Film Casting Call

Roshan Murthy is a graduate student at UT Austin and is looking to cast the following roles in his thesis film. Please email him if you are interested. His email address is rmurthy2@gmail.com.

Yaksha Bhatt

Shunya Theatre

 MOTHER

(Female. South Asian. Age Range mid-late 30′s) Stricken with acute myelogenous leukemia in her mid-thirties, she [...]

Remembered, Regained: Immigrant Arts of Houston

From the Houston Arts Alliance:

Remembered, Regained: Immigrant Arts of Houston, the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Art program’s celebration of the rich musical, visual and oral traditions of Houston’s diverse cultural communities, continues with Sharing the Immigrant Advantage: Lectures and Workshops. Join us as we explore the immigrant experience in Houston. [...]

Houston Arts Alliance: Voices of the Spirit

Via the Houston Arts Alliance:

VOICES OF THE SPIRIT

A concert celebrating devotional music from the city’s diverse immigrant communities. Styles include Sikh Kirtans, Sufi Songs, Nigerian Praise, Vietnamese Choral Music and Carnatic Ragas.

Presented by Houston Arts Alliance Folklife + Traditional Arts Program in partnership with Asia Society Texas Center & VOX Culture

7:30 p.m., Saturday, 19 January 3 p.m., Sunday, 20 January

Asia Society Texas Center 1370 Southmore Blvd.

FREE with a reservation. For reservations, email Sarah Hua at shua@asiasociety.org.

Houston Arts Alliance’s Folklife + Traditional Arts Program will present two performances of sacred music from Houston’s Sufi, Sikh, Nigerian and Vietnamese faith communities. Both performances feature the same program. RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY.
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Looking for Arya Jha!

The Shunya voicemail box received a message from Arya Jha, but no way of contacting her back. If you know Arya, please ask her to drop us a line at Sanjay at ShunyaTheatre.org.

 

Shunya now on LinkedIn, Twitter

You can now keep up with Shunya events on your social media service of choice! We now have a LinkedIn page and a Twitter account in addition to our Facebook page.

Casting Call for Rajiv Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper

Shona Strauser of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska sends this casting call. The actor can be older than 17, but must look young:

Perseverance Theatre seeks actors to audition for the mainstage role of Suresh in Rajiv Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper.

Suresh is a 17-year-old East Indian student, raised in the U.S. He’s [...]

Third Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston shows Fatakra

The third annual Indian Film Festival of Houston kicked off today. Tomorrow (Wednesday 9/21) they will be showing Shunya founder Soham Mehta’s short film Fatakra at 8 pm at the Studio Movie Grill.

 

Bollywood Blast at Miller Outdoor Theatre

Come by Bollywood Blast at Miller Outdoor Theatre today and swing by Shunya’s table to pick up a postcard of our latest production “The Prophet and the Poet.”

Bollywood Blast information here.

Shunya Auditions TONIGHT 6/16/11

Shunya auditions tonight at the Anjali Center for Performing Arts, Sugar Land, at 7pm.

Additional information here.

Celebrating Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th Birthday: At the movies

Courtesy of our friends at the Tagore Society:

Two movies will be shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Law Building, Lower Level, 1001 Bissonnet).

 

Rabindranath Tagore: A Documentary by Satyajit Ray Friday, Jun 10, 2011; 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM; Admission: $7

Created to celebrate the centenary of poet Rabindranath Tagore [...]