---

[home] - [crew] - [history] - [members] - [jewels] - [donate/volunteer]
[events] - [submissions] - [photos] - [press] - [unions]

---

Monday, March 20, 2006 - 7:00 PM
doors open at 6:45pm

SALAAM 3rd Mondays
Geeta Citygirl, Artistic Director
invites you SPRING into the new season
and show your support for the young South Asian women (ages 14-19) that will grace our SALAAM stage in celebration of Women's History Month

Three short plays written & performed by
Desi Girls On Da' Rise

=========================================
DESCRIPTION OF PLAYS:

A DAUGHTER'S CONFESSION
Performed by Ansel Almeida and Eva Ismail.
Sameera is home visiting from college and has something to confess to her mother.  Can Sameera explain to her mother that even though she is dating outside of her race, it does not take away from her own cultural values and personal identity?

I GOT IN
Performed by Samina Begum, Susmita Choudhury and Aliea Arshad.
Amira just found out she has been accepted into her first choice college, out of state, but there's one big problem.  Can her father step beyond his patriarchal and traditional mentality to let his daughter go and pursue her dreams?

TRUTH OUT OF LIES
Performed by Natasha Kharas and Amber Baig.
Anita and her mother used to always get along, until high school happened.  To her mother's dismay, Anita began to slowly change into a more "Americanized" girl that she no longer recognized. Can their relationship survive in spite of their conflicting views on how a young adult should be?
=========================================
SALAAM Theatre
16 West 32nd Street - 10th floor
Between Fifth Avenue and Broadway
New York, NY 10001

Admission by donation: (nobody is turned away due to lack of funds)

Reservations RECOMMENDED:
Phone: 212.330.8097
Email: rsvp@SALAAMtheatre.org

Introduction and Welcome Message by Annetta Seecharran, Executive Director of SAYA.
Q&A with the performers and Tara Devineni, Girls Program Coordinator at SAYA -- moderated by Geeta Citygirl.

Post-show discussion followed by COMPLIMENTARY libations, nuts, salsa/chips, candies, and our much-loved vegetarian samosas.
=========================================
Community Corner featuring Quang Bao, Executive Director, The Asian American Writers' Workshop
and the Where I'm Calling From: A Youth Writing and Performance Project.
For detailed information and to download an application (deadline June 5th), please check:
http://www.aaww.org/events_workshops.html#WICF
=========================================
And check out THE ROCKIN' RACK - a place to get the latest information on other upcoming events happening around town as well as pick up some free magazines.

This month our THEATER PICK is Jude Narita's WALK THE MOUNTAIN.  Ms. Narita is visiting New York with her POWERFUL one-woman show.  The play is directed by her daughter, Darling Narita.  www.judenarita.com
=========================================
Desi Girls On Da' Rise is an all-girls leadership group at SAYA! comprised of young South Asian women ages 14-19.
Desi Girls on Da' Rise current members: Aliea Arshad, Amber Baig, Amina Tariq, Dilruba Hossein, Eshika Kalam, Eva Ismail, Fahmina Rahman, Fahmida Ahmed, Lisa Khaleque, Natasha Kharas, Nida Tariq, Poli Khanom, Sadaf Nazir, Samina Begum, Sasha Wilson, Shaheen Khimani, Shamima Rahman, Shenaz Lakdawala, Sumiya Akter, Susmita Chowdhury, and Zulekha Tariq.

Tara Devineni, Group Coordinator and the young women of Desi Girls On Da' Rise would like to thank Hari Kondabolu, Punit Chhabra, and Anjali Virmani.  http://www.saya.org
=========================================
SALAAM Media Advisor: Jay Mandal, photographer
SALAAM Welcome Table: Taniya Sen
=========================================
SALAAM 3rd Mondays, our monthly event has been going strong since the year 2000 and we assure you that we will continue to link all peoples and all the arts in the spirit of progressive solidarity.  Join us on the 3rd Monday of every month!
=========================================