Geography: Americas > Northern America > United States of America
Year: 2018
Produced by: Minetta Lane Theatre
Creative Team: Written by Assif Mandvi | Director: Kimberly Senior
Synopsis: The focus is on a Muslim family that immigrated to New York from India, and they have a restaurant. They bring over a new waiter from India to work at their restaurant. The two main characters are Hakim and Farrida, who made the journey from their home country to create new opportunities for themselves in America. Their children have gravitated towards the new life and have absorbed the culture more so then their parents. The characters are all performed by Aasif Mandvi himself, and even plays the daughter, Sakina. There is a bit of intrigue with the play, since Sakina is to be married as an adult, to a man from India but she is in love with a guy she met in New York.
Source: https://www.offoffonline.com/offoffonline/2018/10/14/sakinas-restaurant | https://www.theaterscene.net/plays/solo-plays/sakinas-restaurant/archive/ | https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/review-of-sakinas-restaurant-starring-aasif-mandvi-at-minetta-lane-theatre