Silk Road Has Its THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE Cast and Design Team

Silk Road Has Its THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE Cast and Design Team

Silk Road Rising has announced the cast and production team for the world premiere of THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE by Novid Parsi. 

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Silk Road Announces THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE Cast and Crew

Silk Road Announces THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINE Cast and Crew

Silk Road Rising has announced the cast and production team for the world premiere of THROUGH THE ELEVATED LINES by Novid Parsi. 

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Review: WILD BOAR at Silk Road Rising

Review: WILD BOAR at Silk Road Rising

In the current political climate, journalistic integrity comes under fire quite often.

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Silk Road Has Its WILD BOAR Cast and Creative Team

Silk Road Has Its WILD BOAR Cast and Creative Team

Silk Road Rising has announced the cast and creative team for the U.S. premiere of WILD BOAR

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Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Playwright Tanika Gupta finds the right formula to adapt Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel through an Indian perspective.

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SEMITIC COMMONWEALTH Lineup Announced at Silk Road Rising

SEMITIC COMMONWEALTH Lineup Announced at Silk Road Rising

Photo: The main entrance to the Historic Chicago Temple Building, and to Silk Road Rising. Silk Road Rising will present “Semitic Commonwealth,” a staged reading series comprised of six plays by Arab and Jewish playwrights” exploring the human toll of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” February 10th – 26th. “Where politicians and...

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Silk Road Rising Announces 16/17 Season

Silk Road Rising Announces 16/17 Season

Silk Road Rising has announced its 2016/17 season, featuring a premiere by the well-known Chicago stand-up comedian Azhar Usman, a holiday solo musical, a staged reading series tapping into Israeli-Palestinian relations, and a Dickens adaptation in collaboration with Remy Bumppo.

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Silk Road’s Gillani on being Gay and Muslim in the Daily News

Silk Road’s Gillani on being Gay and Muslim in the Daily News

Malik Gillani and his husband Jamil Khoury. In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, Silk Road Rising’s Executive Director, Malik Gillani, was asked to put down his thoughts and personal reactions in an article in the New York Daily News. Gillani reached out to PerformInk in hopes of sharing his...

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MOSQUE ALERT Extends at Silk Road Rising

MOSQUE ALERT Extends at Silk Road Rising

(left to right) Rom Barkhodar and Mark Ulrich in Silk Road Rising’s MOSQUE ALERT. Photo: Airan Wright Silk Road has announced their world premiere of Jamil Khoury’s MOSQUE ALERT will extend through My 15th, 2016 adding 2 weeks of performances. Our Tonika Todorova says MOSQUE ALERT is “undeniably pertinent”. Read her...

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MOSQUE ALERT is Undeniably Pertinent

MOSQUE ALERT is Undeniably Pertinent

The production’s timing is undeniably pertinent and if the execution can gain some unapologetic confidence in its message, it can hopefully start opening some closed minds.

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