John Muller Sitayana Blog

Sitayana was an awesome experience for me. Not only did I love the play but one of my best friends cap off his amazing year with his performances as Hanuman. Ultimately, watching my friend Thomas on the big stage at last almost brought a tear to my eye. I remember when he first started acting and how excited he was it is so amazing to see what people are able to do when they discover their passion and I am so impressed. Furthermore, the play was excellent the choreography really stood out to me. The fight scenes particularly had me in awe and I can’t imagine how much work had to go into them. Also, the orchestra added so much to the scenes throughout the play the amount of work everyone had to put into that play is mind boggling to me.

I thought the themes of the play were great and came across very smoothly. Giving women a voice in this age old story made it all the more significant. I think it was cool to view the story from this perspective and it sent a strong message. Along with that the use of sounds rather than any dialect was more effective than I thought possible in conveying meaning. Finally, the use of symbolism really stood out at me especially when dealing with the theme of woman having a voice. I thought the use of the fans to represent having a voice or not was rather clever.