LOVE IN A TIME OF MANIC DEPRESSION
Created by: Riti Sachdeva
Directed by: Michael Leibenluft
Cast: Farah Bala, Vandit Bhatt, Jaspal Binning, Frank Harts, Indika Senanayake, Gisele Chipe, JJ Perez, and Therese Phlaen
Wednesday, 5/28/14 @ 8:00 PM
The Great Room
ART-NY South Oxford Space
138 S. Oxford Street, Brooklyn
FREE
This presentation is part of The Civlians R&D Group's Annual Reading Series. The R&D Group meets for nine months, during which time each artist or team of artists develops a new piece of theater through a creative investigation of a topic chosen by each artist.
A Note from the Playwright
"I’ve heard it said that being around people who are depressed, paranoid, or compulsive makes one depressed, paranoid, or compulsive; that insanity is contagious. How can we make possible that love, laughter, and faith be just as contagious and be strategies of support that create systems of wellness? How do systems of racism, misogyny, economics, and violence trigger symptoms and effect recovery of Mental Disorders?"
Ma-Yi Writers Lab
Farah in AEA-EEOC/Ma-Yi Theatre Writers Lab's Orphans of the Nightingale of the Desert Abridged: A Bollywood Spectacular
In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association will present Orphans of the Nightingale of the Desert Abridged: A Bollywood Spectacular, an evening of short plays written by members of the Ma-Yi Theater Company Writers Lab. This one-night only, free community event will take place TONIGHT at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.; first come, first served) at the Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Avenue at East 25th Street).
The eight featured short plays are: Sanctuary by Don Nguyen; The Very Illuminating Allegory of Warrior Jayne Battling the Moldman by Samantha Chanse; Beauty and the Ignorant Beast by Naveen Bahar Choudhury; The Secret Treasure by Sung Rno; The Universal Declaration of Fungibility by Ralph Peña; On My Own by Rehana Lew Mirza; True Story by Nandita Shenoy; and What About the Children? by Mrinalini Kamath. By examining these works, the evening will allow for a post-performance discussion regarding the progress surrounding stage roles and opportunities for Asian actors in the theater.
The evening will be directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III, featuring a cast of Actors' Equity Association members (subject to change): Farah Bala, Ali Ewoldt, Julie Fitzpatrick, Karen Tsen Lee, Jason Liebman, Matthew Park, and Dave Shih. Bernita Robinson is stage manager. Nandita Shenoy and Mrinalini Kamath serve as producers.
TONIGHT: Germaine Netzband's TREASURE HUNTING IN DAWNLAND
Tonight at 7:00pm: a reading of Germaine Netzband's TREASURE HUNTING IN DAWNLAND Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playrise-festival-of-new-works-tickets-7270892435
Stuck in a rural town in Down East Maine, a fractured family struggles to understand how their turbulent past has informed their present. Will they be able to reconcile their painful history in order to mend their broken lives?
Directed by Tatiana Pandiani
Cast: Farah Bala, Harvy Blanks, Russell Jordan, and Carolyn Michelle Smith
Rising Circle's #PlayRISE 2014
Thrilled to be a part of Germaine Netzband's reading of TREASURE HUNTING IN DAWNLAND this Friday, May 23 - 7:30pm Shetler Studios & Theatres - part of Rising Circle Theater Collective's #PlayRISE2014 Reading Series - Its FREE - Reserve a spot here -http://playrise2014.eventbrite.com/
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Photos from Asian American Arts Alliance's BEYOND PUCK
Photos from Asian American Arts Alliance's March 28th event BEYOND PUCK: PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE IN ASIAN AMERICA at NYU's Skirball Center, featuring a stellar panel of actors, including Ariel Estrada, Ching Valdes-Aran, Danielle Ma, Ruy Iskandar, Vandit Bhatt, and Kaipo Schwab. Photos by Andy Yao.