Millennial Notes Anton Chekhov Questions Infectious Russian Empire by Natasha Munasinghe As we press play on Town Hall’s video version of Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” director Susan E. Evans announces: “Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.” Evans cleverly prepares us…
Millennial Notes Charles Dickens’ London Explodes in Songs & Spirits by Natasha Munasinghe For Christmas, Center REP offers a charming musical rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Director Scott Denison recreates Victorian London from stony walls to elegant wooden arches. Scenic designer Kelly James Tighe creates a gothic Victorian London with an upper…
Millennial Notes PigPen’s Young Mouse Inspires Musical Heroics by Tanvi Agrawal & Natasha Munasinghe PigPen Theatre Co. dazzles us with spectacular technical wonders in their heartwarming musical adaption of Katie Dicamillo’s children’s book The Tale of Despereaux. The musical opens on the fateful day the Queen of Dor perishes from a heart attack caused…
Natasha Munasinghe a Los Angeles native who fell in love with the Bay Area after attending UC Berkeley as an English Major (Class of ’18). She currently lives in Oakland and works at Google. She has performed since the age of 8 years. While in college she studied abroad in London for a stage…