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Gingold Theatrical Group to Present SPEAKERS' CORNER New Play Development Workshops

Featuring: Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte, Vigil-Aunties, There Goes The Neighborhood, and Howl From Up High.

by Chloe Rabinowitz May. 18, 2022

Gingold Theatrical Group, now in its 17th Season, is continuing its new play development with the Plays-In-Progress AEA-approved Showcases of this year's SPEAKER'S CORNER Writers Group. This season, writers Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Divya Mangwani, Marcus Scott and Mallory Jane Weiss are developing works in response to prompts from the revolutionary activist humanitarian writings and precepts of George Bernard Shaw. These Actors Equity Association approved 29-hour workshops culminate with a presentation as an opportunity for each playwright to assess where they are with their work and to determine the next steps to be taken. These invitation-only presentations will take place at ART-NY Studios (520 8th Avenue). Space for each final presentation is extremely limited and reservations must be made, so to request the opportunity to attend any of these events please email [email protected] This year's showcases will be:

Howl From Up High

by Mallory Jane Weiss, Directed by Lily Riopelle Thursday May 19th at 6pm Purva Bedi, Tori Ernst, Jacqueline Guillen, Sarah Rose Kearns, Adam Langdon, Collin McConnell; Assistant Director, Margaret Lee

Vigil-Aunties

by Divya Mangwani, Directed by Arpita Mukherjee Friday May 20th at 7pm Anya Banerji, Aadya Bedi, Sayali Niranjan Bramhe, Rahoul Roy, Mahima Saigal, Salma Shaw, and Rita Wolf; Assistant Director, Sara Vishnev

There Goes The Neighborhood

by Marcus Scott, Directed by Dev Bondarin Friday June 3rd at 7pm Phillip Burke, Shavanna Calder, Anthony Goss, Ashley Jossell, Olivia Kinter, Monique Robinson, David Rowen, Cliff Sellers; Stage Manager Elliot J. Cohen.

Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte

by Aeneas Hemphill, Directed by Arpita Mukherjee, Monday June 6th at 2pm Shawn, Jain, Sean Devare, Salma Shaw, Khyati Sehgal, Mahima Saigal; Stage Manager Elliot J. Cohen

"Among the many programs we've developed over the last 17 years, developing new plays with the intent to produce and publish, has always been the most ambitious dream of all of us at Gingold. While we continue to produce our annual full off-Broadway productions of plays by George Bernard Shaw, we plan to add at least one new play to our schedule to share with our devoted patrons," said David Staller. Named after the corner of London's Hyde Park where George Bernard Shaw and other political speakers have delivered speeches since 1855, GTG's SPEAKERS' CORNER brings together six to ten writers each year who will spend the year exploring a specific Shaw play and writing individual new plays in response to that text and Shaw's forward thinking humanitarian ideals. Speakers' Corner members meet bi-monthly, and GTG will host showings of the works that Speakers' Corner develops at the end of the season. The group's members were identified through an open application process under the guidance of Becker, GTG Artistic Director David Staller, and this season's Speakers' Corner Readers and Advisory Committee: Ilana Becker, Stephen Brown-Fried, Ralph B. Peña, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sharon Washington, along with Speakers' Corne alumni Hank Kim, and Lorenzo Roberts.

WRITERS:

Aeneas Sagar Hemphill (he/him) is an Indian-American playwright and screenwriter based in NYC and DC. Weaving through many genres, his work builds new worlds to illuminate our own, investigating the ghosts that haunt our lives and communities with passion, pathos, and humor. He was a 2019 Resident Artist with Monson Arts Center and 2017-2018 Playlab fellow at Pipeline Theatre, as well as semi-finalist for the 2019 Princess Grace Award, semi-finalist for the 2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program, and finalist for the 2017 Many Voices Fellowship. His plays include: Black Hollow (Argo Collective, Dreamscape Theatre), The Troll King (Pipeline), Childhood Songs (Monson Arts), The Republic of Janet & Arthur (Amios), The Red Balloon (Noor Theatre), A Stitch Here or There (DarkHorse Dramatists, Slingshot Theatre), A Horse and a Housecat (Slingshot Theatre). MFA Playwriting, Columbia University. Divya Mangwani is a writer and theatre artist from Pune, India, based in New York. She examines the absurdities of the social, political and mythical. Her work focuses on global identity and belonging. Divya was the founder and Artistic Director of Moonbeam Factory Theatre, where she wrote, directed, and produced plays in India, Singapore and Glasgow. In New York, she has developed work with UNICEF, Soho Rep, New York Theatre Workshop, Gingold Theatrical Group, Rattlestick Theatre, Mabou Mines, Hypokrit Theatre, The Flea, Project Y, Pipeline Theatre, Rising Sun, and Governors Island. Divya is a recent fellow of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and the Gingold Theatrical Group Speakers Corner and was a NYTW 2050 Artistic Fellow, Hypokrit Theatre Tamasha playwright, Project Y Writers Group and Playlab fellow at Pipeline Theatre. Divya has also worked as a journalist and editor at The Times of India, ESPN, Crisis Response Journal, and Daily News & Analysis. Marcus Scott is a dramatist & journalist. Selected work includes Tumbleweed (finalist for the 2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival; semifinalist for the 2022 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference, the 2022 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & the 2017 New Dramatists Princess Grace Fellowship Award), Sibling Rivalries (finalist for the 2021 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference; semi-finalist for the 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & the 2021 New Dramatists Princess Grace Fellowship Award) and Cherry Bomb (recipient of the 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence). He was commissioned by Heartbeat Opera to adapt Beethoven's Fidelio (Librettist/Co-writer; The Met Museum; NY Times Critic's Pick). Recently developed at Gingold Theatrical Group (Speaker's Corner), Zoetic Stage (Finstrom Festival Of New Work), Queens Theatre (New American Voices series) and The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction 3 Playwrights Group and Cohort 2 of the Southern Black Playwrights Lab at the Mojoaa Performing Arts Company. Scott is a 2021 NYSAF Founders' Award finalist and a 2021 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award semi-finalist. His articles appeared in Architectural Digest, Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine, Playbill, Elle, Out, Essence, The Brooklyn Rail, among others. MFA: GMTWP, NYU Tisch. Mallory Jane Weiss's plays include Big Black Sunhats (The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference 2022; Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission finalist 2020), Lights Out and Away We Go (Clubbed Thumb reading June 2022), The Page Turners (The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference finalist 2021), Pony Up (Princess Grace Finalist 2019; SPACE on Ryder Farm semi-finalist 2020), Howl From Up High (in development with Gingold Theatrical Group), Evermore Unrest (Red Bull Short New Play Festival 2020), Dave and Julia are stuck in a tree (Playing on Air's James Stevenson Prize 2020), and Losing You, Which Is Enough (workshop readings at The Lark and Cherry Lane Theatre). She is a member of Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers' Group (2021-2022), The COOP's Clusterf**k vol. 2 (2021), Gingold Theatrical Group's Speakers Corner, and Fresh Ground Pepper's BRB Retreat (2019). Mallory earned her B.A. from Harvard University and her M.F.A. in playwriting from The New School. She also works as a Senior Writer for Ethena, where she creates harassment-prevention training in the form of short-form articles, graphic novels, audio plays, and more. In addition to Speakers' Corner, GTG's on-going play development also includes PRESS CUTTINGS, which, in recognition of Shaw's career as a theatre critic, supports the development of new plays written by theatre journalists. Press Cuttings has commissioned new plays by Jeremy McCarter, Robert Simonson, and David Cote, and, in June of 2017, presented an AEA workshop of David Cote's Otherland directed by May Adrales. This fall, GTG returned to live, in person performance with the acclaimed revival of Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession starring Robert Cuccioli, David Lee Huynh, Alvin Keith, Nicole King, Raphael Nash Thompson, and Tony® Award winner Karen Ziemba as Mrs. Warren, which recently completed its acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement at Theatre Row, directed by David Staller. Terry Teachout, reviewing Mrs. Warren's Profession in The Wall Street Journal, declared "Mr. Staller, who knows everything there is to know about Shaw, has not only staged the play but edited the text with his accustomed skill. All the more reason, then, to praise David Staller, the artistic director of Project Shaw, a long-running series of semi-staged concert readings of the playwright's 60-odd shows. In addition to Project Shaw, Mr. Staller's Gingold Theatrical Group presented fully staged small-scale off-Broadway versions of Heartbreak House in 2018 and Caesar and Cleopatra in 2019, and now they're doing Mrs. Warren's Profession. The production is completely satisfying... Sprinkled with tart, school-of-Wilde epigrams ('There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses') and overflowing with glittering talk, it's a foolproof vehicle for six accomplished actors and a director who, like Mr. Staller, knows better than to let the play become a static chat-fest. Instead, he keeps the actors moving and the pace brisk, and the results are immensely pleasurable." GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP creates theater that supports human rights, freedom of speech, and individual liberty using the work of George Bernard Shaw as our guide. All of GTG's programs are inspired by Shaw's humanitarian values. Through full productions, staged readings, new play development, and inner-city educational programs, GTG brings Shavian precepts to audiences and artists across New York, encouraging individuals to breathe Shaw's humanist ideals into their contributions for the future. Shaw created plays to inspire peaceful discussion and activism and that is what GTG aims to accomplish. GTG's past productions include Man and Superman (2012), You Never Can Tell (2013), Major Barbara (2014), Widowers' Houses (2016), Heartbreak House (2018), and Caesar & Cleopatra (2019). Founded in 2006 by David Staller, GTG has carved a permanent niche for the work of George Bernard Shaw within the social and cultural life of New York City, and, through the Project Shaw reading series, made history in 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). GTG brings together performers, critics, students, academics and the general public with the opportunity to explore and perform theatrical work inspired by the humanitarian and activist values that Shaw championed. All comedies, these plays boldly exhibit the insight, wit, passion and all-encompassing socio-political focus that distinguished Shaw as one of the most inventive and incisive writers of all time. Through performances, symposiums, new play development, and outreach, as well as through our discussion groups and partnerships with schools including SUNY Stony Brook, Regis, the De La Salle Academy, and The Broome Street Academy, GTG has helped spark a renewed interest in Shaw across the country, and a bold interest in theater as activism. Young people are particularly inspired by Shaw's invocation to challenge the strictures society imposes, to embrace the power of the individual, to make bold personal choices and to take responsibility for these choices. GTG's new play development lab, Speakers' Corner, created to support playwrights inspired by Shaw's ideals, is now in its second cycle. Through monthly prompts and feedback, writers develop work inspired by or in response to a specific Shaw text. Plays developed through Speakers' Corner will be nurtured in workshops and readings with the expectation that GTG will publish or produce them. GTG encourages all people to rejoice in the possibilities of the future. All of GTG's programming is designed to inspire lively discussion and peaceful activism with issues related to human rights, the freedom of speech, and individual liberty. This was the purpose behind all of Shaw's work and why GTG chose him as the guide toward helping create a more tolerant and inclusive world through the exploration of the Arts. For more information about the Workshops or any of Gingold Theatrical Group's projects, please call 212-355-7823, email [email protected], or visit online at www.gingoldgroup.org.

#Gingold Theatrical Group #GTG #Speakers' Corner #Mallory Jane Weiss #Divya Mangwani #Aeneas Hemphill #Arpita Mukherjee #Lily Riopelle #Dev Bondarin #Marcus Scott #MarcusScott #WriteMarcus #Write Marcus

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bestdieticianindia · 1 year

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Meet the Top 10 Nutritionists and Dieticians in India

Introduction

The world of nutritionists and dieticians is often misunderstood. While it’s easy to assume that a nutritionist or dietician can only help with weight loss, the truth is that these professionals are trained to help treat all kinds of maladies, including diabetes and high blood pressure. If you’re looking for medical professionals who specialize in weight loss but also have an understanding of general health issues such as heart disease, then you should consider visiting a nutritionist or dietician. Whether you’re traveling abroad or simply want to improve your health by following proven diets like paleo or keto, consider our list of top 10 nutritionists and dieticians in India below:

Dr. Arpita Bhattacharya, Bangalore

Dr. Arpita Bhattacharya is a registered dietician and nutritionist in Bangalore. She holds a degree in Nutrition with a specialization in Dietetics and is also a member of the Indian Dietetic Association (IDA). Her experience includes working at various hospitals and clinics including:

Fortis Hospital — Vasant Kunj, Delhi

Max Healthcare Ltd., Delhi

She has been awarded the “Best Young Dietitian Award” by IDA for her contribution towards developing professional skills among young dietitians through workshops/ seminars etc., which was presented by Dr. Anil Kaul (former President IDA).

Dr. Priti Sonter, Mumbai

Dr. Priti Sonter is a renowned nutritionist and dietician based in Mumbai. She has a special interest in weight management, general nutrition, and diabetes. She has helped many people with their weight loss goals by providing them with the right advice on what to eat and how much to eat.

Dr. Sonter also specializes in heart disease management which includes cholesterol-lowering diets as well as controlling blood pressure through proper diet plans that include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, tuna, etc.,

Dr. Mini Menon, Dehli

Dr. Mini Menon is a nutritionist and dietician based in Delhi, India. She has been working in the field of nutrition for over 20 years, and she has a Ph.D. in food science and nutrition from the University of Wales (UK). She is certified by the Dieticians Association of India (DAI), which means that she follows high ethical standards when it comes to her work as a professional dietician.

Dr. Menon specializes in providing weight loss solutions, managing diabetes through diet changes, improving heart health through healthy eating habits, and helping patients with gastrointestinal problems such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Dr. Devangshu Dutta, Kolkata

Dr. Devangshu Dutta is an Indian nutritionist, dietician, and journalist. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Health and Lifestyle.

Dr. Devangshu Dutta started his career in journalism as a reporter with The Telegraph in Kolkata and later became its chief correspondent at New Delhi’s Parliament House where he covered national politics for more than 20 years. He has also worked with other newspapers such as Hindustan Times, Deccan Chronicle, etc., covering public policy issues like health care sector reforms or education reforms, etc., apart from writing about various other topics such as environmental protection laws, etc.,

Dr. Ranjitha Menon, Chennai

If you’re looking for a nutritionist in Chennai, Dr. Ranjitha Menon is one of the best around. She has over 20 years of experience and is well-known for her work with clients all over India and abroad. Dr. Menon can help you with any health issues that may arise while traveling around the world, including digestive problems or even food poisoning from unfamiliar foods or water sources.

Dr. Menon also offers diet consultations if you need help finding ways to lose weight or manage diabetes through healthy eating habits that work for your body type (like Paleo diets).

Dr. Suman Chhabra, Gurgaon

Dr. Suman Chhabra has been practicing as a nutritionist for over 18 years. She is an expert in weight loss and weight management, as well as diabetes and heart disease. In addition, Dr. Chabbra is also an expert on food allergies. She believes that the right diet can help you lead a healthier life by keeping your body strong and healthy while also helping you lose weight if that’s what you are looking to do.

Rupali Chopra — Nutritionist & Dietician Mumbai

Rupali Chopra is a nutritionist and dietician based in Mumbai. She has a Master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from Mumbai University and has worked as a dietician for over 10 years.

She specializes in weight loss, diabetes management, sports nutrition, and more.

Ryan Fernando — Best Dietician in Delhi/NCR

Ryan Fernando is a well-known and best dietician in Delhi and NCR. He has worked with several international sports teams and elite athletes, including the Indian cricket team. Ryan is the founder of QUA Nutrition, a chain of nutrition clinics that offers personalized nutrition plans, supplements, and lifestyle recommendations.

Ryan believes that nutrition is not just about counting calories or macros, but it’s also about understanding the role of food in our lives and making informed choices about what we eat. He emphasizes the importance of a balanced diet that includes whole foods, lean proteins, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates. Apart from being one of the best dieticians in Delhi/NCR, Ryan is also famous as the best dietician in Mumbai and the best nutritionist in Goa for his expertise in nutrition and dietetics. He is the founder of Eat Right Nutrition, a chain of nutrition clinics that has been providing health and wellness solutions to its clients since 2010.

Ryan’s approach to nutrition is based on the latest scientific research and his extensive experience working with athletes and celebrities. He believes that nutrition should be personalized and that each individual’s nutritional needs and goals are unique.

At QUA Nutrition, Ryan and his team of experts offer a range of services, including nutritional assessments, body composition analysis, personalized nutrition plans, and supplements. They also provide support and guidance to help their clients achieve their health and fitness goals.

Ryan has also authored several books on health and nutrition, including “The Great Indian Diet” and “Eat Smart, Move More, Sleep Right.” He is a sought-after speaker and has given talks on nutrition and wellness at various forums.

In conclusion, Ryan Fernando is the best dietician in Delhi/NCR, with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of nutrition. His personalized approach to nutrition and his focus on whole foods and balanced meals have helped thousands of people achieve their health and fitness goals.

If you’re looking for a consultation with Ryan or with his team in your city here are the addresses mentioned of his office locations across India:

Delhi: SK 27 Gym, Block E, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110057

Mumbai: Plot №325 CTS E/449, Shree Amba Sadan, 402 & 403, Linking Rd, above DBS BANK, next to Axis Bank, Khar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400052

Goa: CASA FERNANDO, near Harley Davidson Showroom, Caranzalem, Panaji, Goa 403002

Bangalore: 1312, INDIRANAGAR DOUBLE RD, ABOVE PUNJAB & SIND BANK, STAGE 3, INDIRANAGAR, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA 560038

Chennai: 3rd Floor, WOCO Spaces, No 74, 5th Ave, V Block, Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600040

Hyderabad: Level 1, Regus Midtown Building, Rd Number 1, Opp. Jalgam Vengal Rao Park, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034

Kolkata: 2ND FLOOR, 49A, PURNA DAS ROAD, HINDUSTAN PARK, GARIAHAT, KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL 700029

The list of nutritionists and dieticians in India is good to know when you are looking for a doctor to help with your weight loss goals or any other health issues that may arise during your journey around the world

The first name on our list of top 10 nutritionists and dieticians in India is Dr. Ashwini Bhatia, who works at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore. She has been practicing as a medical doctor since 2005 and holds degrees from Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal University; King Edward Memorial Hospital School of Medicine (KEMH), Pune University; National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru University; KEMH School of Nursing & Allied Sciences at KEMH Hospital Campus near Cauvery Junction Road; NIMHANS College Of Nursing And Allied Sciences at KEMH Hospital Campus near Cauvery Junction Road; Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies In Clinical Psychology & Counselling, etc., which makes her one of the most qualified professionals on our list!

Conclusion

I hope this list of top 10 nutritionists and dieticians in India will help you find the right person to work with when it comes time for you to make a change in your life. The best way to start is by contacting one of these professionals today!

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magzoso-tech · 4 years

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New Post has been published on https://magzoso.com/tech/a-tiktok-craze-is-minting-celebrities-and-ruining-lives-in-india/

A TikTok Craze Is Minting Celebrities and Ruining Lives in India

Arpita Chaudhary, a newly recruited police constable in Gujarat, became an overnight celebrity after posting a clip of her 15-second gambol — clad in her civvies — on the smash-hit social video app, TikTok. Then she paid the price. A snippet of her gyrating to a Bollywood song against the backdrop of a prison cell went viral and, days later, Chaudhary was suspended from her job. She had danced inside the police station while on duty.

The short video app wildly popular with lip-syncing teenagers around the world has taken India by storm. Police officers, city workers and physicians looking to escape the humdrum of their work lives are finding its lure irresistible. They are regaling their countrymen with at-times cringe-worthy videos, shot inside police stations, public offices and government hospitals.

In a recent TikTok video, two women officials of the Delhi Police groove to a movie song, and local media speculated that it appeared to have been shot while they were guarding VIPs in the capital.

“Indians are bitten by the TikTok bug as the app makes it easy to create content using nothing more than a phone,” said Prasant Naidu, founder and CEO of the Bangalore-based digital technology consultancy Lighthouse Insights. “But it’s raising apprehensions because it’s Chinese-owned, stores Indian user data overseas and its mass base makes it easy to spread propaganda and porn.”

More than 200 million users in India devour and share videos mimicking Bollywood dancing, movie dialogue and comedy, making India TikTok’s biggest global market. ByteDance, the Chinese internet giant behind TikTok, has a separate app called Douyin with similar features in China, where TikTok doesn’t operate. Videos of cavorting public officials highlight the lack of control over its use among government and law enforcement agencies and is lending strength to a backlash in India against the app. Some even say it’s a security risk.

Shashi Tharoor last summer told Parliament that apps like TikTok are a “national security” threat and Indians are vulnerable to spying through the app because of the country’s lax data protection regulations. He is concerned that like other apps from China, TikTok has too close a relationship with China’s government. Tharoor said ByteDance’s paid influence could affect India’s democratic processes.

Economic groups aligned with the ruling BJP have called for banning the app, saying it’s being used for “anti-national” content including videos advocating religious violence, inciting sentiments against particular social groups and poor treatment of women.

A Southern court temporarily banned downloads of the app amid complaints that its content was degrading culture and encouraging pornography. In a Mumbai court, a litigant alleged that “unfiltered sexual content” from the app was harming young Indians and leading to crime.

Security experts and lawmakers are more worried that TikTok seeks to access user information such as location, phone contacts, call records and audio. While other apps seek similar consent, “TikTok is from China with whom we have history and it becomes strategic and sensitive,” said Nikhil Pahwa, founder and editor of Medianama, which tracks the growth of India’s digital ecosystem.

India is still working on a privacy and data protection framework, with the Personal Data Protection bill that regulates collection and transfer of data being considered. As long as rules and regulations regarding data are not robust, “these kind of apps can easily use the loopholes in law to collect user data,” said Tarun Pathak, associate director at consultancy Counterpoint Research.

The world’s most downloaded app is controversial elsewhere. Indonesia had banned TikTok, saying it failed to block pornography and blasphemy. In the UK, it is being investigated for collecting personal data of young users. The US government has fined the app $5.7 million (roughly Rs. 40.6 crores) for collecting data of users under 13 without parental consent and is targeting the app for a national security review.

Yet in no other country has the app taken hold as it has in India, with police officers and others risking their jobs to produce short videos. In one viral TikTok post set to a high-voltage movie song, five gun-wielding officers of a police SWAT team returning from an encounter in Uttar Pradesh are shown strutting across a field in slow motion, action movie style. Their chief unlocks his gun’s safety catch and pretend-fires at invisible bad guys.

The SWAT team starring in the TikTok video was transferred out of the region.

“We do not sanction unprofessional display of weapons and grotesque caricaturing of police,” the Uttar Pradesh police said in a statement.

In another TikTok video shot in Hyderabad, two physiotherapy students re-enact romantic movie scenes inside a government hospital and in another, four security guards prance about in the hospital’s emergency ward.

The videos have continued to go viral, propelling ByteDance to the No. 1 spot among the world’s most valuable private companies. India, where millions of users continue to come online each month, is vital to its global ambitions. When the local court prohibited new downloads, ByteDance said the weeks-long ban caused “financial losses” of about to $500,000 (roughly Rs. 3.6 crores) a day.

To stave criticism, TikTok has begun #WaitASecToReflect digital literacy workshops to encourage users to pause before posting or sharing. TikTok implored users to “Bura na post karo, Bura na share karo, Bura na comment karo” [Post no evil, share no evil, comment no evil] and removed about 6 million videos since its India launch in early 2017.

Meanwhile, the videos have even entered the political realm. In a regional election earlier this year, BJP nominated as its candidate a TikTok star whose sole qualification was her massive following on the app, where she lipsyncs to Bollywood songs. She lost the election narrowly.

Police constable Chaudhary, still suspended from duty, has been luckier in parlaying her TikTok fame to success. Her music video TikTok ni Diwani (TikTok Crazy) scored over 2 million views within days of its release.

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Money matters for College Graduates: Basics of Personal Finance

Understanding of personal investments is a significant aspect to move forward into the real working world. Personal finance address the management of income by allocating money for expenditures, savings, debts and much more. Personal Financial Planning indicates step by step understanding of the process of budgeting. With immense weightage to understand money at an early stage, Westford University College (WUC) aims to introduce undergraduates to these important concepts during their orientation. Business education immensely emphasize on conceptual understanding of financial budgeting. The orientation assists Higher National Diploma (HND) and MBA students to allocate their time and efforts for planning their finances.

Budgeting classes illustrates the emphasis on making well-defined financial goals. These goals certainly should demonstrate attribute of being realistic and time-specific. Setting a well-defined specific financial goal is like saving a certain amount of money to buy a house after graduation within scheduled intact time limits. With time-specific and realistic goals, planned set of actions to achieve the set goals can strengthen the budgeting process. The business graduates are helped during the workshop to make a simulated plan in simple steps wherein the personal and financial situation is assessed. Then accordingly, financial and personal goals are planned followed by making a budget for “fixed” and “variable” expenses. The constant check of the spending patterns and comparing the difference of actual with the budgeted expenses are analyzed. The review help track the progress of the finances of young business graduates.

Westford aims to orient young business students about the significance of saving and investing for future. The process of budgeting for personal finance also make students aware about noticing the trouble times which may affect the future financial plans. To have better understanding of finances, it is important to notice the warning signs of uncertainty in the future.

With varsity of courses offered by WUC dealing in all range of business studies, a fine tuned orientation on finance help Students Bridge the journey towards the business management education in an easier way!

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Dr. Arpita Mehrotra,

Westford University College

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Jazz Hours by Happy Hours Dance Place

You all must be wondering what is this all about? Well, I'm always looking for fun and exotic things in my life. And I also try to be friends with fun loving people who have a lot to offer. Here is my friend Harsha Maheshwari - the only person I know who's really trying hard to create some insane scene for all the "girls" in the dance community. Trust me, in a city like Hyderabad where girls are still scared to wear shorts cause people who know them might think differently of them, extremely talented women who are very skeptical about exploring things, this one is really something.

I LOVE HYDERABAD for what it has given me but we are slightly laid back and some of the youngsters are trying really hard to get this city to that level. To let go and set themselves free, to believe in their dreams. I'm sure you all will love this city for what it offers you too.

Getting back to talking about Harsha, who has been struggling for last 2 years with few of her dancer friends in Hyderabad - Nirmesh, Swapnil, Sanjay and many others. I like to tag their names here cause I know these guys personally and they are amazing tutors, inspirations to all the dancers in Hyderabad and known all around India for who they are.

I'm writing this blog cause I thought it would be great to feature someone who's trying hard for the betterment of the city. Harsha tries to get all the female dancers from all around the world to come take a workshop in Hyderabad and encourage girls to take a step towards their passion. In the same way Swapnil and his crew Proximity Crew host this event called BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE every year. There are many other dancers around the city who are hosting great dance events but I only talk about those who I know.

I would like you all to know that few of my photographer buddies are always part of these dance workshop to click pictures and take videos all for free without any expectation, trust me we do this for the love of art. These guys are amazing people - Thariq Hussain, Naveen, Gyan Thakur, Adrin Sequeira, Shreyak Singh, Rohan Kumar, Anil Agarwal, Arpita Patel, Rutvik Katuri. All of these guys are doing really well for them self and try their best to be a part when ever it is possible.

Here are some of the images I clicked for the recent workshop by Svetana Kanwar in Hyderabad hosted by Harsha.

Hope you all liked my feature and I would really want you all share and appreciate the term "DANCE" cause hey it lets you move the way you want to move.

#dance #photography #dance photography #lightroom #adobe #a7rii #sony #sony camera #insane #HYDERABAD #city #love #dance nahi kiya toh kya kiya #jazz hours #jazz street #india #power #women power

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Top 10 Dance Class institutes in Mumbai

Whether you have got two left feet or two right ones, dance is something everyone enjoys and if you are a newbie and want to learn it somewhere to hone your skills, then don’t worry the numerous dance academy in Mumbai have got you covered and you can learn a number of dance styles each more different than the other. Find out the top dance studios in Mumbai to take out your dancing shoes for a spin.

Tap Dancing Classes in Mumbai

1. Arpita’s Step Up India

You can go for a trial class or dance workshops to start with. There are a number of dance classes to dabble at such as jazz, rumba, waltz, salsa and a lot more before you select a one which you prefer. Also, you can select the one which suits your schedules.

2. Baile-de-Salon

The city has swayed to its tune since 2009. They have a great many professional instructors and can make the art of dance an effortless process. There are a host of dance forms such as Salsa, Bachata, Argentine Tango, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Mambo, Merengue, Jive, Latin Jazz, Hip Hop and a lot more is on offer.

3. Arts in Motion

The Arts in Motion has been at it for 1000 years now. Arts in Motion combine health and art with effortless ease. There are a huge number of classes such as meditation, yoga, aerial silk (acrobatics) and kickboxing and the usual suspects such as Jazz, Bollywood, Bhangra, salsa, ballet, and other dance forms.

4. Ponnambalam Academy’s

This dancing studio is for classical dance enthusiasts and their three-year diploma course is a great choice, to begin with. While classical dance forms need special skills, there are courses for shorter durations for those who do not want to master it but get an introduction to the skills.

5. Dance Design

They have multiple venues right across the city and has been enthralling audiences with their funky costumes and their amazing shows is four years old now. Explore a variety of dancing styles such as Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical Contemporary, Hip Hop, Tap and so on.

6.Shiamak Davar

He is a very popular dance choreographer and his legendary moves in contemporary dance can be seen in films such as DilTohPagal Hai, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, and many others. Every day students throng to his studio to learn his techniques. Learn a variety of dance classes such as Jazz, Hip Hop, Bhangra and contemporary.

7.Ritambhara Sahni’s dance studio

If you want to learn belly dance, you can learn it right here at this belly dance classes in Mumbai. They have great courses right from novice to veteran. They have a tribal belly dance session that is a combination of traditional techniques of belly dancing and gives a great twist.

8.Studio 23’s courses

They are different types of fitness dance classes near me such as Studio 23’s courses here such as yoga, pilates workout, Zumba lessons for adults; and ballet, aerial silk and capoeira for kids. Their high-intensity workouts are perfect to burn out extra calories.

9.Space, Juhu

The Space in Juhu offers dance lovers, excellent dance-exercise. Freestyle exercises that can be combined with dance can make every moment ever so exciting. Take a trial class to know whether it is just the class for you.

10.JG’s Fitness Centre, Santacruz West

Here you will get cardio classes, Bollywood cardio classes to be precise and you can have unlimited dozes of fun. You can try the Masala Bhangra workout in this dance class by the master trainer Shalini Bhargava herself, and lose weight while you have fun.

#dance classes in Mumbai #Dancing Classes #dance class #Dance Class institutes #Dance Class institutes in Mumbai

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Top 7 YouTube Video Channels for UGC NET Exam

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Youtube has every thing …it all depends on you how you search and follow the tips and guidance provided by Mentors !

Now a days its becoming trend that every teacher that they publish details on You tube.

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Many Topics has been discussed in detail by Dr. Manishika Jain.

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I am really impressed with the way Kumar Bharat keeps his channel active.

You should regularly follow him to know about how its going.

In his youtube video, He has discussed on How to he cracked cleared qualified passed prepared studied for UGC NET JRF Paper 1 General Aptitude. This is a common paper for all NET Subjects and the most scoring one.

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Arpita Karwa

Struggling to find UGC NET coaching near your home? Say goodbye to classrooms!! Learn from the finest quality online audio lectures and fuel up your preparation for the upcoming UGC NET Examination.

Arpita Karwa has qualified UGC NET in English Literature in her 1st attempt. She has completed her Masters in English Literature from St.Xaviers College, Jaipur. She is passionate about teaching literature and using technology to make learning a more efficient, fun and engaging experience. She is also a soft skill trainer and has successfully completed several training programs & workshops.

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On his channel he covers about various competitive examination such as SSC, RBI, UGC NET etc.

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Vineet Pandey’s Sahitya classes is authentic source when it comes to NET/JRF,SET/SLET examination coaching, as he himself has attempted and qualified these examinations numerous times. 6 NET 2 JRF 16 SET .

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The Neapolitan-style pies at Franny’s were something else entirely: smaller, with a thicker, squishier, bubblier crust, spread sparingly with spoonfuls of sweet San Marzano tomato puree and slices of grassy buffalo mozzarella, or barely softened onions and sharp provolone, or—perhaps the restaurant’s most famous offering—plump littleneck clams atop a white sauce made from clam juice mixed with heavy cream, chili flakes, and parsley.

Farewell to Franny’s, a Perfect Brooklyn Restaurant | The New Yorker

I was staying with my friends, Amanda and Hans, after Amanda saved me from Queens, while I was out in New York for a workshop. I remember sitting on the floor at our friend, Arpita's, apartment, waiting for what would be the best pizza I have every had in my life. This was my first time in NY after many many years and I just remembered all the rumors about pizza being amazing in NY. Amanda ordered from Franny's and I remember that first bite - crunchy and then chewy..and then the taste of the sauce. I had no idea pizza could be like that. I have now spent a significant amount of time trying to find a place that did the same thing. The closest was Pizzeria Mozza, but you know, Franny's is still the best. Good luck to Andrew Feinberg and Franny Stephens new adventures. I'm glad I was lucky enough to have eaten their pizza :)

#food #favorite pizza #Franny's #Brooklyn

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SPEAKERS' CORNER New Play Development Plays-In-Progress 29-Hour Equity Workshops to Continue

Coming Up: Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte by Aeneas Hemphill, Directed by Arpita Mukherjee; and There Goes The Neighborhood by Marcus Scott, Directed by Dev Bondarin.

by Chloe Rabinowitz May. 31, 2022

Gingold Theatrical Group, now in its 17th Season, is continuing its new play development with the Plays-In-Progress AEA-approved Showcases of this year's SPEAKER'S CORNER Writers Group. This season, writers Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Divya Mangwani, Marcus Scott and Mallory Jane Weiss are developing works in response to prompts from the revolutionary activist humanitarian writings and precepts of George Bernard Shaw. These Actors Equity Association approved 29-hour workshops culminate with a presentation as an opportunity for each playwright to assess where they are with their work and to determine the next steps to be taken. These invitation-only presentations will take place at ART-NY Studios (520 8th Avenue). Space for each final presentation is extremely limited and reservations must be made, so to request the opportunity to attend any of these events email [email protected]. This year's final two showcases will be:

There Goes The Neighborhood

by Marcus Scott, Directed by Dev Bondarin Friday June 3rd at 7pm Phillip Burke, Savanna Calder, Broderick Clavery, Anthony Godd, Ashley Jossell, Olivia Kinter, Monique Robinson, Cliff Sellers Stage Manager: Elliot J. Cohen.

Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte

by Aeneas Hemphill, Directed by Arpita Mukherjee Sunday, June 5th at 5pm Rajesh Bose, Shawn Jain, Mahima Saigal, Salma Shaw, Khyati Sehgal, Imran Sheikh Assistant Director: Sarah Vishnev Stage Manager: Elliot J. Cohen

This season's two previous showcases, Vigil-Aunties by Divya Mangwani, directed by Arpita Mukherjee, and Howl From Up High by Mallory Jane Weiss, directed by Lily Riopelle, were held in May. "Among the many programs we've developed over the last 17 years, developing new plays with the intent to produce and publish, has always been the most ambitious dream of all of us at Gingold. While we continue to produce our annual full Off-Broadway productions of plays by George Bernard Shaw, we plan to add at least one new play to our schedule to share with our devoted patrons," said David Staller. Named after the corner of London's Hyde Park where George Bernard Shaw and other political speakers have delivered speeches since 1855, GTG's SPEAKERS' CORNER brings together six to ten writers each year who will spend the year exploring a specific Shaw play and writing individual new plays in response to that text and Shaw's forward thinking humanitarian ideals. Speakers' Corner members meet bi-monthly, and GTG will host showings of the works that Speakers' Corner develops at the end of the season. The group's members were identified through an open application process under the guidance of Becker, GTG Artistic Director David Staller, and this season's Speakers' Corner Readers and Advisory Committee: Ilana Becker, Stephen Brown-Fried, Ralph B. Peña, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sharon Washington, along with Speakers' Corner alumni Hank Kim, and Lorenzo Roberts.

WRITERS:

Aeneas Sagar Hemphill (he/him) is an Indian-American playwright and screenwriter based in NYC and DC. Weaving through many genres, his work builds new worlds to illuminate our own, investigating the ghosts that haunt our lives and communities with passion, pathos, and humor. He was a 2019 Resident Artist with Monson Arts Center and 2017-2018 Playlab fellow at Pipeline Theatre, as well as semi-finalist for the 2019 Princess Grace Award, semi-finalist for the 2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program, and finalist for the 2017 Many Voices Fellowship. His plays include: Black Hollow (Argo Collective, Dreamscape Theatre), The Troll King (Pipeline), Childhood Songs (Monson Arts), The Republic of Janet & Arthur (Amios), The Red Balloon (Noor Theatre), A Stitch Here or There (DarkHorse Dramatists, Slingshot Theatre), A Horse and a Housecat (Slingshot Theatre). MFA Playwriting, Columbia University. Marcus Scott is a dramatist & journalist. Selected work includes Tumbleweed (finalist for the 2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival; semifinalist for the 2022 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference, the 2022 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & the 2017 New Dramatists Princess Grace Fellowship Award), Sibling Rivalries (finalist for the 2021 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference; semi-finalist for the 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, the 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & the 2021 New Dramatists Princess Grace Fellowship Award) and Cherry Bomb (recipient of the 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence). He was commissioned by Heartbeat Opera to adapt Beethoven's Fidelio (Librettist/Co-writer; The Met Museum; NY Times Critic's Pick). Recently developed at Gingold Theatrical Group (Speaker's Corner), Zoetic Stage (Finstrom Festival Of New Work), Queens Theatre (New American Voices series) and The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction 3 Playwrights Group and Cohort 2 of the Southern Black Playwrights Lab at the Mojoaa Performing Arts Company. Scott is a 2021 NYSAF Founders' Award finalist and a 2021 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award semi-finalist. His articles appeared in Architectural Digest, Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine, Playbill, Elle, Out, Essence, The Brooklyn Rail, among others. MFA: GMTWP, NYU Tisch. In addition to Speakers' Corner, GTG's on-going play development also includes PRESS CUTTINGS, which, in recognition of Shaw's career as a theatre critic, supports the development of new plays written by theatre journalists. Press Cuttings has commissioned new plays by Jeremy McCarter, Robert Simonson, and David Cote, and, in June of 2017, presented an AEA workshop of David Cote's Otherland directed by May Adrales. This fall, GTG returned to live, in person performance with the acclaimed revival of Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession starring Robert Cuccioli, David Lee Huynh, Alvin Keith, Nicole King, Raphael Nash Thompson, and Tony® Award winner Karen Ziemba as Mrs. Warren, which recently completed its acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement at Theatre Row, directed by David Staller. Terry Teachout, reviewing Mrs. Warren's Profession in The Wall Street Journal, declared "Mr. Staller, who knows everything there is to know about Shaw, has not only staged the play but edited the text with his accustomed skill. All the more reason, then, to praise David Staller, the artistic director of Project Shaw, a long-running series of semi-staged concert readings of the playwright's 60-odd shows. In addition to Project Shaw, Mr. Staller's Gingold Theatrical Group presented fully staged small-scale off-Broadway versions of Heartbreak House in 2018 and Caesar and Cleopatra in 2019, and now they're doing Mrs. Warren's Profession. The production is completely satisfying... Sprinkled with tart, school-of-Wilde epigrams ('There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses') and overflowing with glittering talk, it's a foolproof vehicle for six accomplished actors and a director who, like Mr. Staller, knows better than to let the play become a static chat-fest. Instead, he keeps the actors moving and the pace brisk, and the results are immensely pleasurable." GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP creates theater that supports human rights, freedom of speech, and individual liberty using the work of George Bernard Shaw as our guide. All of GTG's programs are inspired by Shaw's humanitarian values. Through full productions, staged readings, new play development, and inner-city educational programs, GTG brings Shavian precepts to audiences and artists across New York, encouraging individuals to breathe Shaw's humanist ideals into their contributions for the future. Shaw created plays to inspire peaceful discussion and activism and that is what GTG aims to accomplish. GTG's past productions include Man and Superman (2012), You Never Can Tell (2013), Major Barbara (2014), Widowers' Houses (2016), Heartbreak House (2018), and Caesar & Cleopatra (2019). Founded in 2006 by David Staller, GTG has carved a permanent niche for the work of George Bernard Shaw within the social and cultural life of New York City, and, through the Project Shaw reading series, made history in 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). GTG brings together performers, critics, students, academics and the general public with the opportunity to explore and perform theatrical work inspired by the humanitarian and activist values that Shaw championed. All comedies, these plays boldly exhibit the insight, wit, passion and all-encompassing socio-political focus that distinguished Shaw as one of the most inventive and incisive writers of all time. Through performances, symposiums, new play development, and outreach, as well as through our discussion groups and partnerships with schools including SUNY Stony Brook, Regis, the De La Salle Academy, and The Broome Street Academy, GTG has helped spark a renewed interest in Shaw across the country, and a bold interest in theater as activism. Young people are particularly inspired by Shaw's invocation to challenge the strictures society imposes, to embrace the power of the individual, to make bold personal choices and to take responsibility for these choices. GTG's new play development lab, Speakers' Corner, created to support playwrights inspired by Shaw's ideals, is now in its second cycle. Through monthly prompts and feedback, writers develop work inspired by or in response to a specific Shaw text. Plays developed through Speakers' Corner will be nurtured in workshops and readings with the expectation that GTG will publish or produce them. GTG encourages all people to rejoice in the possibilities of the future. All of GTG's programming is designed to inspire lively discussion and peaceful activism with issues related to human rights, the freedom of speech, and individual liberty. This was the purpose behind all of Shaw's work and why GTG chose him as the guide toward helping create a more tolerant and inclusive world through the exploration of the Arts. For more information about the Workshops or any of Gingold Theatrical Group's projects, please call 212-355-7823, email [email protected], or visit online at www.gingoldgroup.org.

#Gingold Theatrical Group #george bernard shaw #Marcus Scott #MarcusScott #WriteMarcus #Write Marcus #Dev Bondarin

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Gingold Theatrical Group  presents six free readings of new plays-in-progress, developed in GTG's Speaker's Corner Development Lab, beginning June 5th

Posted by: Official_Press_Release 02:14 pm EDT 06/04/21 Gingold Theatrical Group Announces the Phase 1, Plays-In-Progress Readings from Speaker's Corner Writers Group: Kate Douglas, Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Divya Mangwani, Seth McNeill, Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, and Marcus Scott Six FREE Online Readings June 5th - 17th Gingold Theatrical Group (David Staller, Artistic Director), now in its 16th Season, continues its new play development with the Phase 1 Plays-In-Progress virtual table readings of this year's SPEAKER'S CORNER Writers Group. This season, writers Kate Douglas, Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, Divya Mangwani, Seth McNeill, Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, and Marcus Scott are developing works in response to Shaw's Arms and the Man. To learn more about these closed developmental table reads, and to register in advance to join, please visit gingoldgroup.org. This year's readings will be: The Apiary by Kate Douglas, directed by Colette Robert June 5th at 2:30 PM ET Karma Sutra Chai Tea Latte by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill, directed by Arpita Mukherjee June 8th at 7 PM ET the scold's bridle by Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, directed by Jaye Hunt June 10th at 7 PM ET Untitled Conspiracy Play by Seth McNeill, directed by Lico Whitfield June 12th at 7 PM ET Vigil-Aunties by Divya Mangwani, directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar June 15th at 7 PM ET There Goes the Neighborhood by Marcus Scott, directed by Christopher Burris June 17th at 7 PM ET Named after the corner of London's Hyde Park where George Bernard Shaw and other political speakers have delivered speeches since 1855, GTG's SPEAKERS' CORNER brings together six to ten writers each year who will spend the year exploring a specific Shaw play and writing individual new plays in response to that text and Shaw's forward thinking humanitarian ideals. The group is led by GTG Associate Director Ilana Becker, a producer and director specializing in new play and musical development, community-driven projects, and arts education. In addition to serving as Gingold Theatrical Group's Associate Director, Ilana is The Civilians' R&D Program Director. She has served on the staff of All for One Theater, Lincoln Center Education, and Bret Adams Ltd, and spent a year as the Associate Artistic Director and Interim Artistic Director of Sun Valley Center for the Arts' Company of Fools. Ilana is a proud member of the WP Theater 2018-2020 Producers Lab, an alum of the Civilians' R&D Group, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, DirectorsLabChicago, Fresh Ground Pepper PlayGroup, The Orchard Project's Liveness Lab, as well as a Playwrights Horizons Robert Moss Directing Fellow and an Emerging Leader of NY Arts Fellow. She is the creator of Argument Sessions, an ongoing series of immersive variety-theater events that weave SCOTUS argument transcripts and decisions with ensemble-driven, collaboratively developed original material, and is a member of Producing Blue. "It has been a joy to witness and participate in the from-scratch development of these six ferociously funny, wildly intelligent, and genuinely ambitious plays. While they're all unique pieces in tone and exploration, they're also all distinctly emerging from this moment of vast friction and change. This cohort supported one another's development over the past season, and we look forward to inviting our community into the next stage of their processes," said Ms. Becker. Speakers' Corner members meet virtually, bi-monthly, and GTG will host showings of the works that Speakers' Corner develops at the end of the season. The group's members were identified through an open application process under the guidance of Becker, GTG Artistic Director David Staller, and this season's Speakers' Corner Readers and Advisory Committee: é boylan, Stephanie Rolland, Dina Vovsi, along with Speakers' Corner alumni Hank Kim, Mallory Jane Weiss, and Lorenzo Roberts. Kate Douglas (she/her) is a writer, composer and performer. Recent work includes The Ninth Hour, her operetta with Shayfer James at The Met Cloisters (the first performance of its kind in the Fuentidueña Chapel), her immersive play Extinct (produced with support from a LMCC Engagement Grant) and her audio experience Dandelion Story, which received an Honorable Mention from SPACE on Ryder Farm's CSArt Program. Her work has been developed at The Orchard Project, New Victory Theater, The Civilians R&D Group, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Rhinebeck Musicals and the Writer's Colony at Goodspeed. She is a Dramatists Guild Fellow and a current member of The Orchard Project Greenhouse. As a complement to her artistic practice, she is a student of herbalism, horticulture and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. www.kate-douglas.com Aeneas Sagar Hemphill (he/him) is an Indian-American playwright and screenwriter based in NYC and DC. Weaving through many genres, his work builds new worlds to illuminate our own, investigating the ghosts that haunt our lives and communities with passion, pathos, and humor. He was a 2019 Resident Artist with Monson Arts Center and 2017-2018 Playlab fellow at Pipeline Theatre, as well as semi-finalist for the 2019 Princess Grace Award, semi-finalist for the 2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist Program, and finalist for the 2017 Many Voices Fellowship. His plays include: Black Hollow (Argo Collective, Dreamscape Theatre), The Troll King (Pipeline), Childhood Songs (Monson Arts), The Republic of Janet & Arthur (Amios), The Red Balloon (Noor Theatre), A Stitch Here or There (DarkHorse Dramatists, Slingshot Theatre), A Horse and a Housecat (Slingshot Theatre). MFA Playwriting, Columbia University. Divya Mangwani (she/her) is a writer and theatre artist from Pune, India, now based in New York. She examines the absurdities of the social, political and mythical. Divya was the founder and Artistic Director of Moonbeam Factory Theatre, where she wrote, directed and produced plays that were staged in India, Singapore and Glasgow. In New York, she has developed work with UNICEF, Soho Rep, New York Theatre Workshop, The Flea, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Mabou Mines, Hypokrit Theatre, Project Y, Pipeline Theatre, Rising Sun, LMCC and Governors Island. Selected work: Elements of Change (UN Climate Change Week), Yes, Uncle (finalist, Leah Ryan Prize 2018), Rise of the River (semi-finalist Playwrights Realm 2019), and One, Two, Three (winner of best script, director, play and audience vote, Short+Sweet Festival). Divya was a NYTW 2050 Artistic Fellow, Hypokrit Theatre Tamasha playwright, Playlab fellow at Pipeline Theatre and is currently in the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab. Seth McNeill (he/him) is a New York City based playwright and theatre artist. His plays include Bastard (Dixon Place, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Up Theater Company), we're all athletes (Amios First Draughts, Samuel French OOB Festival), and Natchetoches (Fresh Ground Pepper, Hambidge Center, JookMS). Other plays have been presented or developed with Fresh Ground Pepper, Amios NYC, Exquisite Corpse, The Barrow Group, Primary Stages, TinyRhino, The Secret Theatre, and Rule of 7x7, and he has been a semifinalist for the Shakespeare's New Contemporaries Prize and Primary Stages ESPA Drills. As a script reader and dramaturg he has worked with Theatre for a New Audience, the American Shakespeare Center, the Hambidge Center, and The Farm Theater, and he is a two-time recipient of the Vera Mowry Roberts Fellowship. Member of the Dramatists Guild. Education: Masters from Hunter College. Teaching: Hunter College. www.sethmcneill.com. Sophie Sagan-Gutherz (they/them) is a NYC based writer, actor and singer. Their first full-length play Marked Green at Birth, Marked Female at Birth has been supported by Pride Plays (Rattlestick), the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Tribe Theatre Company. They've written a monologue with the 24 Hour Play Festival (performed by Lea DeLaria) and have devised and performed a 10 minute solo piece Disability & Celebrity Culture (Am I Write Ladies?). They have been a finalist for the Emerging Writers Group (The Public) as well as a semi-finalist for The R&D Group (The Civilians) & PlaySpace (Pipeline Theatre Company). BFA: NYU Tisch in Drama with an Honors Thesis in Theatre Studies. sophiesagangutherz.com Marcus Scott (he/him) is a playwright and journalist. Selected works: Fidelio (Libretto; Heartbeat Opera at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 2018; called "poignant" by The New York Times), Tumbleweed (Finalist for the 2017 BAPF; semi-finalist for the 2017/'18 New Dramatists Princess Grace Fellowship Award), Cherry Bomb (recipient of the 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence; 2017 Finalist for the Yale Institute for Music Theatre) and Sundown Town (Finalist for Abingdon Theatre Company's Virtual Fall Festival Of Short Plays). His work has been developed or presented by Joe's Pub, 54 Below, APAC, Dixon Place, Space on Ryder Farm, Cherry Lane Theater (DUAF), CoLAB Arts, Symphony Space, MicroTheater Miami, among others. Scott is a four-time finalist for the R&D Group at The Civilians, a two-time finalist for NBT's I AM SOUL Playwrights Residency and a 2019 finalist for the Bushwick Starr's Starr Reading Series. His articles appeared in Time Out New York, American Theatre, Playbill, Elle, Out, Essence, among others. MFA: NYU Tisch. In addition to Speakers' Corner, GTG's on-going play development also includes PRESS CUTTINGS, which, in recognition of Shaw's career as a theatre critic, supports the development of new plays written by theatre journalists. Press Cuttings has commissioned new plays by Jeremy McCarter, Robert Simonson, and David Cote, and, in June of 2017, presented an AEA workshop of David Cote's Otherland directed by May Adrales. Now celebrating its 16th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches). They are now also including plays by writers who share Shaw's activist socio-political views embracing human rights and free speech, including work by Chekhov, Ibsen, Elizabeth Robins, Rachel Crothers, Pinero, Wilde, Barrie, and Harley Granville-Barker. GTG's other programs include its new play development and educational programs. For those interested in lively off-site discourses, each Project Shaw event is followed by a talk-back with cast members. GTG will be back on stage in person this autumn with a full production of one of Shaw's most provocative plays. Details to follow, soon. Their highly acclaimed Off-Broadway engagement of Shaw's beloved almost historical comedy Caesar and Cleopatra at Theatre Row, hailed as a New York Times Critic's Pick, was named Best Classical Production in Terry Teachout's year-end recap of The Best Theater of 2019 for the Wall Street Journal: "David Staller and the Gingold Theatrical Group nailed it for the second year in a row with another insufficiently appreciated play by George Bernard Shaw, this time a small-scale off-Broadway staging of Caesar and Cleopatra that brought a rarely seen show to persuasive life." In his review earlier this year in The Wall Street Journal he declared "As always, Mr. Staller, who knows more about Shaw than anyone else in America, gets it right, situating the action of the play in a modern-day archaeological dig and keeping the costumes simple and the diction crisp and clear., ...all the more reason to cheer David Staller's splendid new adaptation of one of Shaw's most glittering, least Shakespearean conversation pieces. This is the third of Mr. Staller's small-scale Gingold Theatrical Group productions to be presented off Broadway at Theatre Row. It follows in the wake of his all-but-flawless 2018 Heartbreak House, an uncommonly hard act to follow, and leaves nothing whatsoever to be desired. May his Shaw stagings become annual events!" For more information about Speakers' Corner Writers Group and all the projects of Gingold Theatrical Group, including the acclaimed Project Shaw, call 212-355-7823, email [email protected], or visit online at www.gingoldgroup.org. Linkhttp://www.gingoldgroup.org

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