Festival Highlights All Asian American Chekov Comedy

In pursuit of advancing the field of Asian American theater via a national network of organizations and artists, the Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA)* is hosting its second National Asian American Theater Festival¹ in New York City from October 13-18, 2009. All performance will be held at the Theater for the New City² except for ‘Imelda’, which takes place at the Julia Miles Theater³. ‘The Seagull’ and ‘Imelda’ play throughout the week of the festival, and performances are scheduled for Shishir Kulup’s ‘Sharif Don’t Like It’ and Sheetal Gandhi’s ‘Bahu-Beti-Biwi’. In addition, the festival calendar includes panel discussions, readings and workshops, plus an opening night party.

Anton Chekov’s comedy ‘The Seagull’ is presented by the National Asian American Theater Company⁴ featuring an all Asian American cast, living up to its broad mission of asserting the presence and significance of Asian American theatre in the United States and demonstrating its vital contributions to the fabric of American culture.

‘Bahu-Beti-Biwi’ is a dance-theater solo created and performed by Sheetal Gandhi. Below is a video clip taken from her previous performance.

Bahu-Beti-Biwi (Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife) (2008) from Sheetal Gandhi on Vimeo.

*Forming a consortium is a really good idea! I wish that other Asian American organizations would follow the CAATA’s lead on this. I wish them great success in their upcoming festival and other future projects. For tickets or more information, go to naatlf.org.

1 naatf.org
2 theaterforthenewcity.net
3 womensproject.org
4 naatco.org

(See related post, "Imelda: The Musical".)