukomol that all that he had said was pure bluff, just to settle a score with his political rival Ramapada. He advises Sukomol to go back to USA and even pleads to take him along. Sukomol gets another jolt when his fiancée Krishnaa makes it very clear that her only goal in life is to go to America, and if Sukomol decides to stay back in India, she’ll do it alone. However, the final blow comes when Sukomol overhears his father who almost breaks down at the possibility that the flow of dollars is about to stop. Satyasadhan, who himself is an immigrant from Bangladesh (then East Pakistan), struggled all his life to take care of his family, his parents, his brothers and sisters. He never had the chance of enjoying the slightest of luxury. Now, with his son working in USA and with his regular dollar remittances, Satyasadhan has started to get used to the better things of life, the small luxuries like traveling in a rented car and having a luxury bathroom. He dreads at the possibility of losing his current life and going back to the days of hardship. Only, Mrinmoyee, the eternal mother, tries to defend her son’s decision to the last moment.Ron
Written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik
Synopsis:
The play is about the continuous fight that each one of us has to go through for our physical and emotional survival, especially for those of us who are the first generation immigrants to USA. The wars we fight are not always just and fair but we still need to fight them anyway.
Ron (Ronobir) Mitra, son of a Bengali immigrant family, is a member of the US Army National Guard and is currently deployed in Iraq. Ron 's parents, Animesh and Shanti, although not happy with Ron's decision to join the US Army, respected Ron's wishes to serve his nation. However, Ron's deployment to active duty in Iraq has been a constant source of tension and anxiety. On the day of the play, at a small get together at Animesh's place, Surojit Biswas, a writer and journalist from Kolkata challenges Animesh and his guests about their loyalty, their beliefs and their fundamental moral values. The party rapidly goes into a tailspin with each character exposing their secret wars that they have been fighting all along.
The play was also staged in Kolkata at the Rabindrasadan Auditorium on July 25, 2006 as a part of the Ganakrishti Theatre Festival.
Watch Video hereBanaprastha (The Retirement)
Written by Sudipta Bhawmik
Directed by Indranil MukherjeeSynopsis:
A senior Bengali virologist returns to India, after retiring from his medical practice of 35 years, to find peace, tranquility and solace amongst his family and old friends. But soon he discovers that his nemesis has followed him and he has nowhere to hide. Press Links:
SOMERSET REPORTER
MONADARLING.COM INTERVIEW WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT SUDIPTA BHAWMIK - PART 1
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