THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF SINGING BIRDS

January 29 2026 – February 15, 2026
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 75 minutes
CABARET THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS ABOUT BIRDS WHO SING GAZALS, MELODIOUS ANCIENT SONGS OF LAMENT AND JOY. THE CHARACTERS LOVE BIRDS SO MUCH THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BIRDS IN REALITY BUT CAN’T FLY AND ARE IN CAGES BECAUSE THEIR WINGS HAVE BEEN CLIPPED.
THEY SING SONGS OF HOPE, HOPELESSNESS, LONELINESS, SONGS OF MEMORIES OF THEIR FORGOTTEN LANDS.
THEY CHIRP AND CHIRP AND STILL HAVE HOPE AND JOY FOR THE FUTURE.
THE STYLE OF THE PLAY IS POETIC AND OF STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS LONGING.
THE PLAY IS A POEM PLAY.

CAST
WAYNE KRAL
KEVIN MITCHELL MARTIN
BINA SHARIF

SINGING BIRDS IS BINA SHARIF’S 36 PLAY. SHE IS A JOSEPH JEFFERSON AWARD NOMINEE FROM CHICAGO’S GODMAN THEATER, TEN TIME AWARD WINNER, JEROME FOUNDATION AND NYSCA AWARD TWICE AS A PLAYWRIGHT.
HER PLAYS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN NYC AT TNC AND IN PAKISTAN, CANADA, ENGLAND AND IN MANY UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S.A.
HER PLAY, MY ANCESTOR’S HOUSE IS PUBLISHED IN AN ANTHOLOGY BY RUTLEDGE PRESS AND BEING TAUGHT IN MANY UNIVERSITIES. HER ONE WOMAN SHOW, AFGHAN WOMAN WAS PERFORMED IN MORE THAN 20 UNIVERSITIES IN
THE U.S.A.
SHE IS A POET, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AD A VISUAL ARTISTS. SHE IS ALSO A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND HAS AN MPH DEGREE FROM JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

WAYNE KRAL IS AN ACTOR/PAINTER AND A HOST OF POETRY READING SERIES FOR THE LAST 31 YEARS.

KEVIN MITCHELL MARTIN IS A TRAINED, CLASSICAL ACTOR WHO HAS DONE SHAKESPEARE AND EDGAR ALLEN POE AND MANY OTHER ROLES OFF BROADWAY.