Alaudin Ullah's autobiographical play is accented and uplifted by tabla drumming by Avirodh Sharma
Early into “Dishwasher Dreams,” actor-playwright Alaudin Ullah’s autobiographical solo play with music, he realizes that despite his best efforts to become his own man, he’s starting to talk, walk and act like his father.
In the 100-minute comedy-drama, Ullah plays himself, as well as both of his parents and a handful of others as he traces his own life growing up in the projects, his early conflicts with his dad when he first “explored” his artistic side , and his belated discovery of his father’s early life and indomitable spirit.Chay Yew directed the play on designer Yu Shibagaki’s mostly bare stage under a nine-square light grid designed by Anshuman Bhatia.
Later, he found work as a dishwasher , married a Puerto Rican woman and settled in Harlem. His first wife died of cancer, he ended up on disability for work-related injuries, and the age of 55 returned to Bangladesh to find a new wife. He would marry an 18-year-old pregnant divorcée who longed for a fresh start, brought her back to New York, and they raised their two sons on a steady diet of Bollywood movies, Islam and the credo of hard work.
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