In light of the ongoing weather catastrophe, we are cancelling all remaining performances of The Waiting Room this week. We are looking into rescheduling in October 2017.
If you have tickets please contact the MATCH at boxoffice@matchouston.org or 713-521-4533 or just reply to the confirmation email you received from the MATCH. Leave a message if you get the MATCH voicemail.
The Waiting Room will still have its opening night performance TONIGHT on Friday 8/25/17. Because of the incoming hurricane we have cancelled our Saturday 8/26/17 and Sunday 8/27/17 performances. If you have tickets for one of these performance, or if you need to change your tickets because of the weather please contact the MATCH at boxoffice@matchouston.org or 713-521-4533 or just reply to the confirmation email you received from the MATCH. Leave a message if you get the MATCH voicemail.
If you want to see the production, please come out tonight!
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 struggles to go through treatment while still being able to care for her six year old child before eventually succumbing to the disease.
PROTAGONIST AS A YOUNG BOY
(Male. South Asian. 5-9 years old) A fascination with technology and biology due to his mother’s illness lead him to double major in biology and electrical engineering. The protagonist ends up working as a bioengineer for GE in Milwaukee when he stumbles upon a way to possibly bring back his mother using pre-existing data.
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. The following events are free and open to the public*.
6:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 13,
Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline Street
6:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 27
Asia Society Texas Center, 1370 Southmore Blvd.
3 p.m., Sat., March 2
Children’s Museum of Houston, 1500 Binz Street
Seating needs to be reserved from Angel@haatx.com.
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.
Continue reading “Houston Arts Alliance: Voices of the Spirit”
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.
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 sensitive, intelligent, artistic and confident. He’s into hip hop and origami.
For a copy of the script or to schedule an audition, please contact Shona Strauser at (907)364-2421 ext. 232, or shona at perseverancetheatre dot org
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.
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.
