supriyo samajdar prologue start relationship theatre general open theatre digressing central issue discuss additional irrelevant personal stories constructed explanation theoretical manifesto made compilation people's experience undergoing process adequately answer question laid initial precepts open theatre socio-political economic conditions things relations environment thinking open theatre structure article abilities eventually realized open theatre defined compartmentalized topics reproduce stream consciousness gave birth recounting thoughts talk group bibhaban question ventured theatre place beginning tryst theatre confronted fundamental question answer social responsibility times exist back distant past realize entire scenario society wise changed time reason holds true experience makes weary language tend understand shades word meaning connotes today rephrase fundamental query answer talking social responsibility standing power structure label society back logic questioned emotion uttered words true answer moving origins thought process thought born conflict dispute accept truth disparity occurs idea born question remains thinking place conflict faced private investigations started conscious journey theatre activist acting proscenium play malda district north bengal plays passed eventually joined cosmopolitan stream kolkata voluntary impulse started researches theatre worked groups spawned bibhaban gradually started receiving recognition work developing conscience geographically removed loved started coming terms existential reality time deal dismantling group worked monetary concerns brought premature halt urban sphere generally types actors progress work financially groups lavish productions opportunity part minimal expenditure competitions dichotomy wreaked havoc fragile mind managed witness staging michil procession group satabdi changed conceived absolute rules glories proscenium theatre meantime received letter alternative theatre group part workshop madhyamgram dealing alternative theatre methodologies attended resumed theatre studies rabindrabharati university time formed bibhaban couple close friends primarily part play competitions decided incur debts running theatre group staging bikalpa alternative undertook proscenium setting stop failed meet expenses eventually open space front sangeet bhavan rabindrabharati university jorasanka kolkata bibhaban staged open theatre tarpor april months line staged swapno dream august natural calamities hold staging closed space brush intimate space theatre open theatre equations started questioned audience-actor relationship dramatically changed venues theatre thrives heartland interaction feedback procedures dynamic intimate space started toying idea back define felt open theatre born point time watching open theatre mukta natya progress target audience started rethinking ways theatre serves objective communicating message audience groups fail question finer sensibilities staging production people watch theatres back transfer emotions ideas seamlessly thought processes attune message genre takers proscenium street theatre friend joked street theatre trivial game show monkey dance literal translation term bandor naach people crowd witness loves entertained form entertainment free human beings crazy breed tend widely disparate likings things question moral standings bengalis multicultural habits finding audience difficult expect entire human race conscious create artifact lives time addresses question greater good generally tend accept conditions thrown refusing question tenets imposed irrational beliefs superstitions state boasts millions teeming theatre groups targeted audience create space make heard philosophical deliberations philosopher common confronts reality asks questions validity establishes life guiding principles based experiences philosophy reconcile incidences encounter lifetime open theatre amalgamation experience cooked food item recipe similarly theatre forms distinctive methodology aware fact theatre culmination performing arts music dance acting live audience arguably surmise theatre born appease sovereign deities purge daily sins theatre evolved hunting experiences drew scenes walls caves theatre person channel thoughts character communicate wider audience accept question accepting process mimesis talked present audience sequence accepted signifiers drive home idea school thought hand process theatre duende audience emotionally intellectually engages existence character performance manner completely dimension theatre communicative strategies open theatre deals living beings living beings immune philosophies remain inert change society functions transforming person's weakness other's strengths cohabiting sake common welfare anthropological studies show technologically progressive nation passes state political upheaval actors stage bring times reflection refining abilities portray respective characters faithfully open theatre calls integration actor's emotional state reality comprehends open theatre seeks solitary refuge machine driven society place man's thoughts live survive implicit rules society bind interminable contract give surrounded social political economic determine life force instant forced question depend anymore advertising ruined ability clear decision day-to-day life leading suffocated sphere fails develop intellectual faculties concept open theatre roots influences germinal stages stanislavski wrote phenomenal treatise actor prepares elaborating processes actor undergoes stressed importance affective memory revised ideas incorporate method physical actions furthered jerzy grotowski seminal treatise para theatre poor theatre antonin artaud's theatre cruelty enunciated book theater double remains arching presence ideologies india theatrical procedures defined treatise called natyashastra talk creation spectacle wanted psychological basis theatrical process underwent searched medium enhanced public feedback response system dabbling intimate form theatre swapno dream performance started conscious experiments open theatre form concept journey bibhaban continues build presently research develop work called approach silence started evolve space redefine daily existence intimate manner unaware presence removed audience tribute work jerzy grotowski accommodated societal standings groups past talked open theatre called open theatre groups unlike group concept part process develop line action thoughts shed notion actor-audience dichotomy existing open theatre space basic mantra line work audience actor fixed identities term visitor describe friend part process free notions kind audience rethink entire equation people witness performance process reveal naked truth uninhibitedly truth hide closest friends fairly large room free kind furniture cluttering part requested develop common ground thought common frame reference align respective bodies minds common topic established asked analyze experiences common motif decided exercise individual artistic abilities music dance performance poetry elaborate accommodate participants respective spaces allowing room interaction place energy flow members group starts feeling comfortable modes expression interaction invite member join process process open theatre rethink idea group daily affair participants part physical mental workshops make inhibition free long standing life long alliance punctuated momentary interludes silence silence organize present society silence affords break question principles supriyo samajdar born india theatre director practitioner studied directing rabindra bharati university kolkata founded bibhaban experimental theatre company directing writing plays leading samajdar running research project mukta natya open theatre exploring communication spectator performer research work journey open theatre presently working project called- approach silence participated regular contra regulam research project teatro madrugada brzezinka poland research paper search form -open theatre selected international symposium- language theatre organized jawaharlal nehru university delhi indian society theatre research istr january grotowski alongside ahead university kent canterbury england june bibhaban baguiati lane kolkata- india email bibhaban hotmail cell article originally written bengali translated english samik dasgupta samsad bengali-english dictionary term bibhaban literally means process exciting magnanimity sorrow surprise resentment terror love mirth disgust quietism person duende spirit evocation inside physical emotional response music dance chills makes smile bodily reaction artistic performance expressive 