EVENT DETAILS

Actors Pia Shah, Karthik Srinivasan, and Anjali Bhimani will perform excerpts from play Orange by Aditi Brennan Kapil, with Q&A by playwright and actors afterwards

9 March 2017:  Performance and Q&A, 12:30-1:50 in 1100 Donald Bren Hall. For more information, contact Prof. Linda Vo (voltuci@gmail.com).

Description:  Actors Pia Shah, Karthik Srinivasan, and Anjali Bhimani will perform excerpts from play Orange by Aditi Brennan Kapil, with Q&A by playwright and actors afterwards. Co-sponsored by Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative and Department of Asian American Studies, and South Coast Repertory. See for more info:
http://illuminations.uci.edu/events/2017_3_9_SCR_Orange.html

DESCRIPTION OF PLAY: Leela is different. A teenager from India, she sketches life’s important moments in her journal. When a family wedding gets boring, her rebellious cousin decides to make a run for it with her boyfriend—and take Leela along. As they careen dangerously through Orange County, everything takes on mythic significance for Leela, who challenges their view of her—and each other. A touching story about a unique young woman’s search for her place in the world.

PLAYWRIGHT: Aditi Brennan Kapil is a playwright, actress, and director, of Bulgarian and Indian descent, raised in Sweden, and currently residing in Minneapolis, MN. She is a graduate of Macalester College with a B.A. in English and Dramatic Arts. Her plays include Love Person, Agnes Under The Big Top, and A Tall Tale and Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy. Aditi is currently working on commissions with Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, and South Coast Repertory Theatre.