West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North ninth grade student Pooka Kepadia, right, will perform in “Under the Bed and Behind the Curtain: Playing with Communism,” this Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at 8 p.m. at the Hamilton Murray Theater on Princeton University’s campus.
The production features two Eastern European one-act plays, co-presented by the University Department of Slavic Studies and Theatre Intime.
The production includes Vaclav Havel’s “The Unveiling” and Vladimir Mayakovsky’s “The Bedbug,” Kepadia is one of several young people featured throughout “The Bedbug.”
“It’s my first time working with professional actors,” says Kepadia, whose prior acting experience includes Sunday School plays. “I’m learning so much as a part of this.”
Kepadia, a Plainsboro resident, was informed a month ago of auditions for the production by her teacher Debbie Goodkin. Her favorite classes include Speech and Drama and Biology. Her younger sister, Juhi, attends seventh grade at Community Middle School. Her father, Harit, is a certified public accountant, and her mother Alka owns her own business.
“It’s a play about the future of world economic policy, and some of the dangerous decisions being made,” Kepadia says of the political theater piece. “The most challenging parts are the chaos of the fight scenes.” The production puts the two one-acts in context with one another and treats the evening as one extended play.
Under the Bed and Behind the Curtain: Playing with Communism, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University. Friday, March 6, 8 p.m. “The Bedbug,” by Vladimir Mayakovsky and “The Unveiling” by Vaclav Havel. Presented by the department of Slavic Languages and Literature. $10. 609-258-1742. www.theatreintime.org.
