A three-day festival of staged readings, lectures, and conference papers examining theater and performance in the South Asian diaspora:

Thursday, May 12, 2011, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 'Pakistani Muslim Theatre at Home and Abroad: A Critical Manifesto for a

Feminist Homecoming,' Dr. Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University

7 p.m., a staged reading of Jihad Against Violence, written by Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Bina Sharif, Ahmad Naumann, and Annie Lanzillotto

Friday, May 13, 2011, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh

5:00 - 6 p.m., 'South Asia, Diaspora, and History: Merchant on Venice and Post-Colonial

Secularism,' Dr. Neilesh Bose, University of North Texas

8 p.m., a staged reading of Merchant on Venice, written by Shishir Kurup

10:30 p.m., reception and talkback.

Saturday, May 14, 2011, Wesley Posvar Hall, 4130, University of Pittsburgh

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Re-Orienting Asia: Southern Asian Performance Across Frontiers

An interdisciplinary conference exploring performance in South Asia and its diasporas