![Photo of Devika Ranjan and Georgetown Student Dance Partners](https://globallab.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Amrika-Chalo_038.jpg)
Amrika Chalo (Destination: USA)
Written and directed by one of Pakistan’s most celebrated artists, this hilarious send-up of US-Pakistani relations set in the Visa Office at the US Embassy in Islamabad explodes stereotypes through satire. This fully-staged production featured the work of 10 Pakistani artists from Ajoka Theatre as well as Georgetown students and professional guest artists from the DC area and beyond.
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Amrika Chalo (Destination: USA) was part of Myriad Voices: A Cross-Cultural Performance Festival, which was made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters; Building Bridges: Campus Community Engagement Grants Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. The festival was also presented in collaboration with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Bridges of Understanding, and the GU Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
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![Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani gives opening remarks before Amrika Chalo. (Photo by Teresa Castracane)](https://globallab.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/034_Amrika-Chalo-ZF-6615-99512-1-002-770x512.jpg)
Pakistani Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani gives opening remarks before Amrika Chalo. (Photo by Teresa Castracane)
![Actor Furqan Majeed, journalist Raza Rumi, playwright Shahid Nadeem, and Lab Co-Director Cynthia Schneider participate in a post-show discussion. (Photo by Teresa Castracane)](https://globallab.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/142_Amrika-Chalo-ZF-6615-99512-1-011-770x512.jpg)
Actor Furqan Majeed, Lab Think Tank member Raza Rumi, playwright Shahid Nadeem, and Lab Co-Director Cynthia Schneider participate in a post-show discussion. (Photo by Teresa Castracane)
Watch the livestream of Amrika Chalo (Destination: USA), courtesy of HowlRound TV: