Press Release: Small World Big Sky in association with NetSAP presents Boston Premier of Tom Stoppard’s Play "Indian Ink" - June 15th-July 1st, 2007

18th May, 2007, Boston MA: Small World Big Sky Productions in association with NetSAP-Boston will present the Boston premiere of Tom Stoppard’s full-length play Indian Ink, a beautifully written but largely unknown work. Directed and produced by Sarah Krohn and featuring a cast of 13, the production previews June 15, opens June 16, and runs through July 1st in the Plaza Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. The production is sponsored in part by the Boston chapter of NetIP (Network of Indian Professionals), NetSAP-Boston (The Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston). NetSAP-Boston will have a special showing of the play on Saturday, June 23^rd at 8:00pm for its members and patrons.

Following on the past successes with Bend it Like Auntie and Netsap Comedy Mela, NetSAP-Boston partners with Small World Big Sky, a Boston-based theatre company founded in 2005 by Sarah Krohn to bring this play to the South Asian community in Boston. Sarah Krohn’s directing credits include Hamlet for New Rep on Tour as well as Small World Big Sky’s productions of The Illusion and A Doll’s House.

Indian Ink is set in 1930 during India’s struggle for independence. The play chronicles the brief but transformative encounter between Flora Crewe, a rebellious English poet and Nirad Das, a charming Indian painter who Flora meets while traveling through Jummapur. Flora and Nirad develop an intimacy as Das paints Flora at work on her poems. Fifty years later, Flora’s younger sister Eleanor Swan, Nirad’s son, Anish, and Eldon Pike, an American professor writing about Flora attempt to piece together the truth about that brief encounter in 1930 through letters and artifacts. The orbiting characters and story lines begin to converge around a single question: did Flora and Nirad have an affair?

In typical fashion, Stoppard constructs a thought-provoking and highly entertaining drama that examines complicated questions of art, history, and identity.

Dates and Times: June 15th-July 1st: Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8:00 pm and Sun 3:00 pm

NetSAP-Boston Exclusive Show: 8:00pm, Saturday, June 23rd

Price :
$24 adults, $22 seniors, $15 students, NetSAP Members $20 (10% off)
Friday, June 15 preview is pay-what-you-can, minimum $5.
Saturday, June 23rd Exclusive NetSAP show: Members $15, Non-Members $20

More Information: www.netsapboston.org/events

Cast:
Flora Crewe Janelle Mills, Nirad Das Bharat Bhushan, Eleanor Swan Jean Sheikh, Anish Das Anurag Mishra, Eldon Pike Chuck Schwager, Dilip Sudarshan Belsare, David Durance Andrew Winson, Rajah Irfan Malik, Coomaraswami Avinash Padhye, Nell Meredith Stypinski, Eric Swan Neil Hayward, Nazrul Arun Ravindran, The Resident Anthony Dangerfield

Contact: Usha Govindarajulu, Associate Producer at theatrics@netsapboston.org

About Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is an urban cultural village, incubating and showcasing the performing and visual arts and artists of our time. Occupying a city block in Boston’s historic South End, the BCA provides a creative “home” for artists, a welcoming destination for audiences, and an arts connection for youth and community. For more information, visit www.bcaonline.org

About Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston
Founded in 1995, the Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston (NetSAP-Boston) is a professional, 501c(6) not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the professional, political, cultural and civic needs of the South Asian community in the Greater Boston area. We seek to unite South Asian professionals, nurture leadership, and build partnerships in the New England area through professional programs, networking events, and community service efforts. For more information visit www.netsapboston.org

Member Benefits, Social Networking Groups & New Alliances

While spring is setting in bringing warm and nice weather, the NetSAP team has been trying to come up with new ways to provide incentives to our members, creating groups on social networking sites to enable more interaction between members outside of NetSAP events and establishing partnerships with new organizations in order to bring a wide array of events to you.

So far the year has progressed well. Although we have received a lot of positive feedback from our members, there is much scope for improvement and we are always looking forward to new ideas and feedback from you. Meanwhile, as we continue to work, I wanted to take time to update you on what we have achieved on different fronts so far...

Member Benefits at NetSAP & Alliance partner events

Take advantage of heavy discounts at NetSAP events and events organized by our alliance partners.

Our new alliance partner MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston is organizing the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium on May 17th. Get an exclusive discount of approx 20% when you register for this event. If you cannot spend a day at this conference, attend the NetSAP seminar on Launching Successful Businesses the same night for a discounted fee of $5.


Our alliance partner TiE-Boston is organizing TiECON East, one of the largest entrepreneurial innovation conferences' from June 14th - June 15th. Register for this conference at a special discounted price (Discount code will be emailed to NetSAP members)

We have established a new partnership with the Peabody Essex Museum. Get a discount of 15% on the ticketed entrance price at the museum.

Every NetSAP member will also be getting a complimentary 2-year subscription to Indus Business Journal, a prominent fortnightly business newspaper that provides exclusive business, franchise and healthcare news and insights.

Check for more alliance partner events on our forum which provide special discounts to NetSAP Members. We are also working on issuing membership cards to new members as soon as possible. If you do not have your membership card please email us and we can send a verification note to the alliance partner organization whose event you want to attend.

Needless to say, members always get priority and discounts at NetSAP events. We are committed to making your NetSAP membership worthwhile, so, watch out for more incentives in future.

NetSAP-Boston Group on LinkedIn, Friendster & Orkut

Our group on LinkedIn was launched on May 4th and is exclusively for NetSAP members. Some of you may have already received an invite from us to join the group. If you have not received an invite yet, you will be getting one soon. Use this group to not only network with other NetSAP members but also to network with speakers, mentors and panelists from our events. Explore career opportunities and build relationships that will help you grow in your profession.

Our group on Friendster has been around for sometime. If you are on friendster, go to groups and search for "NetSAP-Boston". Look for the group with the image shown on the left and join our group.

Our group on Orkut was launched recently. So if you are on orkut, click on this link to access the NetSAP-Boston Orkut group. Use Friendster and Orkut to build your social network.

If you are not a member yet, I encourage you to sign up soon so that you can start taking advantage of all these incentives and more...