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Friday, January 30 to Sunday, February 22

BRAHMAN/I: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show
Time:
12:00 pm to 12:00 am
Presenter:
Aditi Brennan Kapil
Location:
Temple of Comedy, Quantum's pop-up club, 113 N. Pacific Avenue, one block off Penn Avenue in Garfield
Announced by:
Asian Studies Center on behalf of UPMC
Contact Phone:
412-362-1713

In this charming play set as a stand-up comedy routine, the title character explores history, mythology, gender... and high school. Brahman/i – funny, cynical, inventive and intensely charismatic – takes on more than a dozen unforgettable characters in a fascinating life story that reveals observations of the world from adolescence to adulthood, and takes the audience on a voyage to answer the universal question, “Where do I fit in?” Brahman/i is a compelling and hilarious 90-minutes examining identity, curiosity, courage, and the assigned roles in which we often find ourselves trapped.

Staged in the heart of the Penn Avenue Corridor, a community center will be turned into a cheerfully raucous comedy club, complete with Kingfishers on the cabaret-style tables and Indian food hot from People's Indian Restaurant nearby.

Student tickets: $17