167 Tongues
by Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin Eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Suzanne Sheptock, and Stefanie Zadravec. Conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith.
An Irish ghost befriends a troubled Latina girl, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish-Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room.
by Jenny Lyn Bader, Meny Beriro, Alvin Eng, Steven Fechter, Jennifer Gibbs, Les Hunter, Anna Kushner, Rehana Mirza, Suzanne Sheptock, and Stefanie Zadravec. Conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith.
An Irish ghost befriends a troubled Latina girl, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish-Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room.
"The Jackson Heights Trilogy is an epic song of America’s most diverse neighborhood." --Theatermania.com
"Truly wonderful"--Queens Buzz
"Revolving around themes as disparate as first crushes and dosa-making, to darker realities like racism and
deportation, 167 Tongues is an authentic reflection of the everyday Jackson Heights community told through
intersecting stories." --The Q Note
