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Shahreh Gheseh. A play by Bijan Mofid.

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In the Iranian musical play Shahre Gheseh (City of Tales), an elephant walks into a town, falls down, breaks his leg, and asks for help. The town's other animals including a fox, a monkey, and a parrot debate what to do next as the elephant waits and voices his opinions. As written by acclaimed Iranian playwright Bijan Mofid, Shahre Gheseh is a parable about tradition and the way a strange visitor can or can't survive in a society with fixed ideas.

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It's a painful tale of characters whose realities are inhibited by enforced practices, values, and superstitions. Created in the narrator's mind's eyes, the characters are accustomed to their own world of trickery and deception. And one day, when a newcomer enters, these characters quickly transform him into their own world -- the world of Shahre Gheseh.

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One of Iran's most popular plays before the country's 1979 revolution, Shahre Gheseh is being restaged in a theatrical new version. A rare version of an acclaimed play -- a work that's both sad and fun, and performed in Farsi!.

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CAST: Ali Reza Naimi, Farhad Golriz, Hayedeh Doroudy-Ahi, Laya Jamali, Lobat Shabanpour, Mansour Taeed, Hamed Lorak, Navid Shahdi, Nazanin Ghanbari, Shirin Fardin, Roham Sheikhani, Tinoush Hedayat

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MUSICIANS: Houman Pourmehdi, Kamran Golriz, Mohammad Talani.

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MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Kamran Golriz

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SOUND DIRECTOR: Ali Fomani

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LIGHT DESIGN: Jim Cave

SET DESIGN: Mokhtar Khaki

MASKS: Hayedeh Doroudy-Ahi

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STAGE MANAGEMENT: Nasrin Badii

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Afshin Zandi

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DIRECTED BY: George Charbak

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For tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2413166

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http://tickets.kodoom.com/select?id=76473

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For more info: https://www.facebook.com/TheatreInSearch-832005836880192/