Desipina & Company, a New York-based South Asian and Asian-American theater and film company, presents the premiere of UNBOUND: A Workshop Festival at Theatre Row. The event offers audiences an evening of “stories with females whose feet weren’t bound, weren’t drowned and find themselves with something to say.”
Featured works:
Barely Breathing
A one-act play by Deen
Directed by Amy Leland
With Meetu Chilana and Indika Senanayake
Take two South Asian women, a dollop of sexual tension, set it in suburban Connecticut, and send them on a first date. What they want is true love, but what will they find?
Ninja: The Musical
A one-act play w/ Book, Lyrics and Composition by Daria Polatin
Directed by RJ Tolan
Fight Choreography by Qui Nguyen
With Jessica Bhargava, Leanne Cabrera, Kay Trinidad*, Nitya Vidyasagar
Three singing Ninjas who fight injustices in the world — overcoming everything from personal issues to wardrobe malfunctions… who else would you want on your side?
The Good Muslim
A full-length play by Rehana Mirza
Directed by Michael Lew
With Anitha Gandhi* and Julie Leedes*
When an unlikely friendship that blossoms between Nora, a 28 year old club-hopping atheist, and Farzana, a sheltered 19 year old Muslim girl will it be like Felix and Oscar or Bush and Osama?
Schedule
September 26, 27, 29, 30
Barely Breathing/Ninja, 7pm
The Good Muslim, 8.30pm
September 30/October 1
Barely Breathing/Ninja, 2pm
The Good Muslim, 3.30pm
* Denotes Actors Equity