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Indo-Canadian Voice: Rohit Chokhani launches “Project SAT” (South Asian Theatre)
By Rattan Mall - June 27, 2017
PRODUCER, director and recipient of the 2017 Jessie Award for Significant Artistic Achievement (Large Theatre), Rohit Chokhani, on Tuesday announced the launch of Project SAT (South Asian Theatre) – an initiative aimed at creating a network for developing, touring, producing, and presenting national and international South Asian theatre projects in Canada.
“With Project SAT, I want to help train and educate the next generation of South Asian artists,” says Chokhani. “It’s important to me to be able to create opportunities and establish a new mainstream for them. This is unlike anything being offered anywhere else in B.C. and Canada.”
Project SAT kicks off in July at the new Jim Green House Studio with free workshops, which will focus on grant writing and how to pitch project ideas to presenters and producers. The Grant Writing workshop is scheduled for July 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the Pitch Presentation workshops are scheduled for July 22, 25, 26, and August 1 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Westender : Claiming Space
By Sabrina Furminger- August , 2017
How do you claim space in a sector that has been dominated and defined by white European settler culture for decades?It’s a pressing question when you’re an artist of colour, determined to break through into a mainstream theatre world that doesn’t seem to have space for you, and it’s a question that has risen in volume and frequency in the Vancouver theatre scene over the last several years.
“This doesn’t mean seeing more South Asian stories done in a Eurocentric way.”
–Rohit Chokhani
Ricepaper: Rohit Chokhani is a go-getter
By Taslim Jaffer - 8 September , 2017
Charting his own path as a theatre director and producer, he strives to make space for South Asian artists through his initiative, Project SAT (South Asian Theatre), where they can receive support and mentorship in the theatre arts.
With the premiere of Anosh Irani’s Bombay Black at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, we spoke to the 2017 Jessie Award-winning director about his experiences in Mumbai and Canada, his transition from computer science in theatre, and being the first Mumbai born director of Indian descent to direct Bombay Black.
Darpan: Rohit Chokhani announces 2018 programming for Project SAT
By Darpan News Desk - 18 July , 2018
Award-winning producer, director, and recipient of the Vancouver NOW Representation and Inclusion Award at the 2018 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for encouraging the inclusion of diverse voices in theatre and dance, and continuing to create works of theatre that communicate South Asian perspectives to a wider audience, Rohit Chokhani is pleased to
announce the 2018 programming for Project SAT (South Asian Theatre).
An initiative aimed at creating a network for developing, touring, producing, and presenting national and international South Asian theatre projects in Canada, and supporting the next generation of South Asian artists, Project SAT will continue to represent the unrepresented through a series of workshops. These workshops, which focus on producing, playwriting,
dramaturgy and Natyashastra, will take a unique, culturally specific approach to training and will be tailored to those in the South Asian community who experience marginalization. Translators for Punjabi, Hindi, and ASL participants will be available upon request.
Drishti: An initiative aimed at creating a network for developing, touring, producing, and presenting national and international South Asian theatre projects in Canada
- 20 July , 2018
Award-winning producer, director, and recipient of the Vancouver NOW Representation and Inclusion Award at the 2018 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for encouraging the inclusion of diverse voices in theatre and dance, and continuing to create works of theatre that communicate South Asian perspectives to a wider audience, Rohit Chokhani is pleased to announce the 2018 programming for Project SAT (South Asian Theatre).
An initiative aimed at creating a network for developing, touring, producing, and presenting national and international South Asian theatre projects in Canada, and supporting the next generation of South Asian artists, Project SAT will continue to represent the unrepresented through a series of workshops.
To download complete Press Kit for Project SAT please click here: Project SAT Press Kit
To download complete Press Kit for Rohit Chokhani please click here: Rohit Chokhani Press Kit