Harry Houdini, the famous early 20th cenutry American stuntman, performed a similar trick when he escaped a crate lowered into the East River in New York in 1912. He was beaten and punched and his long flowing golden-brown wig was pulled off by the crowd.Īlmost a decade earlier, he declared he would walk on the river waters but had to beat a hasty retreat when the act went wrong. When Mr Lahiri tried another stunt at the river in 2013, he was assaulted by onlookers who saw him escape from a locked cage via a door that was clearly visible. He also said he was undertaking the death-defying stunt to "revive interest in magic". The magician prepares to be lowered in the Ganes in Kolkata. "If I can open it up then it will be magic, but if I can't it will be tragic," he said. He admitted it would be tough to free himself this time. "I was inside a bullet proof glass box tied with chain and locks and dropped down from Howrah bridge. Mr Lahiri said beforehand that he had successfully pulled off a similar stunt 21 years ago at the same venue. "We fear he drowned in the river," he said. Rescue workers have been scouring the fast-flowing murky waters since Sunday but he was yet to be found, said Syed Waquar Raza from the river traffic police. Collette is the recipient of several Jeff Awards and has joined the faculty at UIC as an Associate Professor of Design at the School of Theatre and Music. Endless thanks to her family for their constant support.An Indian magician who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is feared to have drowned.Ĭhanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name "Jadugar Mandrake" (Wizard Mandrake), was lowered into the river in Kolkata on Sunday in a yellow and red costume.īut the 40-year-old, his legs and his arms tightly bound, failed to emerge from the water, to the horror of onlookers including his family and team members. Regional credits include SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO, and GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Cleveland Playhouse and Syracuse Stage), HAMLET and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), THE OLDEST BOY (Marin Theatre Company), and GELLER GIRLS, GOOD PEOPLE and THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS (Alliance Theatre). Other Chicago credits include HIR, THE FUNDAMENTALS, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, HEAD OF PASSES, 1984 and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Steppenwolf), CHICAGO VOICES (Lyric Opera), and THADDEUS AND SLOCCUM and IN THE GARDEN (Lookingglass). Collette is a company member at The House Theatre Company of Chicago, where she has designed more than 20 productions, including DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI, THE NUTCRACKER, THE HAMMER TRINITY, ROSE & THE RIME and THE SPARROW , all remounted at The Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. I am there for the love of the work and the people I get to make it with.Ĭollette resides in Chicago, designing scenery locally, regionally and internationally. This unfortunate date was not Houdinis first time in Detroit - in 1906, he performed a daring stunt at Belle Isle Bridge, jumping into the Detroit River while handcuffed, chained and leg-ironed. Joining TimeLine as an Associate Artist in 2015, her involvement in the company is motivated by the people. 31, 1926, Harry Houdini - celebrated magician and performer - died of peritonitis and a ruptured appendix at Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI. She has designed TimeLine’s productions of A SHAYNA MAIDEL, INANA, DANNY CASALARO, THE HOW AND THE WHY, BLOOD AND GIFTS, and THE FRONT PAGE, for which she received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Scenic Design. I have always been and will always be interested in being part of the lobby conversation and its impact on how the show is then perceived. TimeLine’s lobby takes on all different forms providing a unique extension of the show being featured. TESLA’S LETTERS was her first collaboration with (TimeLine Associate Artistic Director) Nick Bowling, and they were inspired to make the lobby part of the overall experience: Collette began working with TimeLine as a scenic designer in 2007.
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