Sixteen years ago, Dramanon (short for Dramatist Anonymous) was founded to address the need for a common platform where the diverse student body of Manipal meets to commune, express and share. Dramanon- Dramatist Anonymous, re-energized by R.K Shenoy, Professor of Architecture from Manipal Institute of Technology(MIT), is now a professional, English theatre group that operates out of three cities
in India: Manipal, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Some of our extremely successful previous productions include The Cactus Flower, Man in the Bowler Hat, Lithuania, Comic Potential, The Mousetrap, Yes Minister, A year in the Death of Eddie Jester, The New York Story, Black Adder, Fools, The Good Doctor, Love S*x & the IRS, Witness for the Prosecution, That Darn Plot & Can't Pay! Won't Pay!, God's favorite, Moustrap (adapted from Agatha Christie's Three Blind Mice), Penthouse Legends, Odd Couple, Light's Out, 12 Angry Jurors, etc
Dramanon also performed in the prestigious Samahaara Hyderabad Theatre Festival 2009 and Samahaara Hyderabad Theatre and Short Film Festival 2010 with the plays Neil Simon's The Good Doctor and Dario Fo's Can't Pay, Won't Pay respectively. Dramanon was touted by India Today as one of the emerging young English theatre troupes in India. Our alumni have received many accolades and awards such as the 'best actor award' from the eminent actor Om Puri at the Ayna theater festival 2012. Dramanon is currently ranked 8th, in the Top 20 Theatre Organisations in India, by broadwayworld.com. On March 27, 2010, Dramanon celebrated its 10th anniversary by successfully staging COMIKAZE, a theater festival at Manipal and an increased demand led to a follow up with COMIKAZE 2 in 2011. COMIKAZE is now regularly held every year during the month of February. 2016 commemorating its 6th show in Manipal,
