Mar 3, 2019
#123 Real Time Interventions
All around us in Pittsburgh there are refugees that are
displaced in our city, trying to make a home, adapt to our
Pittsburgh lifestyle, and also keep their roots and traditions
alive and vibrant. Some woman are trying to do that by opening an
Afghan restaurant in the city and are raising funds for it.
Enter Real Time Interventions. This
theater company is one of my favorites because they take their love
of theater, intimate experiences and fold it into topics that are
hard to swallow in today’s world. They make these subjects
digestible and relatable to all.
What is more relatable than food? Everyone loves to eat, and the
kitchen is known as the heart of the home, the dining table is
where the conversations flourish. People meet across different
cultures through cuisine.
Rusty Thelin and Molly Rice run Real Time Interventions. Their show
called “Khuraki” which literally means “Food” in the Afghan
language , pairs an actress with a afghan refugee woman in
Pittsburgh. It strives to tell their story through food through a
series of four live cultural events This event will celebrate the
traditions of the Afghan culture, music, and food through
“theatrical portraits” of five strong woman living in
Pittsburgh.
I was lucky enough to have one of the girls on the show. Nelab
Baheen, and the actress playing her Kelly Trumbull along with Rusty
came to chat about the process of working out the details of the
show, what they have learned about the Afghan traditions, what
amazing food they ate( I LOVE FOOD), and what the Kelly learned
from playing Nelab during the show.
There are 50 seats available and half are sold out already. Most of
the proceeds are going to help open their dream of an Afghan
Restaurant in Pittsburgh. Which I am personally so excited
about!
Show dates- Saturday March 23, 2019 7-9pm at New Sun Rising.
Saturday April 6th 7-9pm at Union Project
Monday April 22nd- 7-9pm Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
Monday May 6th 7-9pm at Alphabet City
Tickets are free, but a $20 donation is suggested to help these woman create their dream, and keep productions like this going.
Hope to see you there!
M
