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Two Great Plays
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SILK
ROAD
CABARET:
Broadway Sings the Silk
Road
THE DNA
TRAIL:
A
Genealogy
of
Short Plays
about Ancestry,
Identity, and Utter Confusion
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in this
newsletter:
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October 21, 2009 - November 1,
2009
SILK
ROAD
CABARET
Broadway Sings the Silk Road
Conceived and Curated by
Jamil Khoury
Directed by Rick Dildine
Musical Direction by Gary Powell
Silk Road Cabaret: Broadway Sings the Silk Road features songs from
popular Broadway musicals set along the Silk Road -- from Pacific Overtures to Two Gentlemen of Verona to Jesus Christ
Superstar to Bombay Dreams to Kismet to The King and I to
Zorba to Miss Saigon,
and many more in between. This bold and harmonious East-West interplay
blends music with personal stories and showcases performers of
diverse backgrounds as they claim, reclaim, subvert, and make fun of a
host of old favorites from the Broadway repertoire.
Presentation Support provided by:
THE WORLD PREMIERE
THE DNA TRAIL
A Genealogy of Short Plays
About Ancestry, Identity,
and Utter
Confusion
Conceived by Jamil Khoury
Directed by Steve Scott
Theatre meets science when a diverse group of playwrights each agree to
take a genealogical DNA test and revisit their assumptions about identity politics and the perennial "who am I" question. Self, family,
community and ethnicity are all up for grabs in this perception-defying collection of short plays.
Presented in association with:
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Participating Playwrights: PHILIP KAN GOTANDA, VELINA HASU HOUSTON, DAVID HENRY
HWANG, JAMIL KHOURY, SHISHIR
KURUP, LINA PATEL, AND ELIZABETH WONG
Development
and Presentation Support provided
by:
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A program of Creative Capital,
supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the
Rockefeller Foundation.
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Follow the Silk Road
to a 100% Flexible Two-Show Pass
Silk
Road Theatre Project offers one of the most flexible theatre subscriptions in Chicago. For just
$55,
you receive tickets to Silk Road Cabaret and The DNA Trail--selecting performance dates
according to your schedule, not ours.
Plus, you are invited to our exclusive Meet the Playwright receptions, allowing you to mingle with award winning playwrights.
To Subscribe online, click here.
SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS
-Direct access to Box Office Manager.
-Reminder emails encouraging you to schedule your performance dates.
-Ability to select performance dates at
your convenience.
-Prompt reservations by phone or email--your choice!
-Easy, free, and no-hassle ticket
exchanges when switching performance dates.
-$5 discount on additional tickets purchased.
-$6 Loop parking--only three blocks from the theatre.
-Post-show discussions scheduled weekly. A great chance to learn more about the play.
-Invitations to attend our exclusive Meet the Playwright receptions.
The Only Boutique Theatre in the Loop
 Silk Road Theatre Project's
performance
venue is a beautiful
and comfortable, fully-equipped, 99-seat flexible "brown box" theatre in
Pierce Hall, located in The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W.
Washington Street (corner of Washington & Clark), right in the heart of Chicago's burgeoning Loop theatre district.
VENUE
"An elegantly lit, marble-floored, brass-and-oak-trimmed theater
complex, compatible with the [building's] neo-French Gothic
Architecture."
--The Chicago Reader
PERFORMANCES
Performances are held on Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 4pm.
PARKING
Only $6 for Silk Road patrons
System Parking at 230 W. Washington Street, at the northeast corner of Washington and Franklin streets, just
three blocks west of the
theatre. Be sure to ask the box office attendant for a parking coupon.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Silk
Road Theatre Project is within one to three blocks of all major CTA
"El" and subway lines, and is accessible by several major bus routes.
For CTA information call 312-836-7000 or visit www.transitchicago.com.
The theatre is also accessible by city and suburban Metra Train lines. For Metra information call 312-322-6777 or visit www.metrarail.com.
Rasaka Theatre
Presents
 culture/clash
Rasaka Theatre Company, in association with Premiere Theatre and
Performance, is proud to produce the nation's first South Asian short play
festival! culture/clash: three plays
about the South Asian diaspora includes the world premiere productions
of the following plays:
INSTANT
RECALL by Anita Chandwaney: Madhu
can't seem to recall why she asked Nigel to meet her at the cafe... or can she?
NIGHT SHIFT by
Angeli Primlani: a young girl and an older woman face danger and each other in
the middle of the night in a motel lobby.
MIDNITE'S VULTURES by Pushkar Sharma: two twenty-something
Indian-American
poets ask what it means to be "Indian in America."
culture/clash runs
August 13-September 6 at Strawdog Theatre (3829 N. Broadway); for more
information, visit www.strawdog.org.
* $12 tickets available for performances on August 13 and 14.
Discounted rate also applies to students, seniors and industry professionals
for Thursday/Sunday performances through August 30.
 Sister Outlaw
by Lani T. Montreal
Co-directed by
Giau Truong and Helen Young
Sister Outlaw is a dramedy
about love, friendship and immigration in its many splendored and gendered
things. A comic yet touching story of Marina, a "femme Filipina"
lesbian and Joey, a high spirited dyke who's set to move heaven and earth so
Marina can stay in the country even if it means getting her brother Jason
involved in this relationship of hidden love and unexpected liaisons. The
situation goes wacky when Joey and Jason's Mother makes a surprise visit,
turning the whole event into a 'coming out' party for everyone.
Aug. 13 -
Sept. 6, 2009. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm, performances at Dream Theater, 556 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL
Tickets
are $18. For more information
call (773) 931-6122 and mention SILK ROAD to receive $6 off discount or email
us: circatheater@yahoo.com or visit us at http://www.circapintig.org
Gorilla Tango Theatre and Uprising
Productions
Present
 Garden of the Three
Set in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank town
of Ramallah, a Palestinian family struggles for normalcy in the face of Israeli
occupation during the Second Palestinian Intifada under the rule of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Written
and directed by Columbia College Middle East history professor Iymen Chehade, Garden
of the Three interlaces hope and triumph, love and compassion, while
acknowledging the needless violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
All net
proceeds will go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), an organization
dedicated to addressing the medical and humanitarian crisis facing Palestinian
youths in the Middle East.
September 4-13, 2009. Fridays and Saturdays at 8
PM, Sundays at 7 PM.
Gorilla Tango Theatre: 1919 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Tickets are $15. For more information call 773-598-4549 or visit www.gorillatango.com to purchase tickets.
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Support Our Neighborhood
Sponsors
These sponsors provide generous support for Silk Road Theatre Project throughout the
year. Please help us show our appreciation by patronizing these outstanding businesses.
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Silk Road Theatre Project
at The Historic Chicago Temple Building
77 West Washington Street | Pierce Hall | Chicago, IL 60602
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