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MAIEUTIC THEATRE WORKS (MTWorks) and producer, Martha Goode, are pleased to announce the world premiere production of Riti Sachdeva’s PARTS OF PARTS & STITCHES, directed by Cat Parker. PARTS OF PARTS & STITCHES will play a three-week limited engagement at the Theater at the 14th Street Y (14th Street Y, 334 East 14th St., NYC).
A joyous, colorful occasion, a wedding day in the Punjab region, 1947, the patchwork of two families eager with anticipation for their pending unification. In PARTS OF PARTS & STITCHES, Yamuna and Jiwan prepare for their lives and future together in a small village of what is soon to become Pakistan. Soon after the couple celebrates their matrimony, the reality of the political and religious upheaval forced on the country by Britain’s abandonment, becomes apparent. The violence of man against man, Hindus against Muslims, erupts in a horrific massacre. With perseverance and a will to survive, Yamuna desperately attempts to stitch back the pieces of her life. PARTS OF PARTS & STITCHES uses magical realism to show the horrific events that occurred during the Partition of India & Pakistan. Featuring Sarah Baskin* (Roundabout Off-Bway: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis), Purva Bedi* (Classic Stage Company: Old Comedy After Aristophanes' Frogs; Manhattan Theatre Club: East of East; Universal: "The Adjustment Bureau"; "Gossip Girl", "Cashmere Mafia"; "House M.D."), Jaspal Binning, Mariam Habib*, Ashok Kumar, Bushra Laskar, Deanna McGovern (IT Award Outstanding Featured Actress Recipient, An Impending Rupture of the Belly), Antonio Miniño (PCTF Award Outstanding Actor Nominee,The Stranger to Kindness), Eric Percival, Anil Ramani, Shetal Shah* (Film: "Arya" [SAMA Best Actress Award]), Imran W. Sheikh and Dathan B. Williams* (Broadway: Show Boat, directed by Tony Award Winner Harold Prince). The production features scenic design by George Allison (IT Award Recipient T. Schreiber’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile), costume design by Karen Ann Ledger, lighting design by Carl Faber, and sound design by Martha Goode. PR: Katie Rosin, Kampfire PR. Production Stage Manager Sarah Elizabeth Ford*. Produced by Martha Goode, Associate Producer Jessica Thornhill. |
PARTS OF PARTS & STITCHES plays the following performances:
Week 1
Thu, Mar 15 @7p (Preview)
Fri, Mar 16 @8p (Preview)
Sat, Mar 17 @8p (Preview)
Week 2
Tue, Mar 20 @7p (Opening Night) :: Performance followed by talk-back
Wed, Mar 21 @7p
Thu, Mar 22 @7p
Fri, Mar 23 @8p
Sat, Mar 24 @8p
Week 3
Tue, Mar 27 @7p :: Performance followed by talk-back
Wed, Mar 28 @7p
Thu, Mar 29 @7p
Fri, Mar 30 @8p
Sat, Mar 31 @8p
TICKETS:
$18 ($12 students/seniors)
Week 1
Thu, Mar 15 @7p (Preview)
Fri, Mar 16 @8p (Preview)
Sat, Mar 17 @8p (Preview)
Week 2
Tue, Mar 20 @7p (Opening Night) :: Performance followed by talk-back
Wed, Mar 21 @7p
Thu, Mar 22 @7p
Fri, Mar 23 @8p
Sat, Mar 24 @8p
Week 3
Tue, Mar 27 @7p :: Performance followed by talk-back
Wed, Mar 28 @7p
Thu, Mar 29 @7p
Fri, Mar 30 @8p
Sat, Mar 31 @8p
TICKETS:
$18 ($12 students/seniors)
Location:
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
334 East 14th Street (14th Street Y)
Running Time: 120 minutes with intermission
WHO'S WHO
SARAH BASKIN (Tamana) Off-Broadway: The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (u/s, Roundabout/Laura Pels Theatre), Wolves (Firework Theater/59E59). Other NY credits: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Sonnet Repertory Theatre/Theatre Row), On The 5:31 (Rising Phoenix Rep/Cino Nights), Retrospective (dir. Joan Tewkesbury, InGenius Festival). Regional/International credits include: Cardenio (American Repertory Theatre), Beau Jest (Gulfshore Playhouse), Phoenician Women (Moscow Art Theatre/ART Institute). Film/TV: Who Killed Chandra Levy? (Chandra Levy), Thanks for Sharing, In the Shadow of the Water Tower. Training: MFA from ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard University. Much gratitude to MT Works and my dear friends & family.
CARL FABER (Lighting Design) Upcoming: Associate Lighting and Video Designer for Bon Iver's 2012 US/World Tour. Recent: The Tenant (Woodshed Collective, NYC), Trouble in Mind (Arena Stage), Cold Hard Cash (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Harmonious Pimps of Harmony (Ars Nova), Hollywood to Broadway (Shanghai, China), Brother Brother (Theater Freiburg, Germany). Broadway Assistant Designer: The Book of Mormon, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, August: Osage County, 9 to 5, Dividing the Estate, and Present Laughter. Video tech for The National'sHigh Violet US Tour. Resident Installation Lighting Designer and Technical Supervisor for Woodshed Collective,Guest Lecturer and Designer at the Crossroads School in Los Angeles, Lighting Supervisor at the Williamstown Theatre Festival ('08 & '09). Notable collaborations with Blue Man Group, Obscura Digital, Barneys New York, Ferragamo, Stanton Collaborative, and many corporate clients. B.A. in Drama and Art History, Vassar College. www.carlfaber.com
MARTHA GOODE (Sound Design/Goode Productions) recently produced Costa Rehab (MTWorks) and the award-winning The Stranger to Kindness at the Robert Moss Theatre as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (wins included Best Production). In 2003, Ms. Goode designed the sound forTranslations of Xhosa and Training Wisteria, both of which were performed at the Kennedy Center for The American College Theatre Festival. A year later she produced and sound designed the NYC premiere of Training Wisteria at FringeNYC. Producing credits include The Miracle Worker (Circle in the Square, associate producer); Barrier Island, A Home Across the Ocean and Good Lonely People (MTWorks); To Barcelona!, The Riverside Symphony, Eli and Cheryl Jump (Ignited States). Favorite sound design credits include The Clean House and Photograph51 (Vermont Stage Company), Anaϊs Nin Goes to Hell and The Oath (MTWorks), The Witlings (Magis Theatre Company), Every Man (Ignited States, winner Samuel French Short Play Festival), Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out! (The Brick Theatre), The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Blood Wedding and No Place to Be Somebody (Boston University). Ms. Goode holds a B.F.A. from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University with an emphasis in technical production and sound design. She has also completed additional course work at Columbia University.
MARIAM HABIB (Yamuna) Originally from Rhode Island, Mariam received her BA from the University of Rhode Island and was granted an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory. Some of her credits include a staged reading of Egyptian Song ( Premiere Stages ). Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven (Playwrights Theater) and readings with Playwrights Theater Forum Reading Series. She was also involved with this past year's National New Play Network's showcase for the play Egyptian Song at InterACT.
ASHOK KUMAR (Maqbool) was born in Haryana, North India. At a young age, he moved to Delhi in search for theater training and he performed almost all over the country. He attended the Film & Television Institute of India in 2006. After graduating he continued his studies at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City. He also acted as a protagonist in a controversial film, "The Man's Woman And Other Stories" by Amit Dutta. The film won The Horizons Award at The Venice Film Festival and The Best Student Film Award at Njisacf, USA. Ashok's next semi-biographical short film "A Lucky day" will be released this year.
DEANNA MCGOVERN (Vulture) NY Credits: An Impending Rupture of the Belly (Godlight Theatre Co. @ Theatre Row- NYIT Winner- Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role), 1984, The Basketball Diaries, Slaughterhouse-Five (Godlight Theatre Co. @ 59 E 59 Theaters), Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Planet Connections Festivity), Birds (First Look Theatre Co @ NYU), Photosynthesis (FRINGE NYC), The Big Funk (Tobacco Bar). Regional: The Clean House (Vermont Stage Co), After Ashley (Woolly Mammoth), I Heart Kant (George Street Playhouse 2nd Stage), Dracula, Goody F***ing Two Shoes, Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular (Actors Theatre of Louisville/ Humana Festival). The Lost Colony and Guiding Light. BA in Theatre from The University of Tennessee.
ANTONIO MINIÑO (Asif/Vulture) favorite NYC acting credits include: The Stranger to Kindness (The Kraine Theater), It’s A Wonderful Life (BOO-Arts Productons), The Stranger to Kindness (Robert Moss Theater; Nominated Outstanding Actor),The Empress of Sex (Audience Favorite National NewBorn Festival), Arpeggio (45th St Theatre), Intermission (HERE Arts Center), Trojan Women (Michael Howard Studios), Elevation (Payan Theatre), OOPS! (Manhattan Theatre Source), 4 Variations of Mee (Manhattan Children’s Theatre), Ilka’s Dream (Payan Theatre). Favorite directing credits include The Family Shakespeare, The Shadow Project, The Zoo Story, The Importance of Being Earnest, Joan. He is a founding member of MTWorks, a member of Voices in Unity and The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. He studied drama at The National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Dominican Republic; Michael Howard Studios and The Juilliad School in New York City. Currently he can be seen in The Stranger to Kindness through March 3rd at The Kraine Theatre. Next up he can be seen in All About Meat: The Garcias Mar 29-Apr 22 (Duo Multicultural Arts Center) and directing SCENE/UNSEEN by Ms Sachdeva at the 45 Bleecker Street Theater in June, www.AntonioMinino.com
CAT PARKER (Director) is a freelance director based in NYC, who has worked regionally at Dallas Theater Center, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Oklahoma City Rep. She assisted Jerry Zaks on the Broadway debut of A Bronx Tale, featuring Chazz Palmenteri. In New York, Cat was the Producing Director at T. Schreiber Studio, and has directed at The WorkShop Theater Company, Creative Place NYC, Mid-Town International Theatre Festival, Abingdon Theatre, Boomerang Theatre and UrbanStages. Favorite productions include Picasso at the Lapin Agile (NYIT Award Winner), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Towards Zero, A Doll’s House, a steampunk-influenced Twelfth Night (NYIT Award Winner) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. New works include Sister Cities (NYIT Award Nominee), The English Channel, En Passant, A New Theory of Vision, Riders of the Golden Sphinx, Echoes of Radioland (a theatrical radio show), Lovers of Verona (an original commedia del’arte piece), Lilith, Blind Study, Safekeeping, Switch, Gone Astray, Shadow Pier, Beachwood Drive, The Chekhov Dreams, Native Stone, Underpass, and Rapture. www.catparker.com
ERIC PERCIVAL (Sardarji/Messenger/Vulture) has performed on stages in New York, London, and throughout Europe and the US. He was awarded Oustanding Supporting Actor in the 2010 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for The Picture of Dorian Grey, and Outstanding Lead Actor in the 2008 MITF Awards for his performance in Bubby's Shadow (Midtown International Theatre Festival). Other recent NYC performances include leading roles in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (T. Schreiber Studio), Another Horatio Alger Story (Metropolitan Playhouse), The Changing Room (T. Schreiber Studio), Recovery (MN Fringe), Jean and Joe (Brooklyn Arts Exchange), The Homecoming (TSS), and A New Theory of Vision (Sanctuary Playwrights Theatre). Training: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (London), T. Schreiber Studio (NY). www.ericpercival.com
RITI SACHDEVA (Playwright) is a theatre maker and cultural worker. As an actor, she has worked with Omnirootz, Working Classroom, Words Afire, PBS, Disney Channel, and performed her original work with Kalapani Productions at festivals in LA and Toronto. For her playwriting, Riti has been awarded fellowships to the Kennedy Center MFA Play Development Workshop and the O’Neill Playwriting Festival. Her play Parts of Parts & Stitches won the 2009-10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s Quest for Peace award and the 2011 Excellence in Playwriting Award at the National Newborn Festival in NYC. She received her MFA in Playwriting from University of New Mexico in May 2011. Her thesis play La Fea: A FlamenChoreoMyth, directed by Ricky Martinez of The New Theatre in Miami, was a featured production in UNM’s 2011 Words Afire festival.
Riti’s clan hails from the Mianwali region of Pakistan. They migrated to the India side of the border in 1947. Riti was born in Bhilai, Chateesgarh and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1976. She grew up mostly in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the last fifteen years. She is currently transitioning to New York City.
DATHAN B. WILLIAMS* (Masterji/Vulture) previous MTWORKS credit: Mhambi Nobhule in A Home Across The Ocean. Recent Credits include: Antigone and Alceste (Columbia University MFA Directors Project), Hay Fever (TWAS Classical Lab), Ragtime (Lyric Oklahoma), Nobody (Juneteenth New Play Festival), The Addicts (Boo Arts), Show Boat (Carnegie Hall Concert), American Duet and Becoming Tennesse (both at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center). This past winter he could be seen as William in the first ever interactive live streamed play: Better Left Unsaid and as Ross in Macbeth (TWAS/National Black Theater). Other select credits include: the B-way and 1st National Tour of Show Boat, six Off-Broadway shows, including James in A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages) and Saladin in Nathan the Wise (Pearl Theater Company), three other National Tours, a lot of Regional Theater (39 Companies, including two seasons with Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival), and some Film/TV. Next up, he can be seen playing Mr. Levi in Welcome to America (New Worlds Theatre Project).
CARL FABER (Lighting Design) Upcoming: Associate Lighting and Video Designer for Bon Iver's 2012 US/World Tour. Recent: The Tenant (Woodshed Collective, NYC), Trouble in Mind (Arena Stage), Cold Hard Cash (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Harmonious Pimps of Harmony (Ars Nova), Hollywood to Broadway (Shanghai, China), Brother Brother (Theater Freiburg, Germany). Broadway Assistant Designer: The Book of Mormon, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, August: Osage County, 9 to 5, Dividing the Estate, and Present Laughter. Video tech for The National'sHigh Violet US Tour. Resident Installation Lighting Designer and Technical Supervisor for Woodshed Collective,Guest Lecturer and Designer at the Crossroads School in Los Angeles, Lighting Supervisor at the Williamstown Theatre Festival ('08 & '09). Notable collaborations with Blue Man Group, Obscura Digital, Barneys New York, Ferragamo, Stanton Collaborative, and many corporate clients. B.A. in Drama and Art History, Vassar College. www.carlfaber.com
MARTHA GOODE (Sound Design/Goode Productions) recently produced Costa Rehab (MTWorks) and the award-winning The Stranger to Kindness at the Robert Moss Theatre as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (wins included Best Production). In 2003, Ms. Goode designed the sound forTranslations of Xhosa and Training Wisteria, both of which were performed at the Kennedy Center for The American College Theatre Festival. A year later she produced and sound designed the NYC premiere of Training Wisteria at FringeNYC. Producing credits include The Miracle Worker (Circle in the Square, associate producer); Barrier Island, A Home Across the Ocean and Good Lonely People (MTWorks); To Barcelona!, The Riverside Symphony, Eli and Cheryl Jump (Ignited States). Favorite sound design credits include The Clean House and Photograph51 (Vermont Stage Company), Anaϊs Nin Goes to Hell and The Oath (MTWorks), The Witlings (Magis Theatre Company), Every Man (Ignited States, winner Samuel French Short Play Festival), Don’t Shoot Your Eye Out! (The Brick Theatre), The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Blood Wedding and No Place to Be Somebody (Boston University). Ms. Goode holds a B.F.A. from the College of Fine Arts at Boston University with an emphasis in technical production and sound design. She has also completed additional course work at Columbia University.
MARIAM HABIB (Yamuna) Originally from Rhode Island, Mariam received her BA from the University of Rhode Island and was granted an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory. Some of her credits include a staged reading of Egyptian Song ( Premiere Stages ). Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven (Playwrights Theater) and readings with Playwrights Theater Forum Reading Series. She was also involved with this past year's National New Play Network's showcase for the play Egyptian Song at InterACT.
ASHOK KUMAR (Maqbool) was born in Haryana, North India. At a young age, he moved to Delhi in search for theater training and he performed almost all over the country. He attended the Film & Television Institute of India in 2006. After graduating he continued his studies at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City. He also acted as a protagonist in a controversial film, "The Man's Woman And Other Stories" by Amit Dutta. The film won The Horizons Award at The Venice Film Festival and The Best Student Film Award at Njisacf, USA. Ashok's next semi-biographical short film "A Lucky day" will be released this year.
DEANNA MCGOVERN (Vulture) NY Credits: An Impending Rupture of the Belly (Godlight Theatre Co. @ Theatre Row- NYIT Winner- Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role), 1984, The Basketball Diaries, Slaughterhouse-Five (Godlight Theatre Co. @ 59 E 59 Theaters), Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Planet Connections Festivity), Birds (First Look Theatre Co @ NYU), Photosynthesis (FRINGE NYC), The Big Funk (Tobacco Bar). Regional: The Clean House (Vermont Stage Co), After Ashley (Woolly Mammoth), I Heart Kant (George Street Playhouse 2nd Stage), Dracula, Goody F***ing Two Shoes, Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular (Actors Theatre of Louisville/ Humana Festival). The Lost Colony and Guiding Light. BA in Theatre from The University of Tennessee.
ANTONIO MINIÑO (Asif/Vulture) favorite NYC acting credits include: The Stranger to Kindness (The Kraine Theater), It’s A Wonderful Life (BOO-Arts Productons), The Stranger to Kindness (Robert Moss Theater; Nominated Outstanding Actor),The Empress of Sex (Audience Favorite National NewBorn Festival), Arpeggio (45th St Theatre), Intermission (HERE Arts Center), Trojan Women (Michael Howard Studios), Elevation (Payan Theatre), OOPS! (Manhattan Theatre Source), 4 Variations of Mee (Manhattan Children’s Theatre), Ilka’s Dream (Payan Theatre). Favorite directing credits include The Family Shakespeare, The Shadow Project, The Zoo Story, The Importance of Being Earnest, Joan. He is a founding member of MTWorks, a member of Voices in Unity and The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. He studied drama at The National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Dominican Republic; Michael Howard Studios and The Juilliad School in New York City. Currently he can be seen in The Stranger to Kindness through March 3rd at The Kraine Theatre. Next up he can be seen in All About Meat: The Garcias Mar 29-Apr 22 (Duo Multicultural Arts Center) and directing SCENE/UNSEEN by Ms Sachdeva at the 45 Bleecker Street Theater in June, www.AntonioMinino.com
CAT PARKER (Director) is a freelance director based in NYC, who has worked regionally at Dallas Theater Center, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Oklahoma City Rep. She assisted Jerry Zaks on the Broadway debut of A Bronx Tale, featuring Chazz Palmenteri. In New York, Cat was the Producing Director at T. Schreiber Studio, and has directed at The WorkShop Theater Company, Creative Place NYC, Mid-Town International Theatre Festival, Abingdon Theatre, Boomerang Theatre and UrbanStages. Favorite productions include Picasso at the Lapin Agile (NYIT Award Winner), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Towards Zero, A Doll’s House, a steampunk-influenced Twelfth Night (NYIT Award Winner) and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. New works include Sister Cities (NYIT Award Nominee), The English Channel, En Passant, A New Theory of Vision, Riders of the Golden Sphinx, Echoes of Radioland (a theatrical radio show), Lovers of Verona (an original commedia del’arte piece), Lilith, Blind Study, Safekeeping, Switch, Gone Astray, Shadow Pier, Beachwood Drive, The Chekhov Dreams, Native Stone, Underpass, and Rapture. www.catparker.com
ERIC PERCIVAL (Sardarji/Messenger/Vulture) has performed on stages in New York, London, and throughout Europe and the US. He was awarded Oustanding Supporting Actor in the 2010 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity for The Picture of Dorian Grey, and Outstanding Lead Actor in the 2008 MITF Awards for his performance in Bubby's Shadow (Midtown International Theatre Festival). Other recent NYC performances include leading roles in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (T. Schreiber Studio), Another Horatio Alger Story (Metropolitan Playhouse), The Changing Room (T. Schreiber Studio), Recovery (MN Fringe), Jean and Joe (Brooklyn Arts Exchange), The Homecoming (TSS), and A New Theory of Vision (Sanctuary Playwrights Theatre). Training: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (London), T. Schreiber Studio (NY). www.ericpercival.com
RITI SACHDEVA (Playwright) is a theatre maker and cultural worker. As an actor, she has worked with Omnirootz, Working Classroom, Words Afire, PBS, Disney Channel, and performed her original work with Kalapani Productions at festivals in LA and Toronto. For her playwriting, Riti has been awarded fellowships to the Kennedy Center MFA Play Development Workshop and the O’Neill Playwriting Festival. Her play Parts of Parts & Stitches won the 2009-10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s Quest for Peace award and the 2011 Excellence in Playwriting Award at the National Newborn Festival in NYC. She received her MFA in Playwriting from University of New Mexico in May 2011. Her thesis play La Fea: A FlamenChoreoMyth, directed by Ricky Martinez of The New Theatre in Miami, was a featured production in UNM’s 2011 Words Afire festival.
Riti’s clan hails from the Mianwali region of Pakistan. They migrated to the India side of the border in 1947. Riti was born in Bhilai, Chateesgarh and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents in 1976. She grew up mostly in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the last fifteen years. She is currently transitioning to New York City.
DATHAN B. WILLIAMS* (Masterji/Vulture) previous MTWORKS credit: Mhambi Nobhule in A Home Across The Ocean. Recent Credits include: Antigone and Alceste (Columbia University MFA Directors Project), Hay Fever (TWAS Classical Lab), Ragtime (Lyric Oklahoma), Nobody (Juneteenth New Play Festival), The Addicts (Boo Arts), Show Boat (Carnegie Hall Concert), American Duet and Becoming Tennesse (both at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center). This past winter he could be seen as William in the first ever interactive live streamed play: Better Left Unsaid and as Ross in Macbeth (TWAS/National Black Theater). Other select credits include: the B-way and 1st National Tour of Show Boat, six Off-Broadway shows, including James in A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages) and Saladin in Nathan the Wise (Pearl Theater Company), three other National Tours, a lot of Regional Theater (39 Companies, including two seasons with Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival), and some Film/TV. Next up, he can be seen playing Mr. Levi in Welcome to America (New Worlds Theatre Project).
*Appearing Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Equity Approved Showcase.
Equity Approved Showcase.
