Two retired lecturers to stage Edward Albee’s ‘At Home at the Zoo’ in Hyderabad

The stage in Hyderabad got bigger when two retired English literature lecturers stepped in with their first production, at home in the zoo. This play connects Act I and Act II zoo story (1959) with home life (2004), prequel written by Edward Albee 45 years later.

The duo of Sarla Mahidhara and Navneeta Lahiri are former colleagues and friends from Vivekananda College, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. After more than a decade in retirement, and having done “nothing in terms of theatre”, he has rekindled a long-standing passion by launching his own theater group, Daring Duo – a name that reflects his feisty, adventurous spirit.