PARTITION SOARED AT BERKELEY CITY CLUB
PARTITION
by Ira Hauptman
Directed by
Bruce Coughran
Berkeley City Club
Shrinivasa Ramanujan said that his mathematical discoveries were given to him in his dreams by a Hindu Goddess. Wherever they came from, they continue to astound mathematicians with their fluidity and depth today, a hundred years after his death.
This play is a fantasy based on the life of this legendary Indian clerk who came up with mathematical theorems that rivaled those of any mathematician in history. And with a little dance, and a visit from a mathematical ghost…it can’t be such a bad night.
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Indra’s Net Theater Presents
PARTITION
by Ira Hauptman
Directed by Bruce Coughran
Dec. 21 thru Jan. 14, 2018
At the Berkeley City Club
Avanthika Srinivasan and Heren Patel in Partition
Cast:
Haren Patel Srinivasa Ramanujan
Alan Coyne G.H. Hardy
Avanthika Srinivasan Namagiri of Namakkal
David Boyll Alfred Billington
Marco Aponte Pierre de Fermat, Police Officer
Aparna Krishnamoorthy Namagiri (Understudy)
Natarajan Srinivasan Musician
Creative Team:
Bruce Coughran Director
Alexandra Frappier Producer
Vanessa Ramos Stage Manager
Robert Bo Golden Set Designer
Haley Miller Lighting Designer
Lisa M. Claybaugh Costume Designer
Merula Furtado Dramaturg
Rebecca Castelli Dialect Coach
Ann Higgins Graphic Designer
Press Comments:
“The struggle between Indian spirituality and English stubbornness comes to an intimate and exciting revelation…Ramanujan (enthusiastic, endearing Heren Patel) wins us over by his humility and charm… Alan Coyne’s intense and gripping portrayal of Professor G.H. Hardy launches us on a conflicted emotional journey … The play asks a timely question about immigrants in an imperial setting: What keeps supposedly sophisticated Westerners from appreciating the genius of their colonial immigrants?” – Barry Horwitz, Theatrius
“Partition” Celebrates Spiritual Insights, at Indra’s Net, Berkeley
“Partition works…it touches on numerous issues that have universal significance…the characters are fascinating, and their portrayals by a worthy cast are convincing and engaging….highly entertaining and accessible.” – Victor Cordell, For All Events
Additional Link to Review: http://forallevents.info/reviews/partition/
“Heren Patel is heartbreakingly anxious as Ramanujan…”
“Dramatic and disturbing… played with brusque eccentricity… at times it’s positively playful” – Sam Hurwitt, San Jose Mercury News
Review: Math genius consumes himself in haunting Berkeley play