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During his last couple of years in undergraduate school he began acting at Columbia's first professional theatre, [[Trustus]], where the iconoclastic artistic director, [[Jim Thigpen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyBZk9H_fA0 |title=A Final Season: Jim and Kay Thigpen |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=2012-04-28 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jaspercolumbia.net/jim-and-kay-thigpen-and-the-trustus-legacy/ |title=Jim and Kay Thigpen and the Trustus Legacy : Jasper |website=Jaspercolumbia.net |date=2012-07-24 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> took him under his wing. At Trustus he played a variety of roles, including Pale in ''Burn This'', Torch in ''Beirut'', Danny in ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'', Peter Patrone in ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]'' and all the parts in [[Eric Bogosian]]'s solo play, ''Drinking in America''.<ref>https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Indian-Ink/Indian-Ink-Cast-and-Creative.aspx</ref> | During his last couple of years in undergraduate school he began acting at Columbia's first professional theatre, [[Trustus]], where the iconoclastic artistic director, [[Jim Thigpen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyBZk9H_fA0 |title=A Final Season: Jim and Kay Thigpen |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=2012-04-28 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jaspercolumbia.net/jim-and-kay-thigpen-and-the-trustus-legacy/ |title=Jim and Kay Thigpen and the Trustus Legacy : Jasper |website=Jaspercolumbia.net |date=2012-07-24 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> took him under his wing. At Trustus he played a variety of roles, including Pale in ''Burn This'', Torch in ''Beirut'', Danny in ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'', Peter Patrone in ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]'' and all the parts in [[Eric Bogosian]]'s solo play, ''Drinking in America''.<ref>https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Indian-Ink/Indian-Ink-Cast-and-Creative.aspx</ref> | ||
After studying for an MFA in Theatre at USC, Bamji moved to [[Washington D.C.]] to finish his degree as an apprentice at [[The Shakespeare Theatre]]. In 1994 he was cast in Eric Bogosian's ''[[SubUrbia]]'' at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater, and he and his then wife, Erin Thigpen, sold the car and moved to [[New York City]].<ref name=Variety1994>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/suburbia-1200437041/ | title=Review: 'Suburbia' | first=Greg | last=Evans | date=23 May 1994 | work=Variety | accessdate=6 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lct.org/shows/suburbia/whos-who/ |title=subUrbia - Who's Who: Shows | Lincoln Center Theater |website=Lct.org |date=1994-08-28 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> | After studying for an MFA in Theatre at USC, Bamji moved to [[Washington D.C.]] to finish his degree as an apprentice at [[The Shakespeare Theatre]]. In 1994 he was cast in Eric Bogosian's ''[[SubUrbia (play)|SubUrbia]]'' at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater, and he and his then wife, Erin Thigpen, sold the car and moved to [[New York City]].<ref name=Variety1994>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/1994/legit/reviews/suburbia-1200437041/ | title=Review: 'Suburbia' | first=Greg | last=Evans | date=23 May 1994 | work=Variety | accessdate=6 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lct.org/shows/suburbia/whos-who/ |title=subUrbia - Who's Who: Shows | Lincoln Center Theater |website=Lct.org |date=1994-08-28 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> | ||
Bamji has appeared on stages in New York, [[Chicago]], [[San Francisco]], Washington D.C. and [[Los Angeles]] and major regional theaters around the United States. He has played leading roles in world and American premieres of plays by playwrights such as [[Tom Stoppard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/firdous-bamji-s-character-the-soul-of-indian-ink/article_c2f5f966-a295-11e4-8dfb-0b7591f6bfdb.html |title=Firdous Bamji's Character the Soul of 'Indian Ink' | Global |website=Indiawest.com |date=2015-01-22 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2014/09/30/off-broadway-review-indian-ink/16434235/ |title=Stoppard's 'Indian Ink' leaves indelible mark |website=Usatoday.com |date=2014-09-30 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> [[Tony Kushner]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon |first=John |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/9173/ |title=Homebody/Kabul - New York Magazine Theater Review |website=Nymag.com |date=2004-05-31 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> [[Naomi Wallace]], [[Rebecca Gilman]] and Eric Bogosian.<ref name=Variety1994 /> | Bamji has appeared on stages in New York, [[Chicago]], [[San Francisco]], Washington D.C. and [[Los Angeles]] and major regional theaters around the United States. He has played leading roles in world and American premieres of plays by playwrights such as [[Tom Stoppard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/firdous-bamji-s-character-the-soul-of-indian-ink/article_c2f5f966-a295-11e4-8dfb-0b7591f6bfdb.html |title=Firdous Bamji's Character the Soul of 'Indian Ink' | Global |website=Indiawest.com |date=2015-01-22 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2014/09/30/off-broadway-review-indian-ink/16434235/ |title=Stoppard's 'Indian Ink' leaves indelible mark |website=Usatoday.com |date=2014-09-30 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> [[Tony Kushner]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon |first=John |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/9173/ |title=Homebody/Kabul - New York Magazine Theater Review |website=Nymag.com |date=2004-05-31 |accessdate=2016-07-07}}</ref> [[Naomi Wallace]], [[Rebecca Gilman]] and Eric Bogosian.<ref name=Variety1994 /> | ||