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該劇由 Danilo Gambini 執導，《A Mongoose Speaks》是一部抒情且幽默的作品，探討了自我、犧牲和演變的主題。故事講述了一隻貓鼬在目睹一場神聖的獻祭後，毛髮變成金色並獲得了說話的能力，使其處於一種半轉化的狀態。本次演出將會有現場塔布拉鼓（tabla）音樂伴奏。
這部劇是 Kakkar 更宏大系列作品「摩訶婆羅多循環」（Mahabharata Cycle）的一部分，旨在突顯這部史詩中被遺忘的聲音和被忽視的角色。亨廷頓劇院此前曾發展了該系列中的另一部作品《Draupadi》，並在 Barr 基金會的支持下委託創作了第三部作品。
這次呈現強調了亨廷頓劇院對於發展和製作新作品的堅定承諾。自藝術總監 Loretta Greco 於 2022 年加入以來，這項承諾變得更加強烈。自 1982 年成立以來，該劇院已製作了超過 150 部新英格蘭地區、美國或世界首演作品，其中包括眾多獲獎製作和像 Ufot Family Cycle 這樣的開創性項目。
入場免費，但需預先索票，https://secure.bostontheatrescene.com/30366/30367。
THE HUNTINGTON ANNOUNCES A WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATION
OF NEW WORK BY MAHIRA KAKKAR,
A MONGOOSE SPEAKS
The Huntington’s bold commitment to new work continues this June with a new work by Mahira Kakkar
(BOSTON) – Artistic Director Loretta Greco and The Huntington are excited to announce a work-in-progress presentation of A Mongoose Speaks, written by Mahira Kakkar and directed by Danilo Gambini. A reading that is free and open to the public will be presented on Monday, June 30, 2025 at 7pm at the Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont St). The event is not open to reviewing members of the press.
In A Mongoose Speaks, a little mongoose bears witness to a sacred sacrifice and he's changed. His fur turns gold; his silence breaks into speech. No longer fully animal, not yet something else, he is caught half-transformed — uncertain and becoming. Told in lyrical dialogue alongside a live tabla player, the story is a funny and surprising exploration of selfhood, sacrifice, and the desire to evolve again and again into something more.
Growing up in India, playwright Mahira Kakkar found live performances of the Mahabharata spellbinding; now she's creating a bold cycle of plays that center the epic’s forgotten voices and overlooked characters.
Kakkar previously developed another piece in the Mahabharata Cycle, Draupadi, at The Huntington in the December New Play Intensive in 2024. The Huntington has commissioned a third piece in the cycle with support from The Barr Foundation.
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT AT THE HUNTINGTON
The Huntington is passionately committed to supporting, developing, and producing new work, and has produced over 150 New England, American, or world premieres since its founding in 1982. The Huntington co-produced eight world premiere productions in August Wilson's Century Cycle. Endeavors to contribute to the American theatrical canon expanded considerably since 2004 with the creation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened with a world premiere by local playwright Melinda Lopez.
The arrival of nationally renowned new play expert Loretta Greco as Artistic Director in 2022 has brought a vibrant era of new work at the theatre – including the world premiere of Joy & Pandemic by Taylor Mac; the world premiere of K-I-S-S-I-N-G by Lenelle Moïse (winner of the 2023 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script); second productions of Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor is the Villain and Lloyd Suh's The Heart Sellers; and the nationally recognized Ufot Family Cycle by playwright Mfoniso Udofia. The Ufot Family Cycle is an unprecedented, citywide festival that has brought a nine-play series, including five world premieres, to Greater Boston audiences in innovative partnership with more than 35 local organizations. Mfoniso Udofia's The Grove premiered at The Huntington this past season, and was recently recognized with the 2025 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script.
Loretta Greco has also commissioned work for The Huntington by Mfoniso Udofia, Lloyd Suh, Lenelle Moïse, Mahira Kakkar, Carmen Pelaez, Hana Kim, and Fan Zhou, among others.
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