mind adventures
an experimental theatre company set up in sri lanka in 1999.A Shout-out to the Playwright!
Jithendra Seneviratne
Jithendra Seneviratne is a recent graduate of the MFA (Theatre – Interdisciplinary) program at Sarah Lawrence College, NY, and is currently working as the Operations Manager at Gibney Dance: a creative center for New York’s thriving arts community. Prior to his current position, he worked in technical theatre and production, having held the position of lighting designer, and electrician for numerous productions, including that of Master Electrician for The Mt. Washington Valley Theater Company. He has professional performing credits, the most notable being as The Sexton in Much Ado about Nothing: a play by William Shakespeare on the Sound (CT). Jithendra’s early career and academic experience is in business administration, economics and finance.
Mind Adventures is honoured to have been able to bring his first play, After Class, to life.
After Class
After Class; the second poster.
All our publicity material illustrated and designed by the talented Isuri Dayaratne. Check out her blog for more of her work.
After Class – Press
After Class in the Colombo Gazette.
After Class in the Sunday Times.
After Class trailer in Life Online.
Life Online interviews the cast and director of After Class.
Meet the Cast and the Director of After Class
The cast of After Class.
Photo by Deshan Tennekoon.
Left to right:
Image 1 (clockwise): Pasan Ranaweera, Gehan Blok, Thanuja Jaywardena
Image 2 (clockwise): Sulakshani Perera, Anuk de Silva, Eshara Silva, Brandon Ingram
Image 3 (clockwise): Jehan Gunasekera, Dinesha Senaratne, Niren Ranasinghe
ruvin to direct ‘after class’
ruvin makes his directorial debut for mind adventures with ‘after class’ – a tense psychological thriller written by aspiring playwright jithendra seneviratne.
set in two different times and places, ‘after class’ seeks to provoke emotional and intellectual engagement with concepts of morality and ethics. the action occurs in two very disparate atmospheres – a university and an island in the throes of a revolution.
jithendra currently resides in new york, working in theatre administration. in sri lanka, he worked consistently with the workshop players. this is his first play.
ruvin has directed productions for visakha vidhyalaya and wesley college for the all-island shakespeare drama competition and royal college’s drama comp. he was also invited to direct for ‘noir III’ hosted by stagelight&magic last year. this is his first full-length production.
mind adventures is holding auditions on the 10th of november at the wendy whatmore academy in col 3. auditions begin at ten am. we are looking for 15 actors. a set of audition requirements will be released soon.
Our July Show Cancelled – ABYT Afoot.
To all our friends,
It is with sadness that we announce that we have decided to cancel the new show that was due to go on stage in July 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
cast as mother
scroll down to our blogroll and click on ‘stages theatre group’. the theatre company is run by the truly gifted, intellectual and utterly compelling ruwanthie de chickera. i have been working with her for over a year now on a project that features some of the most respected women in sri lankan theatre. a preview of the show runs for a single night on the 24th of may at the wendt. do read the ‘stages’ blog for more details.
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