https://www.amandalculp.com/home daily 0.75 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573cc03cc2ea51f428cb5dd6/1470092977225-50P98KC41C7C07JVYJV3/image-asset.jpeg Home - Our Practice Description text. Proin gravida ex id consectetur lobortis. Aliquam ornare, velit vel faucibus dapibus, augue justo ullamcorper turpis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573cc03cc2ea51f428cb5dd6/1494428317951-R5DJD7STX2TGR03B66PV/20130731_Trade+100_0202.jpg Home - A Top 10 Service Here is a description of what makes your company unique. Pellentesque habitant ulcit mori netus et malesuada netus et malesuada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563578745575-R23F5EI9L9ABXS5ZJWXF/unnamed.png Home https://www.amandalculp.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2019-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566077803471-FUPMK7TWL4CI3ITGKOCI/IMG_0644.JPG Home - Model of a Pre-Modern Stage This model of a stage, as described in the Natyashastra, is housed at the Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi. Photo taken during field research (2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566077925905-CW21IJN2JFA9CVCSKJST/IMG_0894.JPG Home - Mahakavi Kalidasa and Meghaduta Kalidasa, the celebrated poet behind Shakuntala, is believed to have lived in the ancient city of Ujjayini, now know as Ujjain. This statue, housed at the Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain, features the poet with a rain-cloud, the subject (and title) of his lyric poem the Meghaduta. 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I spent a week in this meticulously curated room in Holstebro, Denmark in 2016 doing research on the company’s work with Shakuntala in the early 1990s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566077923614-3N4VBYJDISKSFUQMII3Y/IMG_0646.JPG Home - Kathakali Visage Hanging on a wall on the walkway to the Meghdoot Theatre at the Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi, this sculpture captures the whimsy and precision of a Kathakali performer’s artistry and expression. Photo taken during field research (2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566078223882-8UHKBPW4FVOT18EVAO2J/IMG_2124.JPG Home - Sir William Jones' Manuscript of Shakuntala This manuscript, held at the Bodleian Library, of University of Oxford, was prepared for Sir William Jones in Calcutta in 1787. It includes a full preliminary translation of Shakuntala into English in the back, as well as meticulous line-by-line translations of Sanskrit to Latin to English. Photograph taken during field work (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566078362691-UNWZGMTCJB31XB697FAB/IMG_2717.JPG Home - The Richelieu Library The Richelieu Library at the Bibliothèque nationale de France houses the library’s theater and music collections, including ephemera from Aurélien Lugné-Poe’s 1895 production of Shakuntala in Paris. Photograph taken during field work (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566081397833-HGBPJ7W46SBJ6C1J2EXQ/IMG_1684.JPG Home - Athena and the Furies While working at Ninasam Theatre in Karnataka, I had the good fortune to see The Oresteia, performed in Kannada and in Yakshagana style, by Ninasam’s amateur theatre troupe. 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Image courtesy of the Marin Free Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1567038717278-01IXVKMXE2Z6QIZCV97V/32+Raja+Ravi+Varma+Shakuntala.jpg Scholarship - "Shakuntala" One of the most recognizable artistic interpretations of Kalidasa’s drama, this painting by Raja Ravi Varma, (1870) depicts a moment at the end of Act 1, where Shakuntala feigns having a thorn in her foot so that she can steal one final glance at Dushyanta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566268861743-H35AM06SZPM5EGQ7EDNO/24+Shakuntala+Mt+Tam+1914+photo+%28Marin+Free+Library%29.jpg Scholarship - "Shakuntala" Still from the Mountain Play on Mt. Tamalpais, (May 17, 1914). Image courtesy of the Marin Free Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566268872484-MGKU6PNPB1CWWFPFM8RE/33+1961+Sanskrit+Ranga+RRV.jpg Scholarship - "Shakuntala" Directed by V. Raghavan for Samskrita Ranga (1961), perhaps an echo of Raja Ravi Varma’s famous painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566268868290-EFRRI5R8LMXAWJHSBYNK/12+1980+Mehta+Germany+2.jpg Scholarship - "Shakuntala" Directed by Vijaya Mehta, this production of Shakuntala was performed in Marathi (1979), German (1980) and Hindi (1985). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1565917037939-IA8BB0HBRW9I8CP4ROXW/Screen%2525252BShot%2525252B2019-07-23%2525252Bat%2525252B6.10.29%2525252BPM.jpg Scholarship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563931793484-ZY0TDMMAEMRA6QA1I5BS/IMG_7354.jpg Scholarship Dr. Culp presenting at the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563930678947-FL7C3YHL3AA6F5HP7NGN/IMG_5580.jpg Scholarship https://www.amandalculp.com/dramaturgy daily 0.75 2019-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563926726011-QM5DDNH3DHJ0Q6ALS385/SakharamBinder+1.jpg Dramaturgy Sakharam Binder, by Vijay Tendulkar Directed by Nikhil Mehta, 3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Centre, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563927255188-2PHLTI0LA32ZBTSUU8XA/Shakuntala%2BProject%2B1.jpg Dramaturgy The Shakuntala Project, written and directed by Nikhil Mehta Black Box Okhla, New Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563927344990-6K6JP8WD1FDGT2IBPESS/Shakuntala%2BProject%2B3.jpg Dramaturgy Night after night, confined within the four walls of an apartment, a Man and Woman re-live Kalidasa’s Shakuntala. Uprooting their existence as they frantically strive for something better, something different – do they succeed? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563926998695-PVAL03LQGSR9TSF401BD/liberate+2.jpg Dramaturgy Zumba. Wine. Take­out. Porn. In the quest for personal and sexual empowerment, the Sister Support Group for the Daily Trials of Being a Woman tackles them all. But acts of feminist revolt rarely go unpunished, and the women find themselves caught up in something much bigger than their own liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563926866815-NS5SKHRLEHYO0H97RAEB/liberated+1.jpg Dramaturgy #Liberated conceived and scripted by Lillian Meredith directed by Rachel Karp and Jaki Bradley created by The Living Room: Jaki Bradley, Amanda Culp, Zoe Sophia Garcia, Rachel Karp, Marianna McClellan, Lillian Meredith, Maggie Raymond, Gabby Sherba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563926983732-KBYKJUYEK5GR6C9B614U/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-07-23%2Bat%2B5.02.56%2BPM.jpg Dramaturgy ArsNova ANT Festival, NYC, 2015 IRT Theatre 3B Development Series, NYC, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1563926817902-SR7QVFPRSK77SH2MMG00/SakharamBinder2.jpg Dramaturgy Vijay Tendulkarʼs frightening masterpiece, Sakharam Binder, is the story of a bookbinder who, standing by his own subversive moral code, gives shelter to castoff and homeless women expecting servitude and sexual favors in exchange. This modern Indian classic, originally banned in the subcontinent and rarely seen in the United States, depicts a violent struggle between the sexes as desires and hopes succumb to the weight of a disillusioned people promised equality by Independence. Sakharam Binder is a testament to the invincible strength we muster in the face of unthinkable adversity, and the ferocity with which we fight for a better life. https://www.amandalculp.com/coursesofnote daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/01541438-6486-45ca-827e-07bb52a1dc8b/dramaturg.jpeg Courses of Note - Make it stand out Cartoon by Victoria Roberts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566082405349-12CFKS6QSVWXZSARTSN0/IMG_1981.jpg Courses of Note Battlefield, by Peter Brook at NCPA in Mumbai (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566080679869-YPFAP7RZRPCFNJD76K18/IMG_3097.JPG Courses of Note Berliner Ensemble, Berlin (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1566080614895-WSVYM4TS76OIA78L6CX0/IMG_4073.JPG Courses of Note Theater of Dionysus, Athens (2009) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/1567107576868-OVUX62JJP6LS3BO95N8K/Hamlet%252525252Bin%252525252BSanskrit.jpg Courses of Note Dīnārkarājakumāra-Hemalekham, a Sanskrit version of Hamlet, translated by Sukhamoy Mukherjee, 1971. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d324dd753e1300001b13bfb/33c99375-3af8-433d-946a-92c97fe335b7/Artaud.jpg Courses of Note - Make it stand out The Theatre and Its Double by Antonin Artaud, 1938 https://www.amandalculp.com/read-me-om daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377097104716-HDI53XJVV0DKZ24A3T68/51e453dee4b06abd3403c22e.png Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096775448-0L7B4Q54H1VLOGFF1DPR/synthetica+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096507573-1MU42OOOOGIM9URAJ9D9/515c4225e4b0afec1218b21e.png Read Me https://www.amandalculp.com/classes-alt-om daily 0.75 2025-05-09