Childhood Songs

Rabindranath Tagore was a legendary Bengali poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and songwriter—and the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The moment that set his life in motion was also his life’s great tragedy: the loss of his childhood friend, first love, and muse Kadambari Devi. In Childhood Songs, Tagore conjures the spirit of Kadambari, through the memories they share and in her indelible mark on his life and work. With an ensemble playing the many characters who occupied Tagore’s life, we journey with him through his triumphs and tragedies, discovering Kadambari by tracing the shape of her absence.

60 minutes
2M 2F

Development History

“The Wordless End” Workshop
Schapiro Theatre at Columbia University
February 2015
Directed by Ari Rodriguez

FEATURING:
Sharvari Deshpande
Aaron Keller

Upcoming

Development Residency
Monson Arts (Monson, Maine)
March 3 - 29, 2019

Images courtesy of Kelly Stuart