Shishir Kurup News

Silk Road Theatre Project and Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago, join forces to present a lively discussion about the art and science behind The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.

Silk Road Theatre Project and Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago, join forces to present a lively discussion about the art and science behind The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.

Silk Road Theatre Project and Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago, join forces to present a lively discussion about the art and science behind The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.

Silk Road Theatre Project and Critical Encounters, a program of Columbia College Chicago, join forces to present a lively discussion about the art and science behind The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion.

Theatre and science become creative companions for the world premiere production of The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity and Utter Confusion, commissioned by Silk Road Theatre Project and produced in association with Goodman Theatre.

Theatre and science become creative companions for the world premiere production of The DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity and Utter Confusion, commissioned by Silk Road Theatre Project and produced in association with Goodman Theatre.

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

The 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL will take place in New York City October 13 to 18, with productions presented at Theater for the New City. More than 100 Asian-American theatre artists from across the U.S. - playwrights, directors, actors, designers - will converge in New York for a week of performances ranging from Chekhov to a musical about Imelda Marcos to new plays that demonstrate the emerging voices of a young generation of Asian-American writers.

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

The 2nd National Asian American Theater Festival will kick-off with performances on Tuesday, October 13 at Theater for the New City (155 First Ave. at 10th St.), followed by an opening party event from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Bubble Lounge (228 W. Broadway) in Manhattan.

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre

The 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL will take place in New York City October 13 to 18, with productions presented at Theater for the New City. More than 100 Asian-American theatre artists from across the U.S. - playwrights, directors, actors, designers - will converge in New York for a week of performances ranging from Chekhov to a musical about Imelda Marcos to new plays that demonstrate the emerging voices of a young generation of Asian-American writers.

Silk Road Theatre Project announces the debut of SouthAsianPlaywrights.Org, a dynamic new website created to showcase and promote American and Canadian playwrights of South Asian descent.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce the appointment of Stuart Carden as the company's Associate Artistic Director.

Silk Road Theatre Project will begin its 2010 season with the World Premiere of THE DNA TRAIL: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion, conceived by SRTP's artistic director Jamil Khoury, commissioned by Silk Road Theatre Project, directed by Steve Scott, and featuring new plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, Velina Hasu Houston, David Henry Hwang, Jamil Khoury, Shishir Kurup, Lina Patel, and Elizabeth Wong.

National and local Asian American theater artists and companies are 'Articulating New Bodies of Words' at the 2nd NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL One Week Only! October 13-18 at Theater for the New City and Julia Miles Theatre