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ImageITHACA, NY:  The Kitchen Theatre Company's KITCHEN COUNTER CULTURE series, featuring cutting-edge, outside-the-box work by guest artists from around the country, begins this month with a very funny show.  Vijai Nathan will perform Good Girls Don't, But Indian Girls Do for three performances only:  September 28, 29, and 30.  All performances will be followed by a talkback with the artist.

In 1997, Vijai Nathan mortified her traditional Indian parents by giving up a career in journalism, canceling her wedding, and becoming a stand-up comedian- and she hasn't looked back since!

Good Girls Don't, But Indian Girls Do is a funny and poignant exploration of the struggle to discover, create and claim an Indian American identity.  Vijai breaks every taboo as she exposes the underbelly of an Indian American family. She takes you through growing up Indian in a Jewish community; her discovery of sex in a repressed Hindu household; and how she finds herself along the way. As Vijai puts it, "It's Gandhi meets Pretty in Pink."

Vijai's irreverent humor springs from her experiences of growing up as a "foreigner" in America-despite the fact she was born and raised in a suburb of Washington D.C.  Much of her stand-up comedy is about growing up as an Indian in America, cultural clashes with her parents, dating, politics, and racism. 

Today, Vijai Nathan is the leading Indian American female comedian, making people laugh across America and internationally too.  She has performed in South Africa, England and Canada, and was recently featured at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery in Washington D.C.  NBC chose Vijai as one of its top 10 comics in the Nation for their Stand-Up for Diversity Showcase in Los Angeles, Sept. 2004, Back Stage Magazine named Vijai one of the top ten stand-up comics in 2003, and she was chosen as one of two comics to represent America at the Smirnoff International Comedy Festival in Cape Town, South Africa in September of 2003.  TV appearances include: ABC News' 20/20, PBS, The Oxygen Network, and the BBC.  She is currently adapting Good Girls Don', But Indian Girls Do into a screenplay.


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