Plays

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Link to Persian Content فارسی

Bride of Acacias and June 22, 2024 The Bride of Acacias and Six Silent Men (Earlier versions Produced 2006 Chopin Theatre and 1997 North Eastern University)

My Name Is Inanna: link to view more about worldwide readings and performances

2022 Events

• Reading February 18, 2022 at University of Illinois Champaign, Il
• 2021 Events
  • Panel Discussion at Evanston Public Library
  • Full Production at Red Tape Theatre October 23 – December 11, 2021

Gang Lu Bought Two Guns

In the Mist

You’re Not a Man and Two Iranian Children – 2 short plays presented Feb 28, 2010 (PDF)

Behind the Curtains

Medea was born in Fallujah: one of 3 plays performed June 24, 2011 (PDF) Youtube clip from Medea was born in Fallujah (short play incorporated into My Name Is Inanna)

Another Phaedra in the Desert Sept 5, 2010 Reading in 2 parts: Part 1 (10:59 minutes), Part 2 (5:54 minutes)

1993         Another Phaedra in the Desert, La Mama La Galleria, New York
1992         NOW SMILE, and IN THE MIST, Two short plays, Studio Theatre (Iowa) &(NewYork)                        
1990-94    *MARYAM’S PREGNANCY*        
. Hidden Theatre at Splinter Group Studio, Maryam’s Pregnancy October 7, 1993 Chicago Reader Review 10/8/1993, Chicago, IL Click here for full review (PDF, need Acrobat Reader)                                                      
. Antioch University,Ohio                                                        
. Iowa Playwrights Festival, Iowa     
. Second Conference of International Women’s Playwrights, Canada University of Buffalo, New York Maryam’s Pregnancy April 17, 1993 Louis Abron’s Art Center, New York, NY New Federal Theatre Brochure
The Women’s Project
A Finalist in the Jane Chambers Play writing Award Competition      
In the Mist,  The Theatre-Studio, Inc. (PlayTime 13 series), NYC  
1990 Parallel Mirrors, Iowa Playwright’s Workshop
1989 Metamorphosis, Iowa Playwrights Festival, Iowa New Federal Theatre, NYC

Website showing most of the plays including performance history (need to update Inanna recent performances)

فارسی

Plays Written In Farsi/Persian

Roses For Sohrab Part 1 2005 (5:19 minutes in Persian)

Roses For Sohrab Part 2 2005 (7:25 minutes in Persian)

2003     A DOLL BEHIND THE CURTAIN, Chicago            
2000      ROMEO AND JULIET in the dark alleys of TEHRAN and labyrinth in corridors of COLUMBINE High school, Chicago        
1998-99   ROSES FOR SOHRAB, 6th Theatre Festival (Koln, Germany), Iranian Cultural Seminar (Chicago)
WOMAN WITH A CUT FINGER,(Reading in Canada)
1997          THE BRIDE OF ACACIAS
1992          NOW SMILE, translation from English to farsi
1990          MARYAM’S PREGNANCY        
1989          METAMORPHOSIS        
1979          THE MIDDLE EAST ODYSSEY, Culture and Art Hall, Iran
1976          BEGINNING OF BLOOM, Iranian NationalTelevision, Iran