Javaad Alipoor and Peyvand Sadeghian. Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth.
As the world has now officially crossed over the one-year mark of a global pandemic, nothing and everything feels like it’s changed. Time has flown by, yet we continue to make memes about it still being March 2020. We acknowledge the increase in burnout and screen fatigue, yet we continue to turn to our devices to stay connected to others.
The perception of time is just one of many themes pulled apart and put back together in The Javaad Alipoor Company’s production of “Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran.” This installment of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s 2020-2021 season is fast-paced, chaotic, and chock full of statistics on consumerism, climate change, and globalization that seemingly seek to shock the viewer into questioning existence, as an individual and a society.
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MEMO in conversation with Javaad Alipoor Our conversation with British-Iranian writer, theatremaker and director Javaad Alipoor discussing his most recent play Rich Kids , the Iranian politics that underline it and the role of art in politics. March 3, 2021 at 11:00 am
Middle East Monitor caught up with British-Iranian writer and director Javaad Alipoor this week for a conversation about his work. He has been online-touring with his latest production
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (2019), which won the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival.
Alipoor describes himself as a political artist who wants to take complex political and historical ideas and turn them into drama. In particular, his plays explore how fractured identities, resentment and technologies are transforming the world. His 2017 play,
Carly Hughes and Michael Urie
Broadway alums Carly Hughes and Michael Urie star in the February 27 live stream reading of Douglas Lyonsâ
Chicken and Biscuits from 59E59 Theaters. The play, a family comedy set at a funeral, debuted at Queens Theatre in March last year but was suspended due to COVID-19.
The live stream performance begins at 8 PM ET on
59e59.org with a recorded version of the event available to view on-demand through March 3. All proceeds will benefit The Next Wave Initiative (founded and led by Lyons), a new developmental branch of The Directors Company committed to amplifying future Black voices in the American theatre through scholarships and community engagement.