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KALIGHAT : A new play by Paul Knox
Three Easy Ways to Order Tickets 1. Online: Visit http://www.smarttix.com (service charge of $1.50 will apply). 2. By Phone: Call SmartTix (212) 868-4444 3. In Person: Visit the Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) box office. Box Office hours are Monday - Friday from 12:30pm-3:30pm and 2 hours before showtime. Call for general information: (646) 312-4085 - no service charge at the box office. hh ff This production is the main feature of MELA: A SOUTH ASIAN FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION: KALIGHAT is a new play written and directed by Paul Knox, with choreography by Myna Mukherjee. Set in Mother Teresa's home for the dying in Calcutta, this full-length environmental ensemble play (with a cast of 26 actors) follows the journey of a group of Western volunteers and the lives of the nuns and patients who inhabit Kalighat, and explores issues of cross-cultural communication, disparity, the essence of service and the intersection of sexuality and religion set against a realistic backdrop of terminal poverty. KALIGHAT seeks to recreate an important historical place, and bring to life the actual work of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, elaborated with neither ornament nor judgment. KALIGHAT merges the traditional Euro-American realistic theater styles and sociopolitical and spiritual/religious perspectives with the traditional ones of South Asia. The essence of the South Asian experience emerges thru the South Asian characters as the journey of the Western characters deepens. Kalighat has enjoyed development support at Circle Repertory Company, Circle East, LaMama, HERE, and with the Indo-American Arts Council. CAST: Samir Ajmera, Susham Bedi, Omar Botros, Grainne de Buitlear, Anna Ewing Bull, Geeta Citygirl, Simon Deonarian, Prashant Kumar Gupta, Ranjit Gupte, Poorna Jagannathan, G.R. Johnson, Naheed Khan, Mami Kimura, Rizwan Manji, David Mason, Suneel Mubayi, Nitika Nadgar, Tyler Pierce, Karam Puri, Eliyas Qureshi, Shawn Rajguru, Giuliana Santini, Chandon Donny Sethi, Mukesh Sethi, Reena Shah and Usman Shaukat. VENUE WHEN TICKETS Tickets available through http://www.smarttix.com or at the BPAC Box Office. Service charge of $1.50 applies for online purchases. No service charge at the BPAC box office. Call (212) 868-4444. General Info (646) 312-4085 Production Staff
This Equity Approved showcase is the main feature of MELA: A SOUTH ASIAN FESTIVAL, presented by The Baruch Performing Arts Center, Circle East and the Indo American Arts Council with student sponsorship from Club India. Further info at http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/ On January 21st at 7pm, there will be a KALIGHAT
opening night gala performance fundraiser for the IAAC. Tickets
are $100. Wine and food will be served before the play commences
and in each of the two intermissions. More info at
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