Fontwala: Solo Play about Language, Tech and South Asian Identity (SF)
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The Marsh SF Mainstage | 1062 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Event Details
Submitted by the Event Organizer
Written & Performed by Shubhra Prakash
Directed by Ekene Okobi
About the Show
In 1990s India, Fontwala is an aspiring typographer and font designer of Indian languages who designs the Anglo Nagari Keyboard, one of the first software that allows typing of Indian scripts on the Latin-based keyboard. In the present time, Shilpi, Fontwala’s niece, has returned to India after spending two decades as an immigrant in the US to write the story of her uncle, Fontwala. Shilpi discovers what it means for a “complex” script to survive in a digital world and for a person with complex history to try and tell one story. Inspired by the story of typographer and font designer of Indian scripts, Rajeev Prakash.
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Cost: $15
Categories: In Person, Theater & Performance
