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American India Foundation’s Houston Chapter

From Benita Mahanta:

My name is Benita Mahanta, and I am a board member of the newly formed Houston chapter of American India Foundation (AIF), a non-profit organization based in New York, California, and Delhi and founded in 2001 by former President Bill Clinton and former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the 2001 earthquake in India’s state of Gujarat. AIF’s mission is to catalyze social and economic change in India, with a focus on public health, livelihoods, and education. The AIF Houston Chapter’s first event will take place May 16th, with a panel discussion on how innovative programs and cross-sector partnerships are impacting digital access in schools and improving maternal health in India.

As Shunya Theatre may have an interest in these topics, I invite your staff and performers to attend! If possible, would you be able to distribute the information on this event to interested parties within your network on our behalf, as well? Below is the event information for your reference.

Perspectives on Digital Access & Maternal Fetal Health in India
Wednesday, May 16th, 6-8pm
Amegy Bank Tower, 1717 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027

Health and education are cornerstone issues for India, as it strives to pull millions of its people out of poverty. American India Foundation (AIF) is pleased to invite you to an expert panel discussion to explore how increasing digital access in schools and improving maternal health are key to accomplishing these goals. Renowned experts Kelli Barbour, M.D., associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine, and Balaji Ganapathy, Head of Workforce Effectiveness at Tata Consultancy Services, will join AIF CEO Nishant Pandey for an inspiring panel discussion about how innovative programs and cross-sector partnerships are having real impact on these issues. Join us May 16th from 6-8pm at Amegy Bank Tower, 1717 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027 by bringing your perspectives and questions to the conversation! This event is free and open to the public. Please share with any others who may be interested.

For more event information and to RSVP

You may also click here for the Eventbrite link

To learn more about American India Foundation

Audition call from The Caduceus Theater

Note the following from the Caduceus Theater:

We are looking for:
All male cast (ages 20s-50s)-5 Roles to be CAST
Young Asian Male for the Lead Role
Also LOOKING FOR:
An Assistant Director
*Equity (Contracts Offered) and Non-Equity May Audition 
*Rehearsals start July 2nd through opening August 2-26, 2018 at the MATCH
Must Be Available for some Read Throughs May/June
 
Contact us to audition:
Email your head shot and resume to
Dr. Michael Heard
at
The Heard Institute: 
 
Questions?
Call Dr. Michael Heard
Executive Artistic Director
713-878-0878 (office) or 832-428-1091 (cell).

Upcoming Events!

Two events happening over the next weekend:

May 4, 2018 Play reading

Our next play reading will be Friday, 5/4/18 at 6:30pm (Friday) at Black Walnut Cafe, 5510 Morningside Dr, Houston, TX 77005 (Rice/Med Center, map). The play will be Water by Komal Swaminathan

Contemporary Arts Museum Open Studio

You have been hearing about Shunya’s Play Readings for a long time, now. Next Saturday, several Shunya volunteers and friends will be attending the Contemporary Arts Museum Open Studio, a family friendly event hosted by the CAM. For those of you with children who may not have been able to find the time to come to our play readings, this would be a fun event for the family and a great way to meet some Shunya volunteers as well!

May 5, 2018  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006, USA
The CAM website for this event is https://camh.org/event/open-studio-5/

The Waiting Room Returns!

Dear Friends,

In late August Shunya was in the final rehearsal for our production of Tanika Gupta’s wonderful play “The Waiting Room” and anxiously following the weather reports as Hurricane Harvey approached. You know the next part of that story: Houston was devastated and most of the city shut down. We made the decision to cancel the remainder of the run of the production after our opening night and reschedule. I’m happy to say we will be carrying on with the production October 26-29, 2017.

Shunya is an all-volunteer troupe, and we, like many small theatre groups in Houston, operate on a shoestring budget. The cancellations have affected us seriously and has essentially wiped out our budget. We only have one week to make up what would have been a two-week run, so I urge you to come out to see the production.

To give as much of an opportunity as possible, we will be packing 5 shows into 4 days: evening shows on Thursday and Friday, a matinee and evening show on Saturday, and a matinee on Sunday.

You can donate to Shunya by buying a ticket here, or by the donation button here.
See you at the show!

Sanjay

Cancellation of all remaining performances of The Waiting Room

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.

In the wake of Harvey

American Theatre article about the effect of Hurricane Harvey on Houston theatre companies: http://www.americantheatre.org/2017/08/28/houston-theatres-survey-the-damage/

As those of you who follow Shunya know we had our opening weekend of Tanika Gupta’s “The Waiting Room” interrupted. With the continued rain we are waiting to see what we can try to salvage this upcoming weekend.

The Waiting Room Weather Update

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!