For my independent project, I will be interning at Adventure Pictures, the production company of film director Sally Potter. It is hard to say what exactly my tasks will be as of now, but I am confident that the experience will be worthwhile. The person whom I interviewed with was very positive and welcoming, and it […]
Invisible Thread: An Off-Broadway Production Connecting New York and Uganda
Opening December 2nd at the 2nd Stage Theatre, Invisible Thread is a production based on the experiences of co-author and lead actor Griffin Matthews and his real-life partner and music director, Matt Gould. A production CBS describes as “An awesomely powerful musical that will thrill you to the bones”, unfortunately fails to live up to […]
Bulletproof Stories: The Search for Life and Freedom in Eclipsed
Danai Gurira raises the voices of thousands of African women in the production of Eclipsed, an immersing drama that reflects the different social realities of Liberian women during times of warfare, and demonstrates how resilience and strength of character play a key role in survival. Directed by Liesl Tommy and performed at the Public Theater, […]
School of Rock: Minor, Flat
In 2003, when the Richard Linklater film School of Rock came out, I was 9 years old. I was in the third grade and had not yet discovered music. All I really knew was what my then 49 year-old ex-hippie parents listened to: The Beatles, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and not much else; the […]
All is fair in love and war. But in India that expression should also include an extra clause: All is fair in love and war and driving. Seriously though, it is unbelievable how drivers maneuver through traffic here. It would appear that the one rule of driving is that there are no rules. In fact, […]