By Christine Stoddard | cstoddard@queensledger.com
The following ran in the Feb. 8, 2024 print edition of the newspaper:
Abrar Haque (Choton) and Tashnuva Anan (Shou). Photo by Hollis King for TFANA.
A slow burn, Public Obscenities is a touching story about a Queer Studies PhD candidate who returns to his family home in Kolkata with his African-American boyfriend, a director of photography. Over the course of this 2-hour-and-40-minute play, the couple leans into many layers of pleasure and affect, discussing identity and exploring both the troubles and beauties of translation. This bilingual play, written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, is performed in English and Bangla. The run, which began on Jan. 17, continues through Feb. 18.
Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) is the producer and presenter of this show. The venue is the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, which TFANA calls home, and is located at 262 Ashland Pl. in Fort Greene.
Remaining Show Dates:
Feb. 8, 7:30pm
Feb. 9, 7:30pm
Feb. 10, 2 & 7:30pm
Feb. 11, 2 & 7:30pm
Feb. 13, 7:30pm
Feb. 14, 7:30pm
Feb. 15, 7:30pm
Feb. 16, 7:30pm
Feb. 17, 2 & 7:30pm
Feb. 18, 2 & 7:30pm
