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Update #1: FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE - getting ready for take off!
First, THANK YOU to the 36 Backers who have made this show possible with their generous pledges. I hope you will all come and see the show if you are able and tell your friends about it if you are not, but either way look forward to receiving the Rewards listed on this site!
For everyone else, we still have 6 MORE DAYS TO GO! Although we've met our initial goal, you can still support BROWNSTAR in "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE" and receive great rewards and your pledges will still go to the same costs of the show!
As for the show itself, we had a great run through with Chuck Kim, our composer/bass guitarist, last night. We were told by a past FringeNYC participant (who happened to win best playwright 2 years ago) that this show is like nothing the Fringe has seen before and she loved it. We are really looking forward to a great run - our first show is ONE WEEK from today! Our creative/production team is all in NYC now, working hard to make sure that the show is the best it can be. Still, it could not happen without your support, and so THANK YOU.
Keep checking in for more updates!
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 19, 2010.
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WHITE DWARF ~ Pledge $25 or more and get a postcard signed by the cast and your name on BROWNSTAR's website!
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YELLOW SUN ~ Pledge $50 or more and get the above rewards plus a BROWNSTAR chapbook (containing poetry and photography from the artists) and get listed in the show's program!
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RED GIANT ~ Pledge $75 or more and get the above rewards plus receive an official BROWNSTAR t-shirt (American Apparel!) and a signed "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE" program!
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BLACK STAR ~ Pledge $100 or more and get the above rewards plus a hand-bound, special edition copy of the "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE" script, signed by the authors, Pushkar Sharma & Sathya Sridharan!
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BROWN STAR ~ Pledge $250 or more and get the above rewards plus receive 2 complimentary VIP tickets and a DVD of "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE"!
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Described by spoken-word pioneer and founder of the Boston Progress Arts Collective, Giles Li, as "carrying on the legacy of the great storytellers across generations” BROWNSTAR is a spoken-word duo based at the origin of the American revolution: in Boston, Massachusetts.
A rising star in the Asian-American artistic community, BROWNSTAR merges high-energy comedy, personal memoir, and science fiction to ignite a discourse about the South Asian American community and give a generation its voice and song.
BROWNSTAR bursts forth from the pens of poet-performers Pushkar "NORTH STAR" Sharma and Sathya "SOUTH STAR" Sridharan, who joined together in 2007. The duo has performed at universities and poetry venues across the US, and will be premiering their stage show "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF WHITE" at the New York City International Fringe Theatre Festival in August 2010. BROWNSTAR produced UNIFICATION 2009 a joint celebration of the Indian and Pakistani Independence Days in Manhattan in August 2009 and will reprise the show in New York in 2010; they have shared the stage with the likes of Def Poets Kelly Tsai, Reggie Cabico, and Taylor Mali, emcees Magnetic North, Taiyo Na, and iLL-Literacy, and comedians Hari Kondabolu and Aparna Nancherla.
