=================================================== Monday, May 18,
2009
SALAAM
Theatre
INDIO Written and performed
by
Directed by HAL BROOKS When comedian Aladdin reaches a crossroads in his career he discovers the journey of his father who left Bangladesh in the 1940's to pursue his "American Dream" in Spanish Harlem of all places! His father's misadventures in the land of opportunity are juxtaposed with Aladdin's own perspective as a funny man of both Eastern and Western descent. A heartfelt play about self-discovery and embracing your past. THE PUBLIC THEATER
stage
directions read by Geeta Citygirl*
stage
manager - Lily Perlmutter*
* member of Actors Equity Association Reservations Available
Now!
Only two FREE presentations of this staged reading - 3pm or 7pm. Readings will take place in the Anspacher Stage theater space at The Joseph Papp Public Theater. These readings are part of The Public Theater's 2008 Emerging Writers Group Spotlight Series. Running time - approx 1hr 45min. http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,964
BIO - Aladdin Ullah has been pioneering the past decade as one of the very first South Asians to perform stand-up comedy on national television on HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, and PBS. Co-founder and host of the multi-ethnic stand-up show "Colorblind," which Mel Watkins of The New York Times hailed as "hilarious, thought provoking and ground breaking." Theater: Indio, directed by Loretta Greco (New Work Now!-NYSF/Public Theater), Mike Batistick's Port Authority Throwdown (Culture Project), Rain from out of the Blue (NY Int'l Fringe Fest). Workshops: NY Stage & Film, Second Stage, Ma-Yi, Lark Theater, Working Theater, and Cape Cod Theater Project. Television: Law and Order, Uncle Morty's Dub Shack (IATV - Telly award for best comedy series), Desis: South Asians in NY (PBS). Appeared in several commercials as an actor and voiceover artist. Film: The animated feature Sita Sings The Blues (Best Animated Feature - Berlin and Tribeca film festivals), American Desi. Recipient of the Paul Robeson development grant. Aladdin is a member of the inaugural year of The Public's Emerging Writers Group program. ABOUT THE EMERGING WRITERS GROUP - The Public Theater created The Emerging Writers Group to target playwrights at the earliest stages in their careers to create an artistic home for a diverse and exceptionally talented group of up-and-coming playwrights. In 2008, the program's inaugural year, the group's twelve writers were chosen from a pool of over 700 applicants. Join us as we introduce the next generation of great American playwrights.
Special
thanks to Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, and all the staff at The Public
Theater. And a special shout-out to Michael Kenyon who started the
INDIO journey with us YEARS ago.
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