Conference of the Birds - Farid ud Din Attar
Hosted by Silk Road Rising
Details
$10 Tickets!
Tickets are $10 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.silkroadrising.org or by calling (312) 857-1234 x201.
Award winning Chicago-based theatre company, Silk Road Rising, is producing a staged reading of Conference of the Birds, an adaptation of the mystic poem by 12th century Sufi poet, Farid ud Din Attar. The poem is adapted by Meena Natarajan and will be directed by Dipankar Mukherjee.
Conference of the Birds metaphorically maps out the journey of the human ego and the quest for truth.
In this classic tale, the birds of the world take flight on a pilgrimage to find their celebrated king, but the dangers and hardships encountered along the way cause many in the flock to abandon their search. In the end the small number of birds that survive uncover a profound secret.
“Come, you lost atoms, to your Center draw
And be the eternal mirror you saw;
Rays that have wander’d into Darkness wide
Return and back your sun subside”
-Farid ud Din Attar
Conference of the Birds
VENUE
Performances will be held at Silk Road Rising at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W Washington St, Chicago
DATES
Friday, June 28 at 8pm
Saturday, June 29 at 8pm
Sunday, June 30 at 4pm
TICKETS
Tickets are $10 each. Tickets can be purchased online at www.silkroadrising.org or by calling (312) 857-1234 x201.
Presented in collaboration with the Ismaili Community of Chicago,
an Artistic and Cultural Diversity Initiative funded by The Chicago Community Trust.