VICHITRA: In Order to Become at Joe's Pub at The Public

Presented by The Bushwick Starr in collaboration with Joe's Pub & The India Center Foundation. Directed by ​Shayok Misha Chowdhury.
Premieres DECEMBER 10 at 7pm ET via ​thebushwickstarr.org​ through DECEMBER 11.

Live talk-backs with the creative team immediately to follow.
FREE​ but guests must register for the showings and talk-backs at ​thebushwickstarr.org.

In Order to Become ​is a queer, multidisciplinary exploration of Carnatic classical music bringing together an impressive ensemble of collaborators from theater, music, visual art, and radio: ​Jeremy S. Bloom (Emmy nominated sound designer for Netflix's "FYRE" and WNYC podcasts ​RadioLab and ​Nancy​)​, ​Roopa Mahadevan (member of the ​Joe's Pub Working Group​, core performer in ​Brooklyn Raga Massive​, and soloist on the Grammy-winning album Calling All Dawns)​, ​Emily Oliveira ​(​The Electrolysis Farewell Tour at Ars Nova, and 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Craft/Sculpture), ​Kameron Neal (video artist and designer whose work has been featured in ​music videos for Billy Porter and Rufus Wainwright), ​Shiv Subramaniam ​(composer and vocalist in Navatman Music Collective and scholar of Sanskrit literature at Columbia University), ​Rajna Swaminathan ​(mrudangam artist and founder of the critically acclaimed ensemble RAJAS), and ​Sruti Sarathy (​Carnatic violinist/vocalist and Fulbright Scholar).