Sananda Mukhopadhaya
Sananda is a theatre maker and art-based educator based in Mumbai, India. Her theatre journey began in 2007 as a lighting designer, eventually transitioning to directing children’s theatre. Her debut play, “In the Cat House,” premiered at the Summertime Festival for children at Prithvi Theatre in 2012. In 2017, she discovered Theatre for the Early Years and has since directed numerous plays for children aged 0 to 6. Sananda is a trained Odissi dancer, co-curator of the Museum of Ordinary Objects—a moving crowd-sourced museum—and hosts a popular tree walk in Mumbai titled Mumbai Overstory. Currently, she works at the American School of Bombay, curating the India Sanskriti Center, a school-wide program. She also mentors practitioners interested in creating work for the very young in collaboration with Theatre O.N Berlin and Think Arts, Kolkata.
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