Teater Populer

Its first two productions were Antara Dua Perempuan by Alice Gerstenberg and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.

Teater Populer gained popularity quickly, selling 3000 tickets per play.

Some of the company's productions include Jayaprana by Jef Last, Bodas de sangre by Federico García Lorca, Revizor by Nikolai Gogol, Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, and Perempuan Pilihan Dewa by Bertolt Brecht, all of which were directed by Karya.

Before his death in 2001, Karya founded the "Teater Populer Foundation," now led by legendary Indonesian artist Slamet Rahardjo.

The Teater Populer was not only active in stage production, it also produced feature films and television plays.