Photo Flash: A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLONIZATION Opens Tonight

Playwright Kal Mansoor's new solo-show, A Brief History of Colonization, will play at Emerging Artists Theatre's New Work Series tonight, Friday, March 16 at 7:00 pm at TADA Theatre.

A Brief History of Colonization recently had a successful workshop performance at Dixon Place. Mansoor, whose credits include Nickelodeon's iCarly, the Warner Bros animated feature Happy Feet 2, and last year's hit play, Haram! Iran!, also performs the show. Janice Yang (Producer of Ephrat Asherie's A Single Ride/ Dixon Place) serves as a co-producer with Mansoor.

A Brief History of Colonization is a one-man comedy show taking you on an abbreviated journey through India's colonial history. Starting with the Portuguese Empire in 1498, we'll meet the first European explorer to reach India, Vasco De Gama, who will be played by Matthew McConaughey. Onward we go through the 17th and 18th centuries where we see a glimpse of the Danish Empire, led by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, and ending with the British Raj in 1947 with a cameo appearance by Kevin Spacey (because he needs the work). The show will leave you educated and horrified all at once.

The performance takes place at TADA Theatre, 15 West 28th Street (between Broadway and 5th Avenue). Subways: N/R/6 to 28th street, F/M to 23rd street. Tickets are $15 and are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3336446 - Running time: 60 minutes.

Kal Mansoor (Writer/Performer) is a classically trained British-Indian actor, writer and producer who started his career playing terrorists on television in England for the BBC and then graduated to playing cab drivers in Hollywood. Born and raised in a small town in the south-east of England, Mansoor studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Actor's Centre in London. He received a degree in French language and European Politics at Royal Holloway University. Mansoor has been working in television and theatre for the past decade in London, Los Angeles, and New York. Favorite credits include Nickelodeon's iCarly (with Jack Black), the Warner Bros animated feature Happy Feet 2, Ultimate Force for ITV, William & Kate (Lifetime), and most recently, the off- Broadway production of Haram! Iran! He also writes, produces, directs and stars in the web-series Spiritual Guidance with Steve Gandhi, which can be seen on Funny Or Die

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Emerging Artists Theatre's New Work Series is a three-week series that provides artists of different disciplines the opportunity to present one night of their work with audience feedback. Successful FringeNYC, NYMF, Edinburgh Fringe, and Off-Broadway shows have been born out of this series. www.newworkseries.com