Audition Process of
"13,
Margosa Mahal"
Horror was never so funny
Date & Time: 24 & 25 Sept 2011, 4 to 8 pm
Contact: MJ 9481503135
13 Margosa
Mahal, (a play in Kannada) is a haunting
story which has been everyone’s favorite for reasons unknown. Our main
objective for this play is that the audience laugh & get scared at the same
time. Thats why the tag line "Horror was never so funny". Being associated with
theater we had this urge to create a thriller and bring out the chills and
thrills through it. 13 is our attempt to create a play which will keep the
audience interested throughout and take them on a mysterious journey.
The play revolves around three men from the IT industry who are picked to
attend a conference in one of the famous hill stations of south India. The
story begins to grip the audience when the three encounter spooky happenings
around them and their so called paid vacation turns into a scary experience.
The play has five supporting characters who play an equally important
part in generating the comedy, suspense & trills.
The play in its conception is very strong and grips the audience throughout,
however it is a challenge to execute it and involves a lot of technical
aspects including sound and lighting. The play will surely entertain and
enthuse theater audience and provide them an edge of the seat experience in
total. As the tagline suggests “ horror was never so funny” we promise to
give you a healthy dose of spine chilling horror and rib tickling laughter.
The first version of the script was drafted after our other thriller
Bembidada Bhootha & the English script was made ready by our dear friend
Ameshea Brown from the United States of America.
Director: P D Sathish Chandra
Music: Raghu Dixit
Sets & Props: John Devraj
Concept & Ideation: P D Sathish Chandra
Kannada Script: Chandan Shankar
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More than the cast we
need my back bone support which is the Back Stage, we need all of you who
want
exposure to theatre and those who have less time for production to join us
for Back Stage team.
Remember this team is the closest & dearest to the Director and the whole
production.
Adarsh = Morals (nerd)
Adarsh is a 25 year old virgin, stands 5' 7" in height and weighs 145
lbs. He is of slight build, has brown hair neatly cut, with brown eyes. He
wears black rim glasses and his gait is quick. He was born into a
conservative family and completed university and now works for a computer
technology firm. His most predominate physical peculiarity is that he
squints his eyes frequently. He uses his hands in gestures when he speaks.
His only two friends are Anand and Akash and he has no enemies. He is a blue
collar class and lives with his mother who is domineering, controlling and
over protective. His core need is to be accepted and to have something
exciting in his life. He has very high morals and lives by them. His
ambition is to be a highly paid computer technician. His strongest character
traits are that he is an exceptional student, extremely intelligent, he has
high morals, clean, neat and analytical . His weakest characteristic traits
are that he doesn't stand up for himself, has no backbone, and shys away
when spoken to harshly, and is not approachable. When Adarsh is nervous he
laughs and fidgets. Adarsh's philosophy is let nature take its course. His
political views are few and he goes with the flow. What others notice about
Adarsh is that he is an introvert, naive, and unsure of himself especially
around women and extremely intelligent. His hobbies include strategic roll
playing, stamps, chess, and chatting on the net. When he is alone, he is
mostly on the net or reads comic books. His passion is to become a well
renown computer technician. His favorite saying is, "Que Sera Sera"
Anand = Happines (cynical)
Anand is 27 years of age, stands 5' 10" in height and weighs 165 lbs. He has
black wavy hair and blues eyes. He wears contact lens because he thinks his
glasses make him look nerdy. He was born in a military family. He has
traveled a great deal and for his age he has been around. He too has
completed university and now works at a computer technology firm. He has no
known physical peculiarities. As for sexuality, he is a healthy male and
experienced. He has many friends, two of which are Adarsh and Akash. He has
no known enemies. His family consists of Mother, Father a retired commodore
from the Navy, and younger sister and comes from money. His core need is to
live comfortably and be happy. While he talks he gestures with his hands and
cracks his knuckles. His gait is normal. His strongest character traits are
he is highly intelligent, strong willed, helps others, savvy, and has a
strong faith. His weakest character traits are is that he can become self -
centered and think he is all that. Anand is also very cynical, has no trust,
if he can't see it, it doesn't exist, unless it can be proven. He laughs and
jeers at the supernatural and the paranormal. His philosophy is, only
believe what you see and half of what you hear. His political views are
right wing and his hobbies are, chess painting and drawing, horticulture,
roll playing and chatting on the net. What others notice about Anand is that
he is confident, enjoyable to be around, unless you mention anything he can
debate on, then he becomes unbearable, he is an extrovert and a people
person. His passion is painting and drawing and when he is alone he indulges
in painting and his drawings. His favorite saying is, " I don't sweat the
small stuff. "
Akash = Sky (Casanova)
Akash is 28 years old, weighs 210 lbs. and stands 6' 1" tall in height. He
has shoulder length brown hair, and wears contact lens so he can be cool. He
says, " Girls don't make passes at guys who wear glasses." He bearly made it
through university and now works at a computer technology firm, as does his
two friends Anand and Adarsh. He has a physical peculiarity and that is
fixing his hair constantly, due to being vain. He is very sexual to the
point of being a ladies man and Casanova. Enemies, he has a few. Most men
don't like him. Akash wants to be the center of attention around women, to
have it all and his ambition is to be rich and famous. He has a wealthy
father who lives in the states and supports him financially. His gesture
while speaking is he's always fixing his hair. His gait is normal. His
strongest characteristics are that he is very intelligent, and an extrovert.
His weakest characteristics are that he is over confident to the point of
cocky, arrogant, and doesn't do for others unless there is something in it
for him. His philosophy is that the world owes him a favor and that the
world revolves around him. His political views are neutral. Akash's hobbies
are chess, chatting on the net and girls, girls, girls. When he is alone he
watches T.V., goes on the net, and talks to women on the phone. What others
notice about Akash is that he is egotistical, cocky and he loves himself.
His passion is to one day be like Donald Trump or Hugh Hefner. His favorite
saying is " Hi good looking as he passes a mirror.
Taxi driver
Around 40ish, usual lost in space character and is the Sutradhar of the
play.
Dispatch Man/Woman
Anti hero who starts the scare trip in the audience.
Bell boy/Maid
The ghost messenger who acts as the catalyst for the antiques of the ghost.
Girl
No one would know if this character is the lead of the play, since she
anchors the whole play.
Police Inspector
One who puts an end to the madness.
Tea Stall Owner
The spook factor of the play who will deliver the chills instead of tea.
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We are having our audition team set for the process. Its fairly simple once the auditions start.
The following would be the steps to auditions, please note that in case of selection or huge turn out the audition could spread over to the next day that is Sunday, 25 September, 2011
Step 1:
Filling up a simple form and submission for registration
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Step 2:
Prepare for the character you
have chosen to audition for. We would have made the script available
in a common area for all the characters listed below. We expect you to
prepare your character presentation with these lines.
Step 3:
Meeting up of the audition committee which will comprise of our Director,
Crew members and other Theater personalities.
Step 4:
Character presentation in front of the audition committee
Step 5:
Results
As we all know funding a play like this becomes taxing for any theatre group. Our modest budget for sets and other initial investments adds up to a little over a lakh. We need the support of Good Samaritans and patrons of the arts for our production, and in return, there are many ROI schemes, which we have in our basket. Kindly get in touch with us on prakasamtrust@gmail.com or call us on 9880487682 and we would love to meet up with you to discuss the same. The first shows are planned on November 13, 2011, coinciding with the date 13.
Fourth Corner Productions
Fourth Corner Productions is into production in the audio-visual medium and
media-related services. We started theatre productions with back end
support. Gradually, we started moving into producing our own plays and this
is our fifth production. Please check OUR PAGE to find out more about our
previous productions.
You too can partner with us. Please write to us at prakasamtrust@gmail.com
The story was born in early 2000 when Sathish was out on a trek and around the camp fire in the night, like a practice ghost stories were doing rounds. The story of strange places, strange happenings, strange beings, strange houses, strange properties evolved into the basic storyline for 13. Later on Sathish developed this into a short story and developed a one line script for a play. Ameshea Brown from America later on took interest in the blog posted about this play and volunteered to write the script for the same. Now the play is taking a contemporary
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What I have
noted largely in the past five years is that there is a fixed set of
audiences for both Kannada & English theatre productions. Wherever there is
a production we have the same set of audiences watching the play at
different venues and more than 70% of the audience is repeated. This is not
an encouraging development for healthy theatre, as we are not adding new
audiences. This also stands out as the main difference between theatre in
Bangalore and in other theatre-rich cities. As an old school theatre
enthusiast, just mentioning or discussing this point was not enough for me.
I felt a need and desire to do something about bringing back the masses into
theatre. Other large theatre groups are staging the same old Shakespeare,
Karnad, Karanth and the likes. My discussions with various theatre groups
and eminent personalities led me to figure out a way for myself.
When we staged Bembidada Bhootha by G V Shivanand, the concept of 5D and
actually scaring using this powerful & live media to give a product to
audiences which will be of international standards. The play in 2004
took form of a story and a single line script. My friend Ameshea Brown
from America scripted this into a strong script. We are adapting the
same to the current day paid corporate holiday concept. Am sure with
this play we are going to make a mark in minds of people and enthuse them to
come in to theatre more often.
P D Sathish Chandra
Raghu Dixit: For composing wonderful background music for our play.
John Devraj: For getting us life like props and set execution.
Chandan Shankar: For being there from the beginning of the project and for his narrations.
Manjunath Jambe: An actor who has lent his hand to the production of the play.
R Kumarswamy: To do all the leg work and specially the typing of our recorded scripts.
This is Sathish's sixth production under the Pra.Ka.Sam & Fourth Corner banner. He has been working with different theatre groups from India at different times. After his hibernation or disappearance for three years, the Ranga Shankara festival in 2004 put him back in line with active theatre. He currently runs Kala Soudha as its Director and aims to run the place to encourage new talent and to bring out performances that are fresh and unique. He is now acting as Paddu in Panduranga Vittala, a Kannada sitcom, on Zee Kannada. He is still known for his theatre columns in newspapers and with special reference to the Sunday reviews in the Times of India. For his personal profile CLICK HERE & Artist Profile CLICK HERE