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From the team that brought you HATYAARE and SANGHARSH KI OAR

Now comes a new comedy in Hindi

For Pratidhwani’s Gunjan 2005,

The Drama Wing presents

Provident Fund

Written by: Dr. Narendra Kohli

Directed by: Agastya Kohli

Starring:

Leena Dhingra Gray, Pankaj Kakkar,

Mukesh Sharma, Harsh Tewari, and Nanda Tewari.

When:  December 03, 5:30 pm

Where:  Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center  

          16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA, 98073.

Tickets:  General $10. Students/Seniors : $7 

For more details you can always visit http://www.porkfilled.com. But here’s the lowdown.

PORK FILLED PLAYERS: K-SPAM

Stop the presses! Flood the airwaves! Spam the Net!

Pork Filled Players (PFP) body slams the media in their new sketch comedy show, K-SPAM: Yellow Journalism and Other Jaundiced Media, starting September 16, at the Northwest Actors’ Studio Cabaret Space (1100 East Pike St., Seattle, WA).

The Northwest’s longest running Asian American sketch comedy group tackles the debut of Seattle’s first South Asian superhero, singing Zen Buddhist monks, the trials and travails of Asian American news anchors and the Bush Administration’s final solution for NPR funding.

K-SPAM plays at 8 pm, Fridays and Saturdays from September 16 to October 8. Tickets are $12 general, $9 students/groups. For more information go to http://www.porkfilled.com or email pr@porkfilled.com. Tickets are available online at http://www.ticketwindowonline.com or call 206/325-6500.

PFP welcomes its first South Asian member, Agastya Kohli, as well as fellow rookies Virginia Gabby, Brian Beckley and Jaime Saginor, who join PFP stalwarts Edward T. Tonai and Maggie Lee (in a new role as actor!) under the leadership of returning director Linda Lombardi and producer Roger Tang for PFP’s 17^th show.

The Pork Filled Players have been veterans of the Seattle sketch comedy scene since 1997. As the Northwest’s premiere Asian American sketch comedy group, the Players have toured from Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver, B.C., racking up appearances at the first two Seattle Sketchfests, Bumbershoot 2004 and SketchOff@%#!?, the first international Asian sketch comedy competition. Over the years, the players have employed an ever changing cast of characters in their never-ending battle for truth, pursuit of justice, and finding out whatever the hell they mean by the American way of life in the 21^st Century. For more information about PFP and K-Spam, visit http://www.porkfilled.com/ or email your questions to pr@porkfilled.com.

I went and saw this play last night. Another quality production from ReAct, another play worth recommending. Check it out. More information available, as always, at ReAct’s website: http://www.reacttheatre.org.

THE VIOLET HOUR

By Richard Greenberg

The Richard Hugo House
July 14 - August 7, 2005

ReAct is excited to bring the Seattle Premiere of this poignant and bewitching new play, THE VIOLET HOUR to our mainstage. A recent hit Off Broadway, you won’t want to miss this wonderful time-transcending new play about life, love and destiny.

Andrew Peterson as Denny and Jeffrey Grimm as John in a publicity photo for ReAct’s Seattle premiere production of The Violet Hour. Photo: David Hsieh.		The Violet Hour castmembers Jeffrey Grimm as John and Emjoy Gavino as Rosamund in a publicity photo. Photo: David Hsieh.

Set in New York in 1919, a young publisher has to choose between printing his secret lover’s memoir or his best friend’s novel. His decision is complicated with the arrival of a mysterious machine which can seemingly predict the future. We hope you can join us at the magical violet hour.

Pratidhwani, a non-profit cultural organization based in the Seattle area, presents Hatyaare - a Hindi play by the renowned Hindi playwright Dr. Narendra Kohli

Coming to theatre in July, Hatyaare is brought to life under the direction of Agastya Kohli, an emerging face in the local Seattle theater scene. Starring an entire cast and crew based in Seattle area, it is also the first major production by the drama wing of Pratidhwani. Hatyaare is co-sponsored by UW-Desi, South Asia Center University of Washington, and the Ethnic Cultural Center, University of Washington

Hatyaare is a satirical expose on middle-class morality. Set in mid 1980s New Delhi, India, the play is a dark comedy that will entertain the audience, as it forces each of us to think about our motivations, our greed, our fears and insecurities. This July, Hatyaare is sure to leave its mark on both the audience and on the local Indian theater.

Starring: Arvind Ranasaria, Binu Chacko, Leena Dhingra Gray, Mukesh Dimri, Nanda Tewari, Pankaj Kakkar, Sakina Sadat Hussain, Shobhit Agarwal, Tulsi Keshkamat, Vikas Khandelwal and Vineet Kumar Srivastava

Run Time: 80 minutes. No intermission.

(Not appropriate for children younger than 9 years.)

Please call (425) 814-8270 for ticketing and more information.

Venue:

THE ETHNIC CULTURAL THEATRE

3940 Brooklyn Ave NE Box 355650
Seattle, WA 98105
(at the Corner of Brooklyn and 40th Ave. NE)

Show times:

July 15: 8pm

July 16: 2pm, 8pm

July 17: 2pm

Directions: http://depts.washington.edu/ecc/location.htm#directions

Tickets:

General: $7

Pratidhwani Members: $5

UW Students: $3

Tickets and More Information:

(425) 814-8270

www.pratidhwani.org

Here is an email I wanted to share with all of you…

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Hsieh <react.works@usa.net>

Just a quick reminder to everyone, especially those who missed it on our
mainstage…

ReAct’s hit Season Opener THE SHAPE OF THINGS by Neil LaBute
is encoring for 2 (JUST TWO) special performances at the
Theatre4Play Festival at the Seattle Center Centerhouse mid June!

Our showtimes are FRI, JUNE 17th at 9:35pm and SUN JUNE 19th at 8:35pm at
Theatre4 on the 4th Floor (Room H). The show is 95 minutes long.

Mark your Calendars!!!
Festival passes are just $15 (Sorry no comps!), but they gets you into EVERY
SHOW you want to see at this new weekend long festival…(& there’s some other really great work too!!!)

We hope everyone who missed our show in March will make it out to the encore, and everyone who saw it in March will spread the word to others, or come see this special touring version.

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR LOVE? HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR ART?
Starring DAVID S. HOGAN, ANGELA DIMARCO, MONA LEACH and JEFFREY GRIMM, with AGASTYA KOHLI and JANE MOON. Stage Managed by RACHEL RENE ARAUCTO.

Hope to see you there! (& at our production of THE VIOLET HOUR by Richard
Greenberg at the Hugo House July 14th-Aug 7th!)

David

[English]

[Hindi, Unicode UTF-8 Encoded message]

                                       सियैटल हिन्दी समिति की ओर से आप

                                             हिन्दी कवि सम्मेलन - दो

                                                       में आमंत्रित हैं।

कब : शनिवार, 25 जून, दोपहर 1:30 बजे

कहाँ : रेडमण्ड रीजनल लाइब्रेरी
कमरा नम्बर 1
15990 N.E. 85th ,
रेडमण्ड, वाशिंगटन 98052

क्यों : यह हमारी दूसरी वार्षिक गोष्ठी होगी। यदि आप गद्य या पद्य लिखते हैं , तो हमारा निवेदन है कि आप हमारी गोष्ठी में अपनी रचनाएँ सुनाएँ । यदि आप स्वयं न लिखते हों, लेकिन आपकी हिन्दी काव्य या साहित्य में रुचि हो तो भी आप ज़रूर आएँ । हिन्दी के छात्रों का भी स्वागत है । हमें उम्मीद है कि आप हमारे साथ काव्य , मनोरंजन और अंततः चाय का मज़ा लेने ज़रूर आएँगे ।

उत्तरापेक्षी : अगस्त्य कोहली ( 206-465-4590, agastyak@gmail.com)

अधिक जानकारी के लिए देखें: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seattle-hindi

Gurukul is an organization involved in teaching Hindi and Indian culture to children of Indian families living in the seattle area. There are almost 200 students - between the ages of 5 and 15 - registered at Gurukul. These students are divided into about 15 different classes that are taught by 2 teachers.

Classes are held every Sunday from 11am to 1pm, starting the weekend after labor day, and going till the weekend before memorial day. The first hour is Hindi language instruction, and the second hour is reserved for Indian culture - which can be anything from dances, religions and festivals of India, to rivers and national symbols.

All material (both for language and cultural education) is provided by Gurukul to the teachers, who have to find effective ways of delivering it to the students.

As one might expect, the demand for Gurukul is much larger than the resources available to it, and at this time, Gurukul is looking for additional volunteers to teach these classes.

If you are a native Hindi speaker, and love to play and work with kids, this may be just the right opportunity for you. Please contact Raj Jhanwar (rajj@microsoft.com) for more infromation about how to voluteer. If you think teaching is not your cup of tea, but you would still like to help, please drop an email to Raj. We could use your help in cultural committee, event planning committee, and other Gurukul initiatives as well.

More information about Gurukul at http://www.gurukul-wa.org