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Barnard's
Minor Latham Playhouse Presents THE
WHEEL
A play from Bangladesh by Salim al-Deen
Thursday-Saturday,
November 13-15
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Translated
by Jamil Ahmed and Steve Friedman
Directed by Denny Partridge
Lighting design by Harry Rosenblum
Costume design by Tracy Nishimoto
Cast:
Ian Anthony,Ann Cheung,Samantha Debicki,Ariana Getz ,Oscar
Olivo, Lindsay Strachan,Chloe Waters-Wallace,Matt Wilstein,Jessica
Valadez
Saleem Al-Deen is a leading playwright of Bangladesh. His
dramatic work
has been seen on stage, film, and television in Bangladesh,
India,
Britain, and the United States. He is Professor of Drama at
Jahanginar
University.
Denny Partridge began her directing career with the San Francisco
Mime Troupe in l970; she went on to found New York City‚s
Modern Times Theater, where she directed new plays for more
than a decade. Ms. Partridge received an OBIE award with the
Mime Troupe, five American College Theatre
Festival Awards, and two Fulbright fellowships, to Bangladesh
in l989 and to Taiwan in l998. She has directed and taught
on four continents, and toured throughout the United States
for the past 30 years. She is Pels Professor of Theatre at
Barnard College.
The Wheel
was Translated by Steve Friedman with Jamil Ahmed. Steve Friedman
teaches playwriting and acting in the Barnard Theatre Department.
He was a resident playwright and actor with the San Francisco
Mime Troupe and New York's Modern Times Theater. His play
HIBAKUSHA received a National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting
Fellowship and a New York State CAPS grant. His play FREEDOOM
DAYS was published and produced by the SF Mime Troupe and
others.
Thursday,
November 13, free show • 6:30 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, November 14-15 • 8 p.m.
For more
information or to make a reservation: 212-854-5638.
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