"Unveiled" set for Student Union Theater

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

 

Critically-acclaimed one-woman play

Playwright and actress Rohina Malik will perform a critically-acclaimed one-woman play, “Unveiled” on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater. Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil in this compelling show, which deals with racism, hate crimes, love, Islam, culture, language and life. The play is open to the public and admission is free.

Malik is a Chicago-based playwright, actress and solo performance artist, who was born and raised in London, England, of South Asian heritage. She is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an artistic associate at the 16th Street Theater, and she was one of the four writers in the inaugural group of The Goodman Theater's Playwrights Unit.  

Malik's play, “Unveiled,” had its World Premiere in May 2009 at the 16th Street Theater, directed by Ann Filmer, where it received critical acclaim, and the entire run and extension was sold out. “Unveiled” received a second production at Victory Gardens Theater, a third production at Next Theater, and a fourth production at Brava Theater in San Francisco.  

Milik’s plays “Yasmina's Necklace” and “The Mecca Tales” (a Goodman commission) were both developed and had staged readings at The Goodman Theater.