'HEADSCARF AND THE ANGRY BITCH' HITS THE ROAD FOR THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE!

For Immediate Release

Contact: Zehra Fazal

Zehra Fazal is proud to present Headscarf and the Angry Bitch as part of the Hollywood Fringe, as part of its 2011 Summer Unveiled Fringe Festival Tour to Cincinnati, Hollywood, Toronto and Indianapolis. Performances will take place at Theatre Asylum. This production marks its Hollywood premiere.

Headscarf and the Angry Bitch, written and starring Zehra Fazal, is a semi-musical, fully comic exploration of life as a Pakistani Muslim growing up as an American girl in the suburbs. Zed Headscarf, an aspiring folk-rock musician, is hired by her local Islamic Community Center to teach the greater community about Islam through music—resulting in hilariously shocking revelations through story and song.

The show premiered at the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, earning the Best Solo-Performer Pick of Fringe Award, and the award for Best Solo-Performance at DC Theatre Scene. The piece was further developed at Theater J in Washington, DC, and presented as part of the 2010 Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival. The show went on to sold-out houses at the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival, where it garnered further acclaim.

Zehra Fazal is a critically acclaimed solo-performer, actor and writer based out of Washington, DC. DC credits include: Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Synetic Theater, Adventure Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, and Landless Theatre. Fazal has studied the performing arts at Wellesley College and is a scholar of the Takarazuka Revue Company of Japan. She has performed her adapted and original work at Fringe Festivals in Washington, DC, Indianapolis and San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.zehrafazal.com.

THEATRE ASYLUM – 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard

THURS 6/16 @ 8:30 pm
FRI 6/17 @ 7:00 pm
SAT 6/18 @ 5:30 pm
SUN 6/19 @ 4:00 pm
WED 6/22 @ 8:30 pm
THURS 6/23 @ 7:00 pm
SAT 6/25 @ 1:00 pm
SAT 6/25 @ 8:30 pm

For tickets, visit www.hollywoodfringe.org

“Animated, engaging and likeable.” – The New York Times

“Anyone who is a Hyphenated-American will relate to it…Fazal is a formidable artist.” – NYTheatre.com

“The future of American-Islamic relations could hinge on this one-woman show.” – City Paper, Washington, DC