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Creator
SATAM
Call number
*T-Mss 2010-010
Physical description
.2 linear feet (1 box)
Preferred Citation

SATAM collection, *T-Mss 2010-010. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.

Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Access to materials
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The collection contains scripts, programs, press materials, reviews, and one recording documenting theatrical productions and plays by South Asian theater artists in the United States, from 2002 to 2010.

Biographical/historical information

SATAM (South Asian Theater Arts Movement) began as an outgrowth of the first National Asian American Theater Conference held in Los Angeles in 2006. South Asian theater artists joined together to create a national presence in the United States for South Asian theater arts. The Silk Road Theatre Project (now Silk Road Rising) of Chicago hosted the first national South Asian American theater arts conference, Desi Drama, in 2007.

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains photocopies of scripts by South Asian theater artists, programs, press materials, and reviews for productions of the works from 2002 to 2010. Four of the scripts are by Anita Chandwaney: On-Track, produced by the Rasaka Theatre Company as part of Yoni Ki Baat (monologue festival inspired by Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, 2010), Helpline (produced by Rasaka Theatre Company as part of Yoni Ki Baat, 2009), Instant Recall (short play produced by Rasaka Theatre Company as part of Culture/Clash, 2009), and Gandhi Marg (award winning unproduced play and Chicago Dramatists staged reading material, 2004-2008). Also included are a script, color photo, program, reviews, and promotional mailers for Barriers by Rehana Mirza, 2002-2003, and a script, program and promotional mailer for Marrying Nandini by Nandita Shenoy, produced as part of the Green Light One-act Festival, July 2007.

There is also a recording of Yoni Ki Baat, 2009; the exact nature of the recording is unclear.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Donated by Anita Chandwaney, 2009-2010 and Nandita Shenoy, [2007]

Processing information

Compiled by cdee, 2015

Using the collection

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor

Conditions Governing Use

The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.