Fwd: Monday! Special Invite to Industry Reading with Shohreh Aghdashloo
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Lanna Joffrey
Mar 23, 2011, 5:29:26 PM3/23/11
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Dear friends,
As many of you know we are having a benefit reading of Houshang Touzie's "Our Sweet Life by the Pacific Ocean" starring Shohreh Aghdashloo at the Persian Arts Festival this Saturday. If you are able to come and would like to support Noor Theatre that would be wonderful- tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door. Follow the link above for details!
But for those of you who are not available or for whom (like me) money is often tight, we are extending an invitation to our wider artist community to RSVP for the event we are hosting for industry on Monday Night. Admission is free :) Pleae do RSVP so we can keep a tab on numbers both for seat avails and for the reception.
Details are below!
Happy Nowruz! Happy Spring! (ignore the snow and rain...)
Maha
OUR SWEET LIFE BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN
By Houshang Touzie
Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Houshang Touzie,
Keon Mohajeri, Dina Shihabi and Barzin Akhavan
Directed by Shidan Majidi
Produced by Noor Theatre
On Monday, March 28th at 7:00 pm
New York Theatre Workshop
79 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
Space is limited. Reserve your seats at rs...@noortheatre.org today!
OUR SWEET LIFE BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A romantic comedy about an Iranian man struggling to provide for his family, revive the passion in his marriage, and communicate with a rebellious son raised far from his homeland.
Starring Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo as well as acclaimed writer-actor, Houshang Touzie, join us for this exclusive event to celebrate the first time that Mr. Touzie's work will appear in English on the East Coast; directed by Shidan Majidi and produced by Noor Theatre.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Shohreh Aghdashloo is an internationally acclaimed actress whose past credits include roles in television's Law & Order, Matlock and 24, and on film in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) and playing opposite Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog (2003), for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Independent Spirit Award. In 2009, Aghadashloo won an Emmy Award for her role in the HBO original miniseries, House of Saddam.
Houshang Touzie is a renowned Iranian playwright and actor. He has written and acted in numerous plays in both English and Farsi. His film credits include America So Beautiful, The Guests of the Hotel Astoria, Checkpoint, Into the Night and Ferestedah.
Shidan Majidi’s directing credits include: Miss Saigon (North American tour); andCentury (starring Rainn Wilson). For the past decade he’s been working for producer Cameron Mackintosh on musicals: Cats, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins. In 2010 he co-produced themusical, Yank! for which he was nominated by the Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.
Noor Theatre is dedicated to supporting, developing and producing the work of theatre artists of Middle-Eastern descent. Created in 2010 by Lameece Issaq, Maha Chehlaoui and Nancy Vitale, Noor Theatre is in residence at New York Theatre Workshop, where their first production, Ms. Issaq’s Food and Fadwa, will appear in 2012. For more information, visit www.noortheatre.org.
Reservations are required for this event. Please email rs...@noortheatre.org with the number of seats you require.
As many of you know we are having a benefit reading of Houshang Touzie's "Our Sweet Life by the Pacific Ocean" starring Shohreh Aghdashloo at the Persian Arts Festival this Saturday. If you are able to come and would like to support Noor Theatre that would be wonderful- tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door. Follow the link above for details!
But for those of you who are not available or for whom (like me) money is often tight, we are extending an invitation to our wider artist community to RSVP for the event we are hosting for industry on Monday Night. Admission is free :) Pleae do RSVP so we can keep a tab on numbers both for seat avails and for the reception.
Details are below!
Happy Nowruz! Happy Spring! (ignore the snow and rain...)
Maha
OUR SWEET LIFE BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN
By Houshang Touzie
Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Houshang Touzie,
Keon Mohajeri, Dina Shihabi and Barzin Akhavan
Directed by Shidan Majidi
Produced by Noor Theatre
On Monday, March 28th at 7:00 pm
New York Theatre Workshop
79 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
Space is limited. Reserve your seats at rs...@noortheatre.org today!
OUR SWEET LIFE BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN
A romantic comedy about an Iranian man struggling to provide for his family, revive the passion in his marriage, and communicate with a rebellious son raised far from his homeland.
Starring Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo as well as acclaimed writer-actor, Houshang Touzie, join us for this exclusive event to celebrate the first time that Mr. Touzie's work will appear in English on the East Coast; directed by Shidan Majidi and produced by Noor Theatre.
BIOGRAPHIES:
Shohreh Aghdashloo is an internationally acclaimed actress whose past credits include roles in television's Law & Order, Matlock and 24, and on film in The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) and playing opposite Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog (2003), for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Independent Spirit Award. In 2009, Aghadashloo won an Emmy Award for her role in the HBO original miniseries, House of Saddam.
Houshang Touzie is a renowned Iranian playwright and actor. He has written and acted in numerous plays in both English and Farsi. His film credits include America So Beautiful, The Guests of the Hotel Astoria, Checkpoint, Into the Night and Ferestedah.
Shidan Majidi’s directing credits include: Miss Saigon (North American tour); andCentury (starring Rainn Wilson). For the past decade he’s been working for producer Cameron Mackintosh on musicals: Cats, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins. In 2010 he co-produced themusical, Yank! for which he was nominated by the Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical.
Noor Theatre is dedicated to supporting, developing and producing the work of theatre artists of Middle-Eastern descent. Created in 2010 by Lameece Issaq, Maha Chehlaoui and Nancy Vitale, Noor Theatre is in residence at New York Theatre Workshop, where their first production, Ms. Issaq’s Food and Fadwa, will appear in 2012. For more information, visit www.noortheatre.org.
Reservations are required for this event. Please email rs...@noortheatre.org with the number of seats you require.
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