Theater for the New City Festival | Out of the Kitchen | Desipina Diwali Family Event (potluck!)

From two lovers trapped by more than Hurricane Katrina, to a love affair with curry, to a surrogate in India, the Out of the Kitchenand Into the Fire series takes a provocative look at modern day women and the playwrights who create them

Holiday Series Kick-off
Thurs. December 10 @8pm
Paradise by Yasmine Beverly Rana
Directed by Krissy Smith
With: Rajesh Bose & Deepti Gupta
ART/NY, Bruce Mitchell Room
520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, NYC

Fri. December 11 @8pm
Samsara by Lauren D. Yee
Directed by Snehal Desai
With: James Chen, Sam Ghosh, Mahira Kakkar, Barret O'Brien, and Aubyn Philabaum
Drama Bookshop
250 W 40th Street, NYC

Holiday Party & Performances
Sun. Dec 13 @8pm
(A Very Curry Christmas by Jessica Devi, Seven Dates for Mona by Nitika Nadgar and
The Language That Jesus Spoke by Thelma De Castro, Directed by Krystal Banzon & Blair Baker)
With: Paras Chaudhary, Jessica Devi, DJ Nadgar, Nalini Sharma, Reena Shah, Bonna Tek, John Wu, and more!
Brooklyn ART/NY, South Oxford Space
138 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn (near BAM)

Events are FREE but please rsvp to desipina@desipina.org

Logo by Ayesha Habib

Following each presentation will be a small reception, and the opportunity for talkbacks.