Short+Sweet Theatre Chennai 2014

1. Mama's Straight Drive

    Directed by: Abhishek Karthick

    Written by: Rahul Sridhar

    Cast: Venkatakrishnan Kaushik (Rajath), Rahul Sridhar (Mani)

    Synopsis: A completely fictional piece on how the problems of match fixing in sports & homosexuality collide in a parallel yet ALMOST real universe called Chennai.

2. Will

    Directed by: Sreejith Palliyil

    Written by: Amogh Jalihal

    Cast: Sreenath palliyil , Ranjith Kakkayur  

    Synopsis: A dialogue between an executioner and the criminal sentenced to death where motives are questioned, and the concept of free will blurs the line between the good and the bad, of justice and crime.

3. An Oldman's Game

   Directed by: Yukendran kamaraj

   Written by: Sriram Gokul C

   Cast: Nikhil (Rick - ex wife's husband), Ajit Chitturi(An oldman), Depali Gupta (Young lady thief),Vidya Viswanath (Ex Wife of Oldman)

   Synopsis: An old man plays a psychological game over a young lady who had visited his home to actually rob a costly watch.

4. Abhyantha

   Directed by: Katharanga Janardhan Chikkanna

   Written by: Mallikarjun Devarmane

   Cast: Mallikarjun Devaramane (Abhyantha) 

   Synopsis: Abhyanatha, a strange man leads a lonely life in his own world. But, there is one obession , one passion he lives by...silence! Silence leads a lonely life in his    life...the girl of his dreams! But his love for silence pushes him to do an unimaginable deed. Hear it all from the man, who never wanted to talk...Hear it from the man of   silence, Abhyantha...

5. Deniable Plausibility

   Directed by: Anand Ravichandran

   Written by: Toast D'Bechamel

   Cast: Vigeneshwaran (Jake), Shweta Gupta (Sarah), Arun Athmalingam (Agent Park)

   Synopsis:  A woman working for a secret organisation must persuade a cyber-security analyst to join her agency... or die trying.

6.The Ideal Image

   Written & Directed by: Sukanya Umesh

   Cast: Bhagirathy S (Woman), Ashwin Ravichandran (Chorus Member 1), Siddhanth Mohan(Chorus Member 2), Pranathi Ram (Chorus Member 3), Shreya Jalan(Chorus Member 4), Akshay Venkatraman (Chorus), Abhishek Thomas (Musician)

   Synopsis: The play is satrie on Indian society's obsession with fair skinned, straight haired women, It looks at society as a circus.

7. Milton

   Directed by: Ranjith Kakkayur

   Written by: Robert Armstrong

   Cast: Sreejith Palliyil, Sreenath palliyil, Athulya Madhu, Sreejith Kunnath

   Synopsis: Can an association between man and monster ever really last?

8. 1, 2, 3 - Ready, Set, Go

   Written & Directed by: Divya Mangwani

   Cast: Harshitha Krishnan (Oona), Archana Kariappa (Tina), Shweta Gupta (Trina)

   Synopsis: Journey of three very different women looking for lasting love through a marriage bureau

9. Va Van Gogh

   Writen & Directed by: Bhargav Prasad

   Cast: Kiran Naig (Van Gogh), Nishanti Sudhakar (Van Go)

   Synopsis:  Tomatoes , Potatoes. Are they all the same?

1. The door

   Written & Directed by: Jagadish Kanna

   ITC: Quid Pro Quo Productions

  Cast: Bhargav Ramakrishnan (Scientist), Bala Kumaran (Newsreader), Krish Hariharan (Police), Mallika Arjun (Thief), Mridula Chetlur (Pizza Delivery Girl), Nafeez(Interpol Officers), Abeneth(Interpol Officers), Shravan(Interpol Officers)

  Synopsis: A thief changes into a scientist on entering a magic door. How he utilises to steal more things from the city forms the crux of the story.

2. Yesterday to Tomorrow

    Written & Directed by: Shravan Sampath Kumar

    Cast: Nikhil Venkatesa (Abe), Sundeep Joseph (George), Archana Kariappa (Joan), Srikanth Pingali (Phil), Kanchi Thangadurai (Girl)

    Synopsis: As Abe suffers the loss of his wife, his 3 new - found friends from the old age home where he has settled help him move on in life.

3 .Where are you, Appa?

    Written & Directed by: Prashanth Selvarasu

    Cast: Gautham Krishnan

    Synopsis: A boy talking about a dad that he never had.

4. Haira Pochu

    Directed by: Shyam Sundar

    Written by: Karthikeyan Chandramohan

    Cast: Sasi Kumar (Barber), Naveen George Thomas (Chief Minister), Karthikeyan (Secretary)

    Synopsis: A close encounter becomes a close shave for a man of power.

5. Ponnu kadhai

    Directed by: Vaishnavi. S

    Written by: Varsha Venugopal

    Cast: Ritu Philip (The girl), Abhishek Dutta (The boy)

    Synopsis: Love. Unsaid…

6. Hello Kitty

   Directed by: Shevaun Da Costa

   Written by: Vibha Batra

   Cast: Krishna Arcot(Woman 1) , Shivani Gupta (Woman 2), Namita Krishnamurthy (Woman3), Stephanie Howie (Woman 4)

   Synopsis: Four gorgeous ladies-who-lunch. One scandalous memoir. All hell breaks loose when a socialite decides to wash her dirty linen in public. Her tell-all book wreaks havoc in the lives of fellow kitty members.

7. Black Coffee

    Directed by: Karthik Anantharaman

    Written by: Deanna Ableser

    Cast: Kalesh Ramanand (Matt), Archana Menon (Alice)

    Synopsis: A man and a woman toy around with the idea of a simple kiss at a coffee shop.

8. To B.E or not to B.E

    Written & Directed by: Shyam Renganathan

    Cast: Siddhanth Mohandas, Roshan mark

    Synopsis: A conversation between two stoners on the point of an Engineering education.

9. Statue

    Directed by: Mejel

    Written by: John Pradeep

    Cast: Kalieaswari Srinivasan

    Synopsis: The Kannagi statue in Marina comes alive and talks its experiences as a statue and as Kannagi herself

1. The Zombie Apocalypse

    Directed by: Sathish Shanmugam

    Written by: Michael Towers

    Cast: Rahul Sridhar (Scientist), Meenu Srinivasan (Assistant), Karthik Hariharan (Professor Isenberg), Prasanth Selvarasu (Jackson), Shivani Gupta (Jillian), Namitha Krishnamurthy (Tracey), Gautham Krishnan (Buisness man), Aditi Balan (Alien #1), Akshay Venkatraman (Alien #2)

    Synopsis: A comedy about a scientist who travels forward in time from 2004 to 2014, only to discover that humans in the future have become zombie-like slaves to their mobile devices.

2. It's ok to ask

   Directed by: Lakshmi Ganapathy Murugesan

   Written by: Carol Dance

   Cast: Kasturi Goswami (A woman in a wheel Chair)

   Synopsis: A beautiful wheelchair-bound woman implores people not to be afraid of asking her what happened!

3. Riashi Nair's Untitled Production

   Directed by: Anand Ram

   ITC: Zipper Down Productions 

   Written by: Suhit Kumar

   Cast: Suraj Raja (Rishi Nayar), Shyam Sundar (Tusar), Rohan Iyer(Vijay), Akshya Ravi (Aditi)

   Synopsis: Running a marathon must be easier than penning a Play . Is it ? Experience it !!

4. Mr Politician

    Directed by: Nithya Ramachandran

    Written by: Shakthi Ramani

    Cast: Juhi Sharma (Naima), Sruti Hari (Radha)

    Synopsis: Two women. Different motives. One politician. A moment in history.

5. Take Two

    Directed by: Charan Saravana

    Written by: Chris Shaw Swanson

    Cast: Smrithi Parameswar (Amy), Srikanth Pingali (Jeff)

    Synopsis: A couple discovers that reconciliation can be tricky- especially when a prenup is involved.

6. The Thing

    Directed by: Ja.VenkataSubramanian

    ITC: Shraddha

    Written by: Sujatha Rangarajan & Anand Raghav

    Cast: Anand Ram (Husband), Archana (Wife), Hemanth (Beggar), Vinay Rao (Swamiji)

    Synopsis: The differences between the rich and poor, the believers and the nonbelievers, the right and wrong, disintegrate as planet Earth faces extinction".

7. Tech-no-logic Progress

    Directed by: Adarsh Satish

    ITC: Park-Street Theatre

    Written by: Deepak Hariharan

    Cast: Deepak Hariharan (Techie), Sunaina Mudaliar (Woman)

    Synopsis: The title says it all!

8. Heavenly Baddie

   Written & Directed by: Vivek Rajagopal

   ITC: Chennai Drama House

   Cast: Vikram Mankal (Politician), Smrithi Parameswar (Evaluator), Karthik Bhatt (Man in queue)

   Synopsis: No sin will go unpunished. Unless…

9.New years eve

  Directed by: Kasturi Goswami

  Written by: David MacGregor

  Cast: Lakshmi Ganapathy Murugesan(Mr.Hollins), Nithya Ramachandran (Ms.Laura)

  Synopsis: It's a New Year's Eve at the Parkview Retirement Home. The residents have gathered to bring in the New Year at noon, which leaves one of the residents less than pleased.

10. A Typist with destiny

     Written & Directed by: Rajiv Rajaram

     Cast: Naveen Thomas, Bhargav Ramakrishnan, Venkatesh Harinathan, Karthikeyan

     Synopsis: Two bumbling clerks are in the process of gravely re-writing history. Or is it so?

1. Sahithya

    Directed by: Nikhil Sriram

    Written by: Naren Weiss

    Cast: Venkatesh Harinathan (Manickam), Pooja Balu

    Synopsis: Manickam, Marriage, Madras.

2.  ID

     Written & Directed by: Kalieaswari Srinivasan

     ITC: The Drama Troupe

     Cast: Brihadish Kaushik  (Man in Power), Nelson Matthew (Common Man)

     Synopsis: A common man. A government official. A public space. A casual act of forgetting. An ordinary errand. A tiny bit of paper and a bit of drama. 

3.  Oopsy

     Written & Directed by: Smrithi Amarendran

     ITC: Caricatture Productions

     Cast: Abishek George Joseph (Anjan), Namitha Vivek (Hazel), Candice Rozario (Asha), Preetham Mangal (Random Guy), Krishna Arcot (Waitress)

     Synopsis: If something bad happens, you drink to forget; if something good happens, you drink to celebrate and if nothing happens, you drink to make something happen. An alcohol induced triangle that meanders through failures and realizations.

4.  Kichadi Life

    Written & Directed by: Nagarajan Lingam

    Cast: Prema Venkat (Woman 1), Shylaja Chetlur (Woman 2), Shalini Vijayakumar (Woman 3), Prathiveeraj (Man 1), Sunil Santanam(Man 2)

    Synopsis: A visit from a childhood friend rekindles the memories of past. They have moved apart due to the time lapse. A personal space connects them despite time. As she sets out to explore that space, TIME warps!!

5. Saathur Santhipu

    Written & Directed by: Vinodhini Vaidynathan

    Cast: Guru Somasundaram (Chandru), Amjath Khan(Shankar), Sanjit Krishnamoorthy (Dead body), Suresh Kumar (TTE), S.Dinakaran (porter), L.Vinod (Man in the station)

    Synopsis: Shankar and Chandru travelling on a train encounter a strange co-passenger. Who is he and what is his business with them? Find out at Saathur Santhippu.

6.  The Inner Fire

     Directed by: Amrithavarshini Venkatesh

     ITC: Crea-Shakthi

     Written by: Dushyanth Gunashekar

     Cast: Prasanna Venkatesh Rengarajan

     Synopsis: There is a story behind every cup of tea

7.  Eternally Yours

     Directed by: Meghna Mudaliar

     ITC: a.g.n.i Theatre!

     Written by: Sunaina Mudaliar

     Cast: Deepak Hariharan (Prince), Sunaina Mudaliar (Lady)

     Synopsis: Tragic endings leave a lot unsaid.

8.  The Man Who Was Music

     Directed by: Ajit Chitturi

     Written by: Aishwarya Jha-Mathur

     Cast: Rajeev (Adam), Krishna (Nathaniel), Prakash (Saliero and father), Deepali (Sara and mother)

     Synopsis: Adam is an accomplished world-renowned violinist. On the day of his performance, for the last time, he recounts his tale of the person who shaped his life and career.

9.  Waiting for him

     Directed by: Janardhanan Raghavan 

     Written by: Balajee GE

     Cast: Sainath Saikrishnan (Man), Priyanka Sohoni (Woman), Krish Hariharan (God 1), Krithika Ganesan (God 2)

     Synopsis: A funny tale on the chauvinistic male dominant society. A girl and a boy are dead and are waiting to meet God.

10. Death of Drona

     Directed by: Meera Sitaraman

     ITC: Theatre Nisha

    Written by: Janani Narasimhan

    Cast: Balakrishnan Venkataraman (Drona), Meenakshi Viswanathan (Sitarist)

    Synopsis: The play is a non-verbal piece, which depicts the anguish of Drona, the Kaurava General, on hearing that his only son, Ashwatthama, has been killed in battle by Bheema.

1. Blabber Mouth

    Directed by: Vinod Anand

    ITC: Tiny Men             

    Written by: Cerise de Gelder

    Cast: Amit Singh (Gary), Uthara Krishnan (Lisa), Siddharth S.P(Patrick)

    Synopsis: Love. Lies. Lives. Lust. Deceit. Betrayal. Murder. Often… A word can be enough… Otherwise you could be labelled a BLABBER MOUTH.

2.  Late for School

    Directed by: Vasudev Menon

    Written by: Iain Moss

    Cast: Vaishnavi Sundararajan (lynn)

    Synopsis: A young teacher is under intense interrogation for a horrible crime she had no idea she committed. She was only late for school.

3.  Maya and Lakshmi 

     Directed by: Janani Narasimhan

     Written by: V. Balakrishnan

     Cast: Meera Sitaraman (Lakshmi), Shakti Ramani (Maya) , Nithya Ramakrishnan (Lamp)

     Synopsis: A maid and a maiden's conversation can turn tables around.

4. How to Drink a Coffee

   Directed by: John Pradeep

   Written by: Balakumaran Murugesan

   Cast: Subiksha Raman (Girl), Bhargav Ramakrishnan (Narrator), Aswin Rao (Guy)

   Synopsis: A guide on deciphering the intricacies coffee moments and relationships.

5. Carpouram

    Directed by: Mathivanan Rajendran

    ITC: Stray Factory              

    Written by: Mathivanan Rajendran and Pooja Devariya

    Cast: Krishna Ganapathy (Murugesan), Pooja Devariya (Sarawathy)

    Synopsis: Camphor Smell Donkey how know?

6. Shofu Slaves

    Directed by: Shakthi Ramani

    Written by: Meera Sitaraman

    Cast: V.Balakrishnan (Man), Sruti Hari (Woman)

    Synopsis: Where does comfort lie in a war?

7. Dogs and Cats Living Together

    Directed by: Sushant Alexander

     Written by: Lynn-Steven Johanson

    Cast: Sundeep Joseph (Lucky, a male dog), Uthara Krishnan (Miss Kitty, a female cat)

    Synopsis: A dog and a cat's discordant personalities test their abilities to maintain detente.

8. To write my epitaph

    Directed by: Vaishnavi Sundararajan

    Written by: Robert Armstrong

    Cast: Vasudev Menon (Edgar Allan)

    Synopsis: Edgar Allan - a writer, who speaks in verse. Uncanny, unabashed, unhappy and terse. Is he just a facsimile of Poe’s ingenuity?

9. Checkout

     Directed by: Yannick Lawry

     Written by: Pete Mallicki

     Cast: Katie Leiss (Corrine)

     Synopsis: Corinne works for a large supermarket chain. You might think she hates her job, but she's done far worse. This supermarket is the top of the bottom. But she's nothing but a robot being phased out by other robots.