Sanjna Kapoor to Quit Prithvi Theatre

Sanjna Kapoor is going to quit as the director of Prithvi Theatre in April 2012. Sanjna is quitting the organisation along with Sameera Iyengar, Director (Programming) to establish 'Junoon' to further the cause of the theater across the country.

Sanjna Kapoor informed the press: "This is a product of our years of work at Prithvi-which has made us realize that there is a huge lacuna in our work field-which we wish to fill ... that of the enabler. The enabler who enables theatre to reach its deserved audience and likewise enables audiences access good theatre - with keen attention to the overall experience for both the theatrewallah and the audience ... this must be a rich experience."

Junoon will be advising persons and organisations keen on setting up theatre venues.

According to Sanjna, "The major part of the work will be through partnerships."

She added: "We will partner with organizations that do children's theatre. We will be the connector, the infrastructure that enables audiences to access theatre and theatre to access audiences."

Prithvi Theatre has been conducting an enormously successful and well-known annual children's theatre festival called 'Summertime at Prithvi'. According to Sanjna, new directors are going to be inducted to handle the festival.

With two of the main pillars of Prithvi leaving, it might be a while before things stabilise into a pattern there. But we believe that Prithvi has the capacity to survive the change.