Name: HUMAN VIVEKANANDA
Start: 2025-09-27T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-28T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Follen Church - Unitarian Universalist

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚
From his early struggles and meeting with Ramakrishna, to his iconic Chicago address, Vedantic teachings on non-dualism, and exchanges with disciples like Nivedita and Nikola Tesla.
This 2 hours "dramatic reading" features a strong DOUBLE CAST of 14+ historical characters from both Indian and Western worlds. For more information, visit www.setu.us
𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒:
Saturday, September 27 – 3:00 PM, Cast ADVAITA
Sunday, September 28 – 3:00 PM, Cast VEDANTA
𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄:
Unitarian Universalist Church (Follen)
755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420
𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stageensembletheatreunit/1783337
Poster: 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥
Media Publicity: 𝐒𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚, 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐫
Lights and Sound: 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬 - 𝐃𝐚𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥, 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐯 𝐍𝐨𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐚
Backstage: 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐚, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫, 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐬(𝐂𝐓), 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚, 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞
Costume Design: 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐲
Pictures: 𝗙𝗼𝘁𝘂𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗮 (𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶)
Masters of Ceremony: 𝐑𝐢𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐫, 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡
Associate Directors – 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚, 𝐊𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐚
Written, Casting and Directed by – 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐬
Cast ADVAITA | VEDANTA
Stage Readers: 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞𝐞
INDIAN CHARACTERS
Swami Vivekananda: Vivek | Subrata (CT)
Sri Ramakrishna: Ketan | Amitabh
Sarada Devi: Nutan | Sangeet
Rakhal Ghosh: Sunil | Rajeev
Alasinga Perumal: Mustufa | Harshit
P.C. Mozoomdar: Bhavesh | Rahul
Bhuvaneswari Devi: Jayanti | Chandrala
Mahendra Nath Dutta: Manish | Ujwal
Ajit Singh: Ajay | Pramod
Courtesan: Vandana | Swasti
WESTERN CHARACTERS
Sister Nivedita: Gitanjali | Mahima
Josephine Macleod: Meghna | Mukta
Sara Bull: Yogita | Shriti
Nikola Tesla: Ujwal | Manish
Sarah Bernhardt: Cini | Janique
John Henry Wright: Sridhar | Dheeraj
Mary Tappan Wright: Ronita | Heena
Kate Sanborn: Aarti | Dolly
Disclaimer:
This stage play is an attempt to humanize and universalize Swami Vivekananda - the most influential Hindu monk of the millennium - by highlighting the struggles in his life and the essence of his Upanishadic philosophy. The playwright has made every effort to remain faithful to the chronology of events and to Vivekananda’s own words, drawing upon extensive research of hundreds of letters, several biographies, and hundreds of articles by numerous authors. Nevertheless, some degree of subjectivity may have been introduced in dramatizing certain characters and life events. Any significant deviation or alternative portrayal is purely unintentional.