Stand-up Comedy

Dishwasher Dreams -  A Solo Performance of Aladdin Ullah Auditioning to play a terrorist in a major Hollywood movie may be stand-up comedian Aladdin's big break. As he prepares for his audition, he finds himself thinking back on his deceased father, who left Bangladesh for a better life in New York, and his parents' futile ... Read more...

Dishwasher Dreams: Is This America? By Aladdin Ullah Directed by Christopher McElroen Tabla accompaniment by Avi Sharma In his one-man show “Dishwasher Dreams,” actor and writer Aladdin Ullah draws on the story of his father, Habib,  a steamship worker from the region of Noahkali, Bangladesh, who jumped ship and made his way to New York’s ... Read more...

Dishwasher Dreams: Is This America? By Aladdin Ullah In his one-man show “Dishwasher Dreams,” actor and writer Aladdin Ullah draws on the story of his father, Habib,  a steamship worker from the region of Noahkali, Bangladesh, who jumped ship and made his way to New York’s Lower East Side in the 1920s, settled in Harlem ... Read more...