BROWNSTAR Information

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 conversation 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, poetry venues, and fundraisers across the US, and shared the stage with the likes of Def Poets Kelly Tsai and Reggie Cabico, emcees Magnetic North and Taiyo Na, and comedians Hari Kondabolu and Aparna Nancherla. BROWNSTAR produced UNIFICATION, a joint celebration of the Indian and Pakistani Independence Days in Manhattan in August 2009 and will reprise the show in New York in August 2010.