Muslim American Artists Strive to Bridge a Chasm

December 16, 2010

Author: Thalia Gigerenza

Source: The New York Times/The Bay Citizen

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/us/17bcarts.html?_r=1&ref=religionandbelief

When Wajahat Ali, a young Muslim American playwright from Fremont, needed to build an audience for his work, he produced his plays in cramped Pakistani restaurants in the East Bay and used Facebook to get the word out.

 

His play “The Domestic Crusaders” went on to open at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in 2005, and then moved to Off Broadway.