Photos: EMPTY NIGHT to Make Virginia Beach Debut at Z Fringe Festival

Hattimatim-Team will present award-winning playwright Abhisek Bhattacharya’s new play, “Empty Night,” on Friday, April 10, at 9:35 pm at Zeiders American Dream Theater (The Z, Studio), Virginia Beach, Virginia. See photos of the production.

This eagerly awaited play is directed by Bhattacharya himself, portraying the effects of climate change on animal-human interaction. It talks about the eternal parental love for their offspring, predator-prey relationships, and questions who the real predators are. It asks about the responsibility humans bear, not only to themselves but also to Mother Earth and its inhabitants. An injured thief runs into a wounded Bengal tiger under the shadow of a prominent politician's house, where the hunters are celebrating a successful hunt. The play portrays how the construction of a dam near a village destroys the forest and farmland, and disrupts the lives, hopes, and dreams of a farmer who turns to stealing, and a tigress who must take care of her cubs in whatever way she can. Their chance encounter brings hidden questions to the surface as both the creatures, apparently on the verge of death, both trying to fend for their children, confront what life has in store for them. Both make ultimate sacrifices, and in the process, one learns what it truly means to be a real human.

“This is a story of our times. Our world is changing, forests are disappearing, animal habitats are shrinking, and instead of hiding our collective heads in the sand, “Empty Night” decides to confront the problem — that too, from the perspective of an animal whose mesmerizing beauty is often overshadowed by its ferocity," says playwright and director Abhisek Bhattacharya. A short version of “Empty Night” thrilled audiences in Kansas City and Maryland, where each performance was met with warm, enthusiastic applause and thoughtful audience interaction. After Virginia Beach, “Empty Night” will be performed across the USA in multiple festivals.

Founded in 2019, Hattimatim-Team is a bilingual community theatre company based in Maryland, USA. For the last couple of years, they have performed all over the USA, from LA to off-off-Broadway play festivals in NYC, presenting Abhisek’s original plays. "Empty Night" is going to be their maiden production in Virginia Beach.

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