ABOUT US: NORTH STAR

About BROWNSTAR
The Revoluntionaries: North Star | South Star

PUSHKAR SHARMA
AKA THE NORTH STAR
AKA LeBROWN JAMES
AKA PARACK SHABAMA
AKA THE LIONESS OF SARNATH
AKA TECUMSEH

THE NORTH STAR is one-half of the spoken-word duo, BROWNSTAR, and captain of THE BROWNSTAR REVOLUTION reppin Cambridge, MA.  Pushkar has a broad background in theatre on and offstage, recently producing THE REVOLUTION's production of UNIFICATION: A DEMONSTRATION FOR PEACE in New York City, an event that brought together a variety of South-Asian performers for a joint celebration of the Pakistani and Indian Independence days.
 
As a playwright his poetry-infused play, Midnite's Vultures, which depicts two Indian-American poets' visit to an American-Indian graveyard (and their resulting exploration of identity, history, and peyote), was produced by Chicago's Rasaka Theatre company in August and September 2009.  Pushkar's directorial work on the South African ghost story, Ipi Zombi?, was hailed by St. Louis' River Front Times as "a stunning release of imagery and color... the kind of event that makes our preconceptions about theatre seem restrictive and even irrelevant.... [it] ignores conventions and expands the possibilities of imagination."  As an actor he has trained at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, and performed in a variety of contemporary and classical works.
 
Pushkar feeds his artistic mind with his work in the nonprofit sector, currently working at Bridgespan, a nonprofit strategy organization, and India's largest education NGO, Pratham.  He is a proud member the Boston Progress crew.