Amrika Chalo (Destination U.S.A) by Shahid Nadeem (Ajoka Theatre)
Presented by The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics.
Friday, January 23, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Gonda Theatre, The Davis Performing Arts Center
Georgetown University
Written and directed by Pakistan’s leading theater artist Shahid Nadeem from Lahore’s Ajoka Theatre, this hilarious send-up of U.S.-Pakistani relations set in an American consulate in Pakistan explodes stereotypes through satire. This workshop production will feature Pakistani artists from Ajoka Theatre as well as guest US professionals and advanced students.
Purchase Tickets Here:
http://guevents.georgetown.edu/event/amrika_chalo_destination_usa_-_myriad_voices_festival#.VGT1D0slT8E
For more information on the production please contact:
Rob Jansen (rj407@georgetown.edu)
Jojo Ruf (jvr4@georgetown.edu)
Tasneem Rais (703-944-7674)
This event is part of The Lab’s MYRIAD VOICES Festival, which over two years brings together artists whose work engages with Syria, the Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, the U.S and more, with scholars, policymakers, faculty, and students across the disciplines.
MYRIAD VOICES is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP); Building Bridges: Campus Community Engagement Grants Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. The festival is also presented in collaboration with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs and Bridges of Understanding.