The performance also introduced Seattle audiences to Soul Jam, an independent artistic initiative created by Seattle-based couple Yash Patel and Arunima Agarwal. Soul Jam reimagines Indian stories through immersive performances that combine live acoustic music, storytelling, poetry and audience participation into a single narrative experience. Rather than presenting songs as standalone performances, Soul Jam explores the people, emotions and histories that inspired them. While audiences experience Soul Jam on stage, each production is built through months of research, script development, rehearsals and creative planning. For ‘Madhubala: The Shadows Behind the Spotlight,’ Soul Jam brought together artists from diverse professional and creative backgrounds.