{"id":3278288,"date":"2025-02-03T16:47:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278288"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:59:44","slug":"interview-theatreunb-presents-kat-sandlers-mustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-theatreunb-presents-kat-sandlers-mustard","title":{"rendered":"Interview: TheatreUNB presents Kat Sandler&#8217;s &#8220;Mustard&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>When do you give up on your &#8220;dreams&#8221; and become a &#8220;real adult&#8221;?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3278289\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-theatreunb-presents-kat-sandlers-mustard\/attachment\/lunchbox2025theatreunbmustard\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3278289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025TheatreUNBMustard.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Len Falkenstein<\/strong> (Director of Drama at UNB, Grand Poobah of Theatre in Fredericton), <strong>Abhi<\/strong>\/Naga Abhinav Sujal Kamireddy (&#8220;Mustard&#8221;) and <strong>Maham Raza<\/strong> (&#8220;Thai&#8221;). They join me to talk about the upcoming TheatreUNB presentation of Kat Sandler&#8217;s <em>Mustard<\/em>. In this serious-comedic play, the young adult Thai faces challenges which make her question her relationships, particularly with her imaginary friend, Mustard. They join me to talk about finding their character&#8217;s centre, staging a surreal world, and making time for unexpected audience reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=964105352485275&amp;set=pcb.964112982484512\"><strong><em>Mustard<\/em> runs February 5 through 8 at 7:30pm nightly at UNB&#8217;s Memorial Hall.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5484\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-30%20Theatre%20UNB%20presents%20Mustard.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5484','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-30%20Theatre%20UNB%20presents%20Mustard.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" 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