Rangayana

12°18′41″N 76°38′16″E / 12.311378280338962°N 76.63773880712374°E / 12.311378280338962; 76.63773880712374

Rangayana
Formation1989
TypeTheatre group
PurposeTheatre and arts
Location
Artistic director(s)
Addanda Karyappa
Notable members
B. V. Karanth (Founding Director)[1]
Websitewww.rangayana.org
Map showing Rangayana, Vinoba Road, Kukkarahalli, Kalamandira Campus, Mysuru, Karnataka

Rangayana (Kannada: ರಂಗಾಯಣ) is a theatre institute which operates from Mysore, Karnataka, India. It works as an autonomous cultural institute. The organization consists of a professional repertory company, a theatre-training institute and a documentation and research centre. Rangayana offers courses in stage craft, preparation and presentation of plays in Kannada. It also conducts programs for promotion of Kannada theatre. Rangayana hosts a theatre festival in Mysore every year.[2] Rangayana is the only government sponsored repertory theatre in the country.[3] It is also undertaking a project to introduce theatre to kids and has created a children's repertory in association with the International Theatre Institute and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.[3][4]

Repertorie Rangayana is located behind pictured Kalamandira[5]
  1. ^ "Founding Director". Rangayana.
  2. ^ "Annual Theatre Festival at Rangayana". Online Edition of Mysore Samachar. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Right on the cue". Anjali Kaiappa B B and Islahuddin N S. in Deccan Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Workshop on children's theatre from Monday". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 June 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  5. ^ "About us". Rangayana. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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