Sanjiv Jhaveri and Samrat Chakrabarti. Photo by Lia Chang
LAUGHistan (A Samrat Chakrabarti Production) presents BUMBUG – Dance Party Edition! on Saturday, December 13, 2014, a special ONE NIGHT ONLY presentation, of a new Rock Opera by Samrat Chakrabarti and Sanjiv Jhaveri, at Meridian 23, 161 W 23rd St (corner of 7th Ave) in New York.
The electrifying musical reinvention of “A Christmas Carol” told through the looking glass of NYC Immigrants and Hyphenated America features Ranjit Arapurakal, Lipica Shah, Debargo Sanyal, Meetu Chilana, Kiarri D. Andrews and Pallavi Savitala. The band include Samrat Chakrabarti, Shiv Puri and Konrad Payne. Special guest: Break Beach featuring Nick Sadar and Alex Matlack.
Lipica Shah as “Sunita” and Debargo Sanyal as “Mr. Scroogewala” from LAUGHistan’s World Premiere of “BUMBUG The Musical”. Photo Credit: Lia Chang
Like so many immigrants, disillusioned Deli-owner Scroogewala left his motherland years ago to pursue the American dream. Amidst his battle with holiday merriment, Scroogewala is visited by a motley crew of misfits who remind him that love, loss and laughter are all a part of that dream he’d almost given up on.
Doors open at 9:30 PM. Show starts at 10:00 PM. Tickets are $10, and this special presentation of BUMBUG – Dance Party Edition! is a benefit performance. Click here to purchase tickets. www.laughistan.com
100% of all proceeds will fund two leading South Asian American organizations:
Chhaya Community Development Corporation: By focusing on core areas of housing and economic development—the basic necessities essential to one’s stability—Chhaya is able to impact a range of social outcomes, including education, employment, civic participation, community pride, and mental health and well-being.
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DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving): Founded in 2000, DRUM has mobilized and built the leadership of thousands of low-income, South Asian immigrants to lead social and policy change that impacts their own lives- from immigrant rights to education reform, civil rights, and worker’s justice.
Sponsored by Verificent Technologies Inc and Bombay Sandwich Co.
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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. Lia starred as Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes’ Power Play at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Pauletta Pearson Washington, Roscoe Orman, and made her jazz vocalist debut in Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz “LADY” at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York. She is profiled in Jade Magazine.
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