Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Mar 11-16 | Cobb Great Hall

Program

  • SIMON FRIEND
  • DARYL ROTH
  • HAL LUFTIG
  • MARK GORDON PICTURES
  • NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
  • 42ND.CLUB
  • KATE AND BILL FISHEL
  • PLAYING FIELD
  • HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE
  • KUHN DODANI
  • HANNA OSMOLSKA & SETH WENIG, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
  • AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER AND SHEFFIELD THEATRES

Present

Life of Pi

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY YANN MARTEL
ADAPTED BY LOLITA CHAKRABARTI

TAHA MANDVIWALA

  • JESSICA ANGLESKHAN
  • ALAN ARIANO
  • PRAGUN BHARDWAJ
  • BEN DUROCHER
  • SHILOH GOODIN
  • ANNA LEIGH GORTNER
  • AUSTIN WONG HARPER
  • AARON HASKELL
  • RISHI JAISWAL
  • TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS
  • MI KANG
  • INTAE KIM
  • SHARAYU MAHALE
  • SINCLAIR MITCHELL
  • MAYA RANGULU
  • BETSY ROSEN
  • ANNA VOMÁČKA
  • SORAB WADIA
  • SAVIDU GEEVARATNE

 

SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGN
TIM HATLEY

  • PUPPETRY & MOVEMENT DIRECTION
    FINN CALDWELL
  • PUPPET DESIGN
    NICK BARNES
    & FINN CALDWELL
  • VIDEO & ANIMATION DESIGN
    ANDRZEJ GOULDING
  • LIGHTING DESIGN
    TIM LUTKIN & TIM DEILING
  • SOUND DESIGN
    CAROLYN DOWNING
  • HAIR & WIG DESIGN
    DAVID BRIAN BROWN
    MEG MURPHY
  • COMPOSER
    ANDREW T. MACKAY
  • DRAMATURG
    JACK BRADLEY
  • GLOBAL ASSOCIATE PUPPETRY
    & MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
    SCARLET WILDERINK
  • U.S. ASSOCIATE PUPPETRY
    & MOVEMENT DIRECTOR/RESIDENT DIRECTOR
    JON HOCHE
  • CASTING
    ARC
    DUNCAN STEWART, CSA
    PATRICK MARAVILLA
  • DIGITAL MARKETING
    THE THEATER LOVERS
  • TOUR BOOKING
    & MARKETING DIRECTION
    BOND THEATRICAL
  • U.K. GENERAL MANAGEMENT
    SIMON FRIEND
    ENTERTAINMENT
  • GENERAL MANAGEMENT
    GENTRY & ASSOCIATES
    GREGORY VANDER PLOEG
  • PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
    KELSEY TIPPINS
  • COMPANY MANAGER
    KATIE CORTEZ
  • PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
    NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
    JASON JUENKER

 

TOUR DIRECTOR
ASHLEY BROOKE MONROE

DIRECTOR

MAX WEBSTER

FIRST PRODUCED AT SHEFFIELD THEATRES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
DIANE PAULUS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: KELVIN DINKINS, JR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


SETTING
1976-78. Pondicherry in India, Tomatlán in Mexico and the middle of the Pacific Ocean

There will be one 20-minute intermission.


The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

Who’s Who in the Cast

Taha Mandviwala

Taha Mandviwala

Jessica Angleskhan

Jessica Angleskhan

Alan Ariano

Alan Ariano

Pragun Bhardwaj

Pragun Bhardwaj

Ben Durocher

Ben Durocher

Savidu Geevaratne

Savidu Geevaratne

Shiloh Goodin

Shiloh Goodin

Anna Leigh Gortner

Anna Leigh Gortner

Austin Wong Harper

Austin Wong Harper

Aaron Haskell

Aaron Haskell

Rishi Jaiswal

Rishi Jaiswal

Toussaint Jeanlouis

Toussaint Jeanlouis

Mi Kang

Mi Kang

Intae Kim

Intae Kim

Sharayu Mahale

Sharayu Mahale

Sinclair Mitchell

Sinclair Mitchell

Maya Rangulu

Maya Rangulu

Betsy Rosen

Betsy Rosen

Anna Vomáčka

Anna Vomáčka

Sorab Wadia

Sorab Wadia

  • Pi
  • TAHA MANDVIWALA
  • Pi (at certain performances)
  • SAVIDU GEEVARATNE
  • Cook/Voice of Richard Parker
  • BEN DUROCHER, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS
  • Father
  • SORAB WADIA
  • Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin
  • SINCLAIR MITCHELL
  • Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice
  • JESSICA ANGLESKHAN
  • Lulu Chen/Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan
  • MI KANG
  • Mamaji/Pandit-Ji
  • RISHI JAISWAL
  • Mr. Okamoto/Captain/Jai
  • ALAN ARIANO
  • Rani
  • SHARAYU MAHALE
  • Richard Parker/Puppeteer
  • BEN DUROCHER, SHILOH GOODIN, ANNA LEIGH GORTNER, AUSTIN WONG HARPER, AARON HASKELL, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS, BETSY ROSEN, ANNA VOMÁČKA
  • Ensemble
  • PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, BEN DUROCHER, SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, SHILOH GOODIN, ANNA LEIGH GORTNER, AUSTIN WONG HARPER, AARON HASKELL, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS, BETSY ROSEN, ANNA VOMÁČKA

UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For Pi—SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, SHARAYU MAHALE;
for Father—PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, RISHI JAISWAL;
for Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin—PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, INTAE KIM;
for Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice—MAYA RANGULU;
for Lulu/Leonard Chen/Mrs./Mr. Biology Kumar/Zaida/Mr. Khan—INTAE KIM, MAYA RANGULU; for Mamaji/Pandit-Ji—PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, AUSTIN WONG HARPER;
for Mr. Okamoto/Captain/Jai—JON HOCHE, INTAE KIM;
for Rani/Ravi—SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, MAYA RANGULU;
for Richard Parker—JON HOCHE

SWINGS
JON HOCHE, INTAE KIM, MAYA RANGULU

ASSISTANT PUPPETRY & MOVEMENT DIRECTION/ PUPPET CAPTAIN
BETSY ROSEN

FIGHT CAPTAIN
TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS

LIFT CAPTAIN
AUSTIN WONG HARPER

RESIDENT DIRECTOR
JON HOCHE

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