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QUEENS MUSEUM EVENTS(FILMS)

 

Schedule for Tendulkar's Festival
October, 2004

 

Leading Indian contemporary playwright, screen and television writer, literary journalist, humanist and social commentator, VIJAY TENDULKAR has been the most influential dramatist in India for the past four decades. The Indo-American Arts Council presents the TENDULKAR FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2004. Tendulkar plays, playreadings, seminars, discussions, screenings will be held throughout New York City by several different organizations throughout the month of October. Vijay Tendulkar will be present for interviews, discussions, seminars and post-screening/performance discussions.

Introduction to Vijay Tendulkar:
Discussion: Vijay Tendulkar & Ronald Rand
Readings from "A Friend's Story" (Mitrachi Goshta)
The Players
16 Gramercy Park South, NYC.
7 - 9:30 PM September 29, 2004
Tickets: Free w/reservations. Phone: 212 475 6116

CONFERENCE & EVE WITH VIJAY TENDULKAR
with Vijay Tendulkar and The Play Company
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
The Graduate Center CUNY
Venue : 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC (Code4909/4910)
Tickets : $10
Phone:(212) 817-8215 www.gc.cuny.edu/mestc

OPENING RECEPTION (By invite only)
Presentation of Alter Ego’s “WHO’S AFRAID OF VIJAY TENDULKAR?
A Dramatic Collage: conceived, written & adapted by Anuvab Pal & Shourin Roy; address by Vijay Tendulkar
Consulate General of India, 3E 64th Street, NYC

Play Readings (from "Collected Plays in Translation"):
"Kamala" Directed by: Geeta Citygirl
Talkback with Vijay Tendulkar ( October 8, 2004)
The Medicine Show & SALAAM Theatre Group,
Venue : 549W 52nd St.,3rd Fl(bet 10th & 11th), NYC.
8 pm October 8-9, 2004 Tickets: $10 - $15;
Phone:
212 330 8097 www.salaamtheatre.org

"Mitrachi Goshta"
RASA Theatre group at The Queens Museum of Art,
Discussion with Vijay Tendulkar, Uzma Rizvi, Una
Chaudhuri.
5 pm October 10, 2004 Tickets: Free with museum admission.
Phone: 718 592 9700 www.rasatheatre.com www.queensmuseum.org

"GHASHIRAM KOTWAL"
West End Theatre,
263 West 86th St (bet Broadway & WestEnd Ave),
2nd Floor, NYC.
7 pm Monday October 25, 2004
Tickets: $15 ; students/seniors: $10
Phone: 212 868 4030. www.panasianrep.org

WORKSHOP PRESENTATION : "Tendulkar's Women"
Excerpted & adapted from Tendulkar's work by Ashok Sinha.
Director: Ashok Sinha
Desipina Theatre Group
Talkback with Vijay Tendulkar (October 9, 2004)
Shelter Studio #204, 939 Eigth Avenue, NYC
8 pm October 8th-10th, 2004. Tickets: $15.
Phone : (212) 805 6586 www.desipina.org

 

 

 

FILMS (Screenplay Vijay Tendulkar's):
"Arth"
2PM Sunday Oct 10, 2004
starring: Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil
Directed by: Mahesh Bhatt

"Ardhya Satya"
2 PM Sunday, October 17, 2004
Starring: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah
Directed by: Govind Nihilani
"Nishant"
2PM Sunday, Oct 24, 2004

directed by Shyam Benegal
starring: Shabana Azmi,Smita Patel, Amrish Puri, Naseeruddin Shah.

Queens Museum of Art (QMA)
Venue : Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NYC
Tickets: Free with museum admission.
Phone:
718 592 9700 www.queensmuseum.org

STUDIO RETREAT PROGRAM
Public Reading of Vijay Tendulkar’s new play “HIS FIFTH WOMAN”.
Venue: Lark Play Development Theatre, Suite 301 939 Eighth Avenue, NYC.
Directed : Sturgis Warner.
Post-performance conversation hosted by Aroon Shivdasani.
7 - 9PM October 14th, 2004; Tickets: $15
Phone: 212 246 2676 ext. 22 www.larktheatre.org

FESTIVAL PRODUCTION : "Sakharam Binder"
A play by Vijay Tendulkar.
Director: Maria Mileaf
The Play Company.
Venue: 59E 59 Street Theatre, NYC.
8PM October 21 - November 21, (Previews: October 21 - 29) Opening Night: October 30
Tickets : $25 Students : $5;
www.ticketcentral.com 212 279 4200
with valid I.D., at Box Office only
For More Info: www.playco.org 212 398 2977

» Media are welcome at all events w/prior notification
» Vijay Tendulkar will be available for interviews by appointment


Tendulkar Festival Partners:

Consul General Pramatesh Rath,Consulate of India; Frank Hentschker, Martin Segal Theatre; Aman Momin; Ashok Sinha, Desipina Theatre Group; Jaishri Abhichandani, Queens Museum of Art; John Eisner & Michael Johnson Chase, The Lark Play Development Theatre; Kate Leowald, The Play Company; Uzma Risvi, RASA Theatre; Geeta Citygirl, SALAAM Theatre; Howard Pflanzer, CWE; Tisa Chang, Pan Asian Rep; Rachel Cooper, Asia Society.

For further information:

Aroon Shivdasani, Executive Director,
Indo-American Arts Council, Inc. 118 East 25th St., Third Floor, New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 529-2347, Fax: (212) 477-4106 aroon@iaac.us, Website:
 
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