Samahaara presents

"GREGOR SAMSA"

An adaptation of Franz Kafka's novella "Metamorphosis" by Anjali Parvati Koda

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy

Franz Kafka. The images the name brings. A tragic life. A tragic death. Heavy stories that brought about both despair and catharsis. Yet when he first read his epic novella Metamorphosis to his friends, he read it as if it were a comedy. The listeners laughed and clapped at the troubles of Gregor Samsa who woke up one fine morning to discover he had, somehow, metamorphosed into a bug. Gregor Samsa, the salesman turned into a bug must now face the reality of his new form and his family of parents and sister must now deal with it.

Is it a tragedy or a comedy when his manager is scared away by the bug that was/is Gregor? Is it really funny that he now has a taste for spoiled food? Is it hilarious that his family now will not look at him?

Come watch the Comedy/tragedy as the family turns from scared to sympathetic to horror and apathy, as they react to this strange illness.

The adaptation of this novella, "Gregor Samsa" by Anjali Parvati Koda, is presented by Samahaara after her earlier critically acclaimed plays "Purushotham" and "Dominic Wesley".

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