Kala Academy Goa concluded its One Act Play Competition 2025-26 for Higher Secondary and College students in the Konkani category. The judges were Kiran Naik, Salil Naik and Shilpa Sakhalkar.
In the Best Performance category, Karnatyag (Kala Academy’s College of Theatre Arts, Ponda) won first prize (Rs. 10,000), Zopalo Ek Jivit (Narayan Zantye College, Bicholim) secured second prize (Rs. 7,000), Marnakato (Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi) took third prize (Rs. 5,000) and Jamblo (St. Xavier College, Mapusa) received a consolation prize (Rs. 3,000).
Individual awards included Best Acting – Male: Nandish Chari (Marnakato, first prize) and Ansan Noronha (Jamblo, second prize); Best Acting – Female: Ankita Vaze (Zopalo Ek Jivit, first prize) and Rajmita Bhamaikar (Zopalo Ek Jivit, second prize). Merit certificates were given to several other performers.
Technical and creative awards recognised Best Direction (Vaibhav Govind Kavlekar, Karnatyag), Best Setting (Devraj Majik & Prathamesh Gawas, Zopalo Ek Jivit), Best Lighting (Sahil Bandodkar, Marnakato), Best Background Music (Raghuram Uday Shanbhag, Marnakato), Best Makeup (Janvhi Charya, Danav), Best Costume (Astha Devidas, Karnatyag), and Best Playwright (Vaibhav Govind Kavlekar, Karnatyag).
