Geeta Citygirl was born on October 6,1971 and is an actress, dancer, director, producer and the founder and artistic director of SALAAM, the first South Asian American theatre, arts and film company in the USA.
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SALAAM Theatre and Geeta Citygirl received the SAMA Award for Excellence in Theater in June 2005.
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Geeta Citygirl currently serves as the Artistic Director of SALAAM Theatre and is active on advisory boards as well as board member for several arts organizations.
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Geeta Citygirl joined the likes of award-winning actor Richard Schiff and best-selling author Walter Mosley, when she was selected to be the chief guest speaker at the 20th Annual CCNY Honors Convocation.
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Geeta Citygirl served as an emcee at numerous Asian Heritage Festivals in NY and around the nation, including in Union Square at the largest Pan-Asian outdoor event on the East coast, which was attended by over ten thousand people.
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Geeta Citygirl's parents were both refugees of the 1947 Partition of India.
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Geeta Citygirl was part of the cast of The Signature Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Charles Mee's Queens Boulevard to rave reviews.
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In 1999, Geeta Citygirl directed the American premiere of the controversial play, A Touch of Brightness by Partap Sharma at Harlem's Aaron Davis Hall.
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Geeta Citygirl directed Rabindranath Tagore's Karna and Kunti as well as Badal Sircar's And Indrajit.
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Geeta Citygirl is the first-born American child of both sides of her biological parents' families.