THE DEVI TRIPTYCH

RBT is most grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts' support of our Devi Triptych.

The Devi Triptych is a reclamation of Goddess (Devi) Culture brought to audiences in a suite of devised plays premiering in Hamilton, Ontario.

Devi Triptych

Sita’s Revenge is a devised, feminist adaptation of Ramayana through Sita’s eyes and offers the eclectic experience of revisiting a culturally embedded figure while offering an alternate narrative for Sita so that all South Asian women can reclaim agency and identity.

Brick Lane Bargain is a love story with a feminist lens through the eyes of goddess Radha. This adaptation of 12th-century Gitagovinda turns the narrative on its head while examining Krishna’s questionable antics with a critical humanist lens.

A Pot Made of Sand is a dark musical celebrating India’s most marginalised communities. In this retelling of a myth drenched in devastating gender-based violence, Parasuram finds his humanity.

Devi Triptych is a reclamation of Goddess Culture brought to audiences in a suite of devised plays premiering in Ontario in the fall of 2025 that has been in development since 2019. India has an unbroken tradition of the Devi (Mother Goddess culture for over 5000 years. While the Olympian gods dislodged the ancient Minoan earth goddess, the tradition of Devi, celebrated in many forms (Durga, Kali, Saraswati) remains intact. Patriarchal social framework invested men with superiority and voice but the maternal feminine identification remains the psychic bedrock of Indian society although it’s often not apparent on the surface.

400 years of British occupation changed the trajectory of India. This has culminated in the degradation of a rich, all-encompassing and tolerant Hindu culture.

Motivated by prudish Victorian morality and rigid patriarchy, foreign norms were imposed in India through sweeping legislation that also stripped all agency and power from women, while reinforcing India’s own brand of patriarchy. This almost completely destroyed Devi culture.

THE DEVI TRIPTYCH COMMUNITY READING

THE DEVI TRIPTYCH WORKSHOP

DEVI TRIPTYCH PROGRAM

Our Cast

Actor

Anand Rajaram

Is an improviser, actor, playwright, director, musician, teacher & puppeteer. Recently, he was in A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney (Outside The March/Soulpepper), Mahabharata (Shaw Festival), Uncle Vanya (Crow’s/Mirvish), Buffoon by Anosh Irani & Mustard by Kat Sandler (Tarragon, Dora award for both), adapted/performed Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream, (SummerWorks, Best Production), and has performed at Second City, Stratford, VideoCabaret, and others. He's an accomplished film & tv performer, with notable roles in I Like Movies, Suits, Men With Broome (TV series), and others, as well as a voiceover artist for video games & cartoons. He directed As You Like It (Canadian Stage's Dream in High Park), Low Pay Don't Pay (George Brown theatre school), and 3 Penguin Audiobooks (Swimming in the Monsoon Sea & Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong), and narrated novels, including Kill The Mall by Pasha Malla and Tell It To The Trees by Anita Rau Badami. He is artistic director of @N@f@N@ (theatre) and Cardboard Dreams (digital media). Social media: HRH Anand Rajaram.

Actor

Shaharah Gaznabbi (they/them)

Is an ACTRA Actor, Playwright, and Comedian. They are pursuing a BFA in Playwriting & Devised Theatre in York University’s Theatre program. Shaharah was part of this year’s cohort for Nightwood Theatre’s Innovators Program, as well as Tarragon Theatre’s Young Playwrights Unit. They've graduated from Second City Training Centre’s Conservatory Program, and they perform Sketch & Stand-up comedy around Toronto. Shaharah recently finished a full run of their solo show “What Can Indian Look Like? Can It Look Caribbean?” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, receiving The Neurodiverse Review’s Birds of Paradise Theatre Emerging Talent Award. They've recently finished a 5-city tour of Kidoons' “Jungle Book” and made their television debut playing the character of Noor in Season 3 of CBC’s Run the Burbs.

Actor

Mirza Sarhan

Is a multilingual emerging actor/filmmaker currently based between Toronto and Abu Dhabi. He is a graduate of the Acting program at The National Theatre School of Canada. Mirza refers to himself as a ‘Third Culture Kid’ having been born in India, and raised in Saudi Arabia before moving to Croatia. He is a part of the Research and Creation Lab with the Centre of Arts & Social Innovation; Mirza, with South-Asian and Middle-Eastern heritage, is passionate about telling stories that challenge Islamophobia and Xenophobia while fostering collaborative spaces for his community. He has worked in film, theatre, and dance across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Actor

Navtej Sandhu

Is a Toronto-based actor, born in the United States. Her most recent acting credits include Jin in The Caged Bird Sings directed by Rafeh Mahmud at the Aga Khan Museum and Karna/Satyavati in Mahabharata directed by Ravi Jain at the Barbican Centre in London, England. Navtej is also an experienced vocalist with credits including Devi Triptych by Red Beti Theatre and Jungle Book by Kidoons Productions. Navtej is currently an intermediate actor combatant and is now in the process of getting her advanced certification. She hopes to be able to tell her story and amplify the voices of communities that have had their voices stifled. Navtej’s goal is to continue to create and be a part of projects that she believes in, and that speak to those communities.

“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.”- Ossie Davis

Actor

Shreya Patel

Is a model-turned actress, filmmaker, writer, and a mental health advocate. She's the graduate of the Second CIty Conservatory and can be seen perform improv and sketch comedy around the City of Toronto. Shreya has appeared in lead roles in numerous films and theatre productions. Her first film role in “Vivid” helped garner the film multiple award nominations, while her feature film "Strangers In A Room" achieved acclaim by winning the Audience Choice Award at the prestigious 23rd Reelworld International Film Festival. Her directorial debut, the documentary “Girl Up”, about domestic human trafficking, was partnered with Toronto International Film Festival and Civic Action Summit. During this pandemic, she has gathered 66 countries on 6 continents and made a documentary called "Unity" showcasing the plight of the human spirit. It was the closing film at Munich International Film Festival. Following the release of "Unity", Shreya remotely directed a music video called Freedom Dance by Faynyx with got over 1.2 million views on YouTube. Rolling Stone India reported about it. Acknowledged by Global Affairs Canada for her mental health advocacy, she’s been part of the Canadian Screen Award winning "Bell Let’s Talk" campaign, elevating conversations around mental illness. She is an honoree of Forbes 30 Under 30, Top 100 Most Powerful Women of Canada, RBC's Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, and Women’s Achiever Award. DissDash named her “Top 50 Coolest South Asians of 2021” along with Priyanka Chopra, Kamala Harris, and Hasan Minaj.

Our Directors

Director: Sita’s Revenge

Sodienye Waboso Amajor

Sodienye Waboso Amajor is a Dora Nominated Nigerian Actor, writer and performer who lives and works in Ontario. Previous acting credits include Puck in Shakespeare in Action’s adaptation of “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Memory in Theatre Directs “Binti’s Journey”*, Gigi in New Harlem’s production, “Gas Girls”*, Beka in Volcano Theatre’s Africa Trilogy “ Shine your Eye”* Luminato, June 2010 reprising her role as Beka in a Canstage/ Volcano theatre’s production of “Another Africa” Canstage 2011 and Harriet Tubman in “The Power Of Harriet T” YPT 2013. Sodienye holds a Master’s degree in Theatre and Performance Studies from York University with a keen interest in African Performance Theories and their Development. Sodienye is currently pursuing a PhD in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at York U and is the Arts Mentorship Program Director at Suitcase in Point Multi Arts company.

Director: Brick Lane Bargain

Priya A. Thomas, PhD.

Priya A. Thomas, PhD., is a dance/theatre historian, musician, and dancer/choreographer with a multidisciplinary critical practice that spans dance, music, performance, theatre, digital media, public art, and community-based projects. Her archival research on kinetic performances of the nonhuman/monster in transatlantic contexts of the long nineteenth century (1750-1913), has been recognized through publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, international conferences, research awards, grants, and fellowships. Her catalog of artistic output is polyvocal and culturally diverse, spanning a range of practices within dance (Bharata Natyam, flamenco, modern/contemporary), work as a musician/songwriter, output includes academic chapters and public talks, cinematic essays, video/film documentary projects, choreography for stage and screen, songwriting projects (six full-length recordings released through recording labels in Canada and internationally), compositions for theatre/film, performance art projects and experimental sound art. She is currently working on her first book, (a SSHRC-funded scholarly monograph on monsters in theatrical performance), a Canada-Council funded fictohistorical performance project entitled, The Last of the Rhinestone Cowboys: Expo 67’s Sunset Years, and a new, full-length recording as a musician/songwriter. Until June 2021, she served as a tenure- stream assistant professor in the BA, MA, MFA, and PhD programs in the department of dance at Texas Woman’s University, and until July 2024, as Book Review Editor of the peer-reviewed theatre journal, Theatre Research in Canada (University of Toronto Press). She is Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University

Director: A Pot Made of Sand

Anand Rajaram

Anand Rajaram is an improviser, actor, playwright, director, musician, teacher & puppeteer. Recently, he was in A Public Reading Of An Unproduced Screenplay About The Death Of Walt Disney (Outside The March/Soulpepper), Mahabharata (Shaw Festival), Uncle Vanya (Crow’s/Mirvish), Buffoon by Anosh Irani & Mustard by Kat Sandler (Tarragon, Dora award for both), adapted/performed Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream, (SummerWorks, Best Production), and has performed at Second City, Stratford, VideoCabaret, and others. He's an accomplished film & tv performer, with notable roles in I Like Movies, Suits, Men With Broome (TV series), and others, as well as a voiceover artist for video games & cartoons. He directed As You Like It (Canadian Stage's Dream in High Park), Low Pay Don't Pay (George Brown theatre school), and 3 Penguin Audiobooks (Swimming in the Monsoon Sea & Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong), and narrated novels, including Kill The Mall by Pasha Malla and Tell It To The Trees by Anita Rau Badami. He is artistic director of @N@f@N@ (theatre) and Cardboard Dreams (digital media). Social media: HRH Anand Rajaram.

Our Directors

Stage Manager

Manikham Marianne Vongboutdy (she/her)

Is a Laotian Canadian immigrant and artist from a small, yet magnificent country from Southeast Asia called Laos. With an SHSM (Specialist High Skills Majors) in Arts and Cultures from St. Catharines Collegiate Institute and Vocational School and being a student of Brock University's Honours Dramatic Arts program with a Concentration in Production and Designs, Marianne has endeavoured herself to learn the ways of theatrical arts through the lens of backstage as a Stage Manager. Over the years, she has stage-managed award-winning productions such as Unwritten, Nothing Left Undead, and Surviving Molly Morgan (2016 -2022). She has also stage managed the Canada Summer Games Opening & Closing Ceremonies (2023), the DSBN NTS (National Theatre School) Drama Festival twice (2020-2022) and Piece of Me at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland (2024). During her time at Brock University, she has managed; Bound To Happen (2023), All That Makes Us (2023), The Mysterious Mind of Molly McGillicuddy (2024) & Truth and Other Things: A Journey Through Alitheia (2024). She has also worked with local theatre companies in St. Catharines, like Carousel Players as a Marketing Assistant, Production Assistant and Assistant Stage Manager and Suitcase In Point as a Production Assistant.
Manikham is excited and grateful to be able to join the Red Beti Theatre Company as an Stage Manager and work on the Devi Triptych shows this summer. To her, art is more than just entertainment. It is education. A way to preserve our culture and contribute to who we are.

Assistant Stage Manager

Emma Marcy

Is delighted to be working with Red Beti Theatre for the first time on The Devi Triptych. Her past Assistant Stage Management credits include Nobody’s Children (Yellow Door Theatre Project 2022) and Liars at a Funeral (Blyth Festival 2023). Stage Management: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Yellow Door Theatre Project 2023), Girls and Boys, The Pomegranate Project, Spit (Here For Now Theatre Company 2022). Emma has also worked as an actor, starring in a series of videos for the educational platform Brightspace (2022). As a current student of Brock University’s Dramatic Arts program, she looks forward to the upcoming year, where she will be Assistant Stage Managing Scorched (Fall 2024) and performing in Metamorphosis (Winter 2025) at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
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Our Playwright

Playwright

Radha S. Menon

Stateless in the UK until age seventeen, Radha S. Menon emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1995 where her singing and acting performance career abruptly ended, and her writing career began. Her plays, which have been produced at theatre festivals in Canada, the US, UK and India, include Blackberry, Ganga’s Ganja, Rukmini’s Gold, Rise of the Prickly Pear, The Circus & The Washing Machine. Red Beti Theatre (RBT), Hamilton’s first feminist IBPOC theatre company was founded by Menon in 2011. Menon is passionate about the representation of marginalised communities on stages and screens, believing that inclusion is imperative for all to feel valued within Canadian culture. As such, Menon, a founding member of the Coalition of Black and Racialised Artists (COBRA), also served on the board of directors for three years. Menon’s area of expertise is women’s rights, Dalit’s rights and the decolonisation of theatre, its practices and spaces. Her current area of research focuses on the decolonisation of South Asian culture.

Winner of Toronto Fringe New Play Contest 2015, Hamilton Fringe Critics Choice Award 2015, 2020 Sanhita Manch National Playwriting Contest, Sultan Padamsee Playwriting contest 2020 & Herman Voaden Playwriting award 2021 Finalist, Rukmini’s Gold was published by Scirocco Press in 2022. In addition, Menon is a filmmaker and celebrated production designer for art house films. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and is based in Hamilton.

Our Cast

Actor

Navtej Sandhu

Navtej Sandhu is a Toronto-based actor, born in the United States; she is also an emerging screenwriter and singer. Her most recent acting credit include Karna in Mahabharata being directed by Ravi Jain at the Shaw Festival which shall tour to the Barbican Centre in London, England this fall. Navtej was also introduced to fight training where she holds a certification of Intermediate Actor Combatant. She hopes to be able to tell her story and amplify the voices of communities that have had their voices constantly stifled. Navtej’s goal is to continue to create and be a part of projects that she believes in, and that speak to those communities.

“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.”- Ossie Davis

Actor

Rinchen Dolma

རིན་ཆེན་སྒྲོལ་མ་|Rinchen Dolma [she/her] originates from the Himalayas and is currently based in Tkarón:to. As an emerging performer, director, playwright, dramaturge and veteran community arts practitioner, she is passionate about the intersection between storytelling, community and placemaking. Rinchen completed her 2020/21 Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Program in Artistic Direction at Theatre Passe Muraille and recently participated in the 50th edition of The Banff Playwrights Lab.

Actor

Rose Tuong

Rose Tuong (they/them): performer who loves collaborative, multi-modal, or plain ‘ol working-together. In my work I seek to encourage the personal, political, and sensuous capacities of the collective and the individual as a means toward ushering people to their expansions. I value performance works and processes that are holistic in vantage, headed for encounters with the metaphysical and regard physical embodiment as indispensable. Some past performance credits include Every Little Nookie, Little Women (Stratford Festival), Italian Mime Suicide (Bad New Days), Other Jesus (Public Recordings, Festival TransAmériques), lulu v.7//aspects of a femme fatale (Buddies, the red light district), All's Well That Ends Well, Hamlet (Canadian Stage).

Actor

Jsin Sasha

"To Win, you Have to Give In."

Jsin learned that the hard way. Now the restlessly creative actor, vocalist and songwriter is sharing that truth through his acting and music. Jsin has spent over a decade training as an actor with several coaches in the city, including David Rotenberg, Robyn Kay, Cindy Tanas, and most recently Noam Jenkins, with whom he now helps run an on camera scene study in Toronto. Jsin is deeply committed to his ongoing personal development, enabling him the self-awareness and tools to bring depth to his work. Jsin’s credits include Played, The Strain, Designated Survivor, Killjoys, The Symbol and CLAIREvoyant. In 2022, Jsin launched his second EP titled Surrender, a six-track set about his ongoing journey to self-acceptance.

Actor

Annika Venkatesh

As a Bharatanatyam dancer and lover of all things theater, Annika is especially excited to be involved in the Devi Triptych. She is entering her second year of Nursing at McMaster University and is passionate about the many intersections of the arts and science. She was an actor in the 2023 McMaster Thespian Company production of Much Ado About Nothing, and has been recognized for her directing, acting, and sound design at National Theatre School Dramafest productions. She seizes opportunities to enhance her skills to higher levels and tell stories that ring with honesty and hope, particularly through verbatim theatre.

Actor

Ammarah Abid

Ammarah Abid is a 30 year old queer Pakistani actor and writer with a passion for storytelling. A self-taught guitarist and lyricist, she is a poignant songwriter who finds beauty and catharsis in archiving her own history in the form of music. Ammarah is seeking a career change towards the arts, and hopes to connect with other storytellers for mentorship and collaboration. She believes in building community with her peers to shift and meld her point of view with the voices of others in pursuit of creative fusion and shared exploration.

Our Creative Team

Founding Artistic Director & Writer

Radha S. Menon

Interdisciplinary artist, Menon began performing in British theatre and television in her youth. Her plays, Blackberry, Sita’s Revenge, Ganga’s Ganja, Rukmini’s Gold, Rise of the Prickly Pear, The Circus & The Washing Machine have been produced for many theatre festivals in Canada, the U.K. and India. Multi-award winner, Rukmini’s Gold will be remounted in 2022. Menon is the founding Artistic Director of Red Beti Theatre and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and is editing her first novel, Death Cry of a Peacock.

Director

Natasha Kathi-Chandra

Natasha is an international theatre director, writer, dramaturg and facilitator based in London, UK and Hyderabad, India.

She is currently the Associate Director at Tara Theatre, London and most recently launched Tara Theatre's inaugural 18-25 year old Young Company , directing their show DNA , inspired by stories from the company and written by Atiha Sen Gupta.

Her credits include Associate Director on East is East at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, National and Chichester Festival Theatre, Angels in America (Fourth Monkey), The Wolves (London College of Music), It kind of looks like Doughnut (Pleasance, Curve, Wolves Arena), Office Nominated 4 Stage (Bread & Roses) & Sad about the Cows ( Tristan Bates).

In 2008 she founded a youth theatre company Ingenium Dramatics in Hyderabad to encourage young people to explore West End style theatre leading the company as Artistic Director for five years. In London, she founded an arts company Namashkar with the aim of challenging and changing roles for South Asian women both on and off stage and with her company wrote and directed The Infinite Line between Dating & Dying (White Bear & Etcetera Theatre) and Om Shanti F*ck ( Arcola, Battersea Arts Center, Camden People’s Theatre). She has also had her writing feature in Titola Dawudu x Tamasha Theatre’s Hear Me Now Monologues as well as LIT an anthology of writing by writers of colour edited by Rikki Beadle-Blair.

Alongside this, Natasha loves engaging with emerging artists, young people and the community. She has facilitated the Creative Learning Program at Park Theatre (2014-2021) and has worked with London College of Music, UAL and Fourth Monkey drama schools.

She is an Associate Director for Kali Theatre and has assistant directing credits from Stratford East, Royal Court and National.

Production Coordinator & Stage Manager

Lisa Schianella

Lisa is a visual artist that fell in love with the theatre at an early age. She graduated with honours from Humber's Theatre School (production). She has enjoyed stage managing a variety of different projects like Body So Fluorescent at Buddies In Bad Times (April 2023), the workshop of Sister Warriors with Suitcase In Point (2022), Shakespeare in Hospitals (2016-2021) and Articus Productions Weird (2015-2020)(Best of Venue Award Hamilton Fringe Festival 2018, The Cutting Edge Award Toronto Fringe Festival 2016, Best of Fest Award Ottawa Fringe Festival 2015). Coming this summer, she will be in Port Stanely for the Port Stanely Festival.

Lighting Designer

Logan Raju Cracknell

Logan Raju Cracknell is a Toronto based theatre artist specialising in theatrical design and live stream creation. Their work has taken them across the country and they are truly excited to see what journeys lie ahead. Recent works include: The Extinction Therapist (Theatre Aquarius), Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats Theatre), Dixon Road (The Musical Stage Company), As You Like It/Dream In High Park (Canadian Stage Company), William Shakespeare’s As You Like It: A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal and Orphans for the Czar(Crow’s Theatre).

Musician

Denzel Gordon

Denzel Gordon is a Jamaican Canadian multi-instrumentalist, actor, composer, and songwriter. With a diverse background in music and audio, stage performance, and television Denzel pushes artistic boundaries with his innovative thinking. With captivating presence and versatile skills, he leaves a lasting impact in the world of entertainment.

Music Director

Ranil Sonnadara

Ranil Sonnadara is a theatrical sound designer and composer who has worked on both sides of the Atlantic. He has won several awards for his work on musicals and plays. Born of Sri Lankan heritage and originally from the United Kingdom, Ranil moved to Canada in 1998 to pursue graduate studies in psychoacoustics and auditory neuroscience at McMaster University. He has designed sound and music

at several producing and touring venues in the UK including the West Yorkshire Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, the Manchester Apollo Theatre, Bath Theatre Royal, the Epsom Playhouse, South Hill Park Arts

Centre, as well as venues in and around London’s West End including a resident spell at the Royal National Theatre. He has also worked at several venues across North America.

Ranil has over 250 production credits. Highlights include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Barnum, Beauty

and the Beast, Cats, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Jesus Christ Superstar, King Lear, Little Shop of Horrors, Never, Peter Pan, Pirates of Penzance, Red, Rent, Rocky, Singing in the Rain, Steel City Gangster, Sweeney Todd,

The Father, The Invisible Hand, The Nether, The Sound of Music, True West, Wicked, Wind in the

Willows, and most recently The Extinction Therapist for Theatre Aquarius, Joseph for Drayton Entertainment, and Grand Magic for the Stratford Festival.

An experienced educator and researcher, Ranil is committed to training the next generation of sound designers and composers. He has taught courses on psychoacoustics, composition, lighting and sound

design at the University of Leeds, the Leeds College of Music, University College Bretton Hall, Liverpool Hope University and at McMaster University. In his “spare time”, Ranil is the Creative Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind’s LIVELab.

Musician

Devraj Patnaik

Devraj Patnaik was trained from a young age as a dancer and percussionist and grew up with a love of music. The frequent company of musicians allowed him to internalize many core musical concepts by exposure and osmosis. Since 1999 he has composed over 14 hours of original work, the majority being Indian Classical. Additionally, he has composed music by special commission for other stage artists, as well as for television—Statues Come to Life (2008, BravoFACT)--and short film—Lover’s Leap (2009, Karam Singh)--and a documentary Remix to Rio (Ravi Steve, 2010). Between 1999 and the present, he has learned to play numerous instruments and is currently creating new works in his home recording studio.

Set Designer

Hemangi Shroff

I am a self-taught multidisciplinary visual artist from Mumbai, India now residing in Toronto. I am passionate about activism through the arts and devote my practice to exploring socio-cultural issues like representation, feminism, decolonization, and diversity and equity.

I use my visual vocabulary to convey complex layering of stories focused on culture, gender, fabrics, and jewellery through the lens of a contemporary Indian woman. My work includes ‘cultural abstraction’ acrylic paintings inspired by colours, patterns, embroideries, and weaving in Indian textiles. The predominant theme in the work I create is influenced by my upbringing in a progressive, yet traditional Indian family, where I constantly questioned societal gender roles. I delve into these issues to decode the truths of being a woman in India.

In my work, I explore how fabrics and femininity intersect in Indian culture. Interwoven patterns symbolise the complex discourse of patriarchal structures and modernism, where women struggle to find their place and voice. My work aims to decouple patriarchy from culture by celebrating women's rightful place in Indian society.

Costume Designer

Negar Nemati

Negar is an Iranian Costume Designer with more than ten years of experience. After studying Theatre at Tehran University of Fine Arts, she developed her skills under the supervision of well-known theatre directors. Through the years, Negar has gained the knowledge and experience to design memorable characters both in the theatre and movie industry.

Two time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi and internationally acclaimed theatre director Amirreza Koohestani are among many great directors with whom she has collaborated as a costume designer.

As a theatre costume designer, Negar has worked in prestigious theatres in Iran, Germany and Canada.

Based in Canada since 2016, Negar has been a proud member of CAFTCAD and IATSE 873 .

Choreographer

Ellora Patnaik

Some of her projects include Sort Of, Schitt’s Creek, Kim’s Convenience, Hudson & Rex, Talent Drivers, Murdoch Mysteries, Spinning Out, Titans, Coroner, and Orphan Black. A graduate and former company member of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC), Ellora has performed in a diverse quantity of theatre productions, including Standing On My Knees, Nagamandala, Umrao Jaan Ada, The Penelopiad, Romeo and Juliet, Acha Bacha, Her2, Much Ado About Nothing & Free Outgoing.