Aladdin Ulah Dishwasher Dreams

Actor, playwright and comedian Aladdin Ullah has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, and PBS. His plays have been staged by the Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, The Lark, Labyrinth Theater, Classical Theater of Harlem and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The New York Times called his show Colorblind “hilarious, thought-­?provoking and groundbreaking.” In his auto-­?biographical solo show Dishwasher Dreams, Aladdin faces his big break as an actor: auditioning to play a terrorist in a major Hollywood movie. While preparing for his audition, Aladdin reflects on his parents and their determination to raise him Muslim in the housing projects of Spanish Harlem. Accompanied by live tabla music and video projections, Aladdin takes us on a hilarious and moving journey through the world of immigration, race, identity, family, graffiti, the Yankees, and the nature of the American dream.