The Girls From Afar is about slavery in America, which did not disappear with the Civil War. No longer institutionalized, it is hidden, tucked away behind manicured lawns and monogrammed golf carts. If the public could hear the clatter of the shackles in the streets, would it recoil it horror? What if the signs are much less obvious? Two girls have come from afar to work as domestics in a wealthy home, but what seems at first to be a great opportunity becomes a lifestyle of brutality.

Tuesday, February 17th - 6:30pm
Teatro Circulo
65 E. 4th Street, #11
New York, NY 10003
Admission: FREE (donation suggested)
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A cross between Jean Genet's The Blacks and Suzann Lori-Parks Death of the Last Black Man, Sita/Sati tells the story of newly widowed Sita Desi, an immigrant from India. Sita finds herself struggling between a want to assimilate and integrate herself into the American landscape and trying to hold onto as much of her Indian cultural heritage as possible in a new land.

She joins with the company of actors in the play to challenge and skewer the stereotypical views of Southasians. However, along the way the ritual of Sati which at first is being presented as a lark, takes a dark turn as the crowd gets caught up in the frenzy of ritual and tradition and start calling on Sita to enter the fire and become an actual Sati.

Monday, March 9th - 7pm
Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex (1st Floor - June Havoc Theatre)
312 W. 36th St
Admission: FREE (donation suggested)
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