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June Play: Mother of 1084
ETC Discovers: Mother of 1084
Each month, we’ll highlight a play & writer from our last list –– and we’re delighted to bring you…
Mother of 1084
by Mahasweta Devi
If you’re looking for a whirling political drama centering a mother’s feminist awakening…
Hear it in the Bay Area!
Bay Area Drama partners with us this month for a reading of Mother of 1084. This week, they’re running Where Did I Leave My Purdah? starring Ranjita Chakravarty (Netflix’s Never Have I Ever) –– who will then direct the reading later this month!
In the Bay? Go see both! Where Did I Leave My Purdah? runs through June 8 – so go ASAP!
About Mahasweta Devi
Devi (1926-2016) is one of India’s foremost literary figures. Devi was also an activist: she traveled frequently, often embedding herself in the communities she was writing about and organizing with them to protest the injustices they faced. Many of her 100+ novels and short stories were focused on the lives of tribal communities, the lower classes, rebels and revolutionaries, sex workers and nomads. She received India’s most esteemed literary recognition, the Jnanpith Award, and was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her “compassionate crusade through art and activism to claim for tribal peoples a just and honorable place in India’s national life.
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Hear more about the play, the writer, and why we love it on this month’s episode of This Is A Classic! Featuring a monologue by Shubhra Prakash (who we also thank for our Bay Area connection!), and hosted by curators Gagarin and Kalina Ko.
This Month’s Partner Reading:
June 22 - Mother of 1084
with Bay Area Drama @ City Lights Theater
Join us at City Lights Theater on June 22nd for a beautiful reading, complete with original music and thoughtful direction by Ranjita Chakravarty.
Expand the Canon is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
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