Sachin Gupta

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Sachin Gupta(Playwright & Theatre Director)
Born	9 March 1978 Delhi, India
Occupation	Playwright, Theatre Director
Nationality	India
www.sachingupta.net

Sachin Gupta is an Indian playwright and theatre director.

Biography

Recipient of National Award 'NatyaBhushan' Sachin Gupta is a qualified software engineer. By passion he is qualified to dream big and contribute positively and continuously in the field of Theatre. He has explored all fields of theatre and stage production; written and directed 13 plays including three Off-Broadway Shows in NewYork addressing various sensitive and important social issues, even through musicals and comedy productions. While on his mission to contribute positively in the arena of theatre, he has trained more than 150 actors in various workshops under the acting academy he began.

While working as an Artistic Director in the Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company, Sachin Gupta has also been editing a theatre magazine – Theatre Pasta – that has consistently interviewed prominent theatre personalities from across the world and made it available even on the net to reach a wider readership. With pursuit of works of the masters Sachin went to the UK to do research on Shakespeare and `also did a case study on Theatre Company American Repertory Theatre . Sachin also studied theatre at Fanshawe College, Canada. He has also learned nuances of Shakespearean acting at the prestigious Emerson College in US. In acknowledgement of his continued work he has received letters of positive feedback for social themed plays from the President of India & an award from conferred on him by Sheila Dikshit on behalf of Balwant Ray Society in India.

Like many before him Sachin's sojourn into theatre started when he was 12 yrs old, and studying in a school where his talent was appreciated. As soon as he could Sachin took his passion for performing arts around the world working as an Actor, Director & Playwright and has done more than Seventy five shows including his award winning play 'Celebration of life' which he staged in NewYork recently for which he got huge appreciation amongst theatre lovers in NewYork.

He has written & directed Thirteen theatre productions so far which includes Celebration Of life, Suicide is Painless, Handicapped City, Great Mind at Work, No Cheating Today, Don't miss my Party, Devil's Carnival, Live Telecast, Next Indian Idol, Kailashnath Weds Madhumati, A Roller Coaster Ride,Wake Up Call & The Play Begins @8pm. . .

Career

Plays Written & directed by Sachin Gupta

• Celebration Of Life (2003), English, Drama/65min
• Handicapped City (2004), English, Drama/90min
• Suicide is Painless (2005), Bilingual, Drama/65min
• A Roller Coaster Ride (2007), English, Children's Play/70min
• Next Indian Idol (2005), Hindi, Comedy/35min
• Great Mind At work (2005), Hindi, Comedy/45min
• KailashNath weds Madhumati (2007), Hindi, Comedy/45min
• Live Telecast (2005), Bilingual, Comedy/35min
• Devil’s Carnival (2005), Musical, Drama/35min
• Don't Miss my Party (2005), Hindi, Drama/35min
• No Cheating Today (2005), Hindi, Comedy/40min
• The Play Begins @8pm (2010), Hindi, Drama/60min

As an Actor

• KailashNath weds Madhumati Off Broadway Musical Comedy 2009,New York
• The Play Begins @8pm Drama ,2011 Performance by Vasundhara Das & Sachin Gupta ,Orissa

References

• The Hindu, 'In a world of Fantasy'
• The Telegraph 'Individuals shine at theatre festival'
• The Times of India 'A Dramatic Idea'
• The Indian Express, 'Stage Dreams'
• The Hindu, 'An Alarm to Action'
• DNA,' I'm Foot in Mouth'
• MIDDAY, 'A look from Inside Out'
• The Hindu, 'Listening to the Alarm'
• The Tribune, 'Out Of the Box'
• The Indian Express, 'Sachin Gupta makes the stage come alive'
• The Hindu, 'Life On Stage'
• The Tribune, ‘Celebration of Life’ a moving play
• The Pioneer, ‘Choose the right Path'
• The Hindu, ' A theatre meal with chillies'
• The Statesman, ‘Play Review’
• The Times of India, ‘Chilsag Theatre festival’
• The Pioneer, ‘Trying to give theatre some shelf Life
• Playbill.com, Handicapped City to play Soho Playhouse
• Deccan Herald,'Taking a break to chase dreams'

External links

• Chilsag Chillies,Gupta's Theatre Company
• Sachin Gupta's official website
• Sachin Gupta's Theatre Magazine
• Sachin Gupta's Theatre Laboratory
• Sachin Gupta on Twitter