Resident Fellows

Suman Mukherjee | Fall 2005

The work of Indian director Suman Mukherjee ranges from European dramas to adaptations of Bengali prose masterpieces. A highlight among them is Teesta Paarer Brittanto (Tales of the River Teesta), which has run in Kolkata theaters since 2000. Mukherjee has also collaborated with European directors on a project staging Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream in forests throughout India. Mukherjee was hosted by the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies while in residence at Berkeley during September, 2005. During his stay, he worked with Assistant Professor Sudipto Chatterjee on an intercultural, interdisciplinary performance piece entitled The Man of the Heart and also visited a graduate seminar on “Postcolonial Performance.”

Public Events

Act Locally, Perform Globally: Suman Mukherjee and His Theater

A discussion with Sudipto Chatterjee.

Performances of The Man of the Heart

Mukherjee directed Professor Sudipto Chatterjee in a solo-performance piece on the life, times and music of Lalon Phokir, the saint-composer of the multi-religious Baul of Bengal. Followed by a discussion with Mukherjee and Chatterjee.