- Geeta Citygirl
Geeta Citygirl is an actor, dancer, director, producer and the founder and artistic director of SALAAM, the first South Asian American theatre, arts and film company in the USA.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Geeta Citygirl - A Success Story | date=2002-10 | publisher= | url =http://southasianoutlook.com/issues/october_2002/profile.html | work =South Asian Outlook | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ] Based in
New York City , the theatre company was started in the year 2000. SALAAM Theatre and Geeta Citygirl received the SAMA Award for Excellence in Theater in June 2005. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=The Non-Profit Spotlight: Geeta Citygirl of SALAAM Theatre | date=2006-10-24 | publisher= | url =http://www.theculturalconnect.com/magazines/desi/2006-10-24/nonprofit | work =The Cultural Connect | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ]She credits her somewhat unusual name to friends' and colleagues' inability to pronounce her given name and considers it a reflection of her
New York upbringing. [cite news | first=Marcelle | last=Fischler | coauthors= | title=Geeta Chopra and Sudhanva Sharma | date=2005-04-03 | publisher= | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/fashion/03vows.html?_r=1&ei=5070&en=b431dcfcceb04628&ex=1181016000&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1202490409-mBFaueUT378WBuRc+AHBvg | work =The New York Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ]infobox actress
birthname=Geeta Chopra
birthdate=birth date and age|1971|10|6
birthplace=New York City, New York
occupation=Stage,television actress , director, producerIn 1999, Geeta Citygirl directed the American premiere of the controversial play, "
A Touch of Brightness " byPartap Sharma at Harlem'sAaron Davis Hall . She also directedRabindranath Tagore 's "Karna and Kunti " as well asBadal Sircar 's "And Indrajit ". A graduate of theAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts NY and theCity College of New York (CCNY), she was born and raised in New York. NY Stage credits includeLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club ,Theater for the New City , and Ensemble Studio Theatre. [cite news | first=Zachary | last=Pincus-Roth | coauthors= | title=EST's Drama-Puppetry Hybrid Serendib Opens April 4 | date=2007-04-04 | publisher= | url =http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107020.html | work =Playbill | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-08 | language = ]References
External links
*imdb name|id=1620510
* [http://www.salaamtheatre.org/crew.html Salaam Theatre]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
