Marsh Youth Theater: Siddhartha, the Bright Path December 27, 2010

The story recounts Prince Siddhartha's journey to become the Buddha, and is told in parallel with that of Chandra, a modern-day San Francisco girl who finds herself posing similar troubling questions concerning the importance of that next $200 pair of sneakers as opposed to the human suffering she sees all around her. The two meet under the Bodhi tree, on the banks of the Ganges River, where Siddhartha helps Chandra find her own brand of enlightenment. The show is flavored with Indian music, art, kathak dance and even a hip-hop Bollywood scene.