 | ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH RISING CIRCLE
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Grace 2009
The Lark Playwrights Development Center presents a
Roundtable Reading of
Grace
by Sanjit De Silva and Deepa Purohit
Thurs Oct 8, 2009 by invitation only
Check out a clip from our 2009 development workshop!
How to Find Your Inner Asian/Q Up 2010
Q Up is an arts intensive for young Asian American girls residing in Queens, NY slated for February 2010. The project is a collaboration between Rising Circle and Queens Theatre in the Park and includes a free performance of Nancy Kim's How to Find Your Inner Asian!
Q Up is a 2009 Recipient of the Asian Women's Giving Circle grant, a giving circle fund of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy!
Q Up is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
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OUR MISSION
Rising Circle is a collective of theater artists of color committed to producing work that reflects the diversity of the world we live in. By creating a home for artists of various disciplines and backgrounds, Rising Circle empowers this community of artists to challenge cultural misperceptions and raise social awareness through developing original stories and staging unique adaptations of published works.
COMING SOON
Lift the Circle Higher!
A Benefit Evening for Rising Circle Theater Collective
in celebration of Rising Circle Theater Collective and its continued commitment
to giving voice to the stories of all people of color.
You are invited to this party filled with fun, food and performances by
collective members and affiliated artists!
Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 7 – 9pm
Nabi Gallery
a contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea.
137 West 25th Street, NYC
Tickets $35/$50
Enter our raffle extraordinaire and win fabulous grand prizes including show
and concert tickets, a yoga membership, exclusive clothing items for
adults and children and more!
Tickets for this event are selling fast and there is limited space so buy now!
BUY NOW
If you can’t make it to our benefit, we’ll miss you, but click here and make a donation equal to the price of a pair of tickets!
IN THE NEWS
Check out nytheatre.com's December 2008 feature on How to Find Your Inner Asian online at www.nytheatre.com!
"Their mission to give voice to America's unheard minorities is as inspiring as it is expansive. Whatever their next move is, it will be one worth keeping an eye out for." more
-Michael Criscuolo from nytheatre.com
"American Family Project has the power of a talk show, only it's scripted and not meant for anyone's entertainment or easy consumption." more
-Jerry Portwood from Backstage
"Bravo to the Rising Circle Theater Collective, who have created a new populist play called Pulling the Lever that reveals who we actually are more vividly and authentically than a hundred Gallup polls ever could... What they have to say is fascinating and wonderful." more
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