SALAAM! Third Mondays
presents
Da Power of DeSi-sters
an evening featuring pieces by and about women
celebrating Women's Herstory Month featuring:

• Neerja Sharma - I deal with stories from my life...the comedy that is my life. My parents, husband, crazy Irish in-laws etc.
• Rashmi will share 2 original songs.
• Anula Shetty's work celebrates family secrets, taboos and sexual awakenings,
• Puja Lalmalani & Traci Hinton Peterson from Camara Dance Unlimited. Camara is a West African word that means, "one who teaches from experience." Through the experience of dance, Camara Dance Unlimited seeks to illuminate cultural awareness and history, foster intergenerational communication and be of service to those communities who grant us the privilege of serving.
• Fawzia Afzal-Khan - A Sufi Madwoman From Pakistan? You Better Believe IT!  This will be an excerpt from Ajoka's Barri ("Acquittal") -- a play written in the 80's about female prisoners in Pakistan during the regime of Gen Zia-ul-Haque.
• Indian Ocean Reverie is a dramatic staging of Meena Alexander's poetry adapted for the stage by May Joseph. These musings take us on a journey through dreams, loss and tales of the city.
• Deepa Purohit's EXILED with Rajika Puri, Ed Hajj, Shannon Bryant, Sanjit De Silva, Priya Soni and Reena Shah.

Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
SALAAM! (South Asian League of Artists in AMerica)
http://www.SALAAMtheatre.org