(Visiting Presenter) Rony Coptic: Talk Ni Chinta (Kani Maharaj)

Talk Ni Chinta arrives in Queens for a live presentation at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, adding another thread to New York City’s long conversation with South Asian performance and diaspora storytelling. Featured performers Rony Coptic and Kani Maharaj guide the work through spoken text, rhythm, and inherited forms that carry their own histories. The piece treats “worry” not as a punchline but as a social record, shaped by family, migration, and everyday labor. Its plain structure leaves room for nuance, which is its quiet strength.