A Moment of Silence (2016)
Produced by
Modern Times Stage Company and Nowadays Theatre
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: Mohammad Yaghoubi
Director: Mohammad Yaghoubi
Translator: Torange Yeghiazarian
Venue
Run
August 6th, 2016 – August 14th, 2016
Synopsis
What happens when an Iranian woman falls asleep for years at a time and keeps missing the most important events, like the revolution, the war with Iraq, and her husband’s affair? And what if the story is compounded by death threats to the playwright while he’s trying to explain Shiva’s dilemma? How can she understand the changes in her life? How can the playwright tell her story when he is threatened, and a series of intellectuals are being killed? Before he, himself, falls victim to execution, he writes a play about Shiva and her family turned upside down by personal and political crisis. Mohammad Yaghoubi’s A Moment of Silence – one of the most beloved Iranian plays of the last 30 years – is a surreal, poetic, and surprisingly comic meditation on Iran’s turbulent history. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Sarah Marchand | Shiva |
| Maxime Robin | Jimmy |
| Parmida Vand | Shirin |
| Lara Arabian | Hasti |
| Paul Van Dyck | Sohrab |
| Melanie Pyne | Sheida |
| Art Babayants | All Male Voices |
| Jada Rifkin | All Female Voices |
Creative Team
| Mohammad Yaghoubi | Playwright |
| Mohammad Yaghoubi | Director |
| Torange Yeghiazarian | Translator |
| Matt Jones | Dramaturge |
| Saeed Hasanlou | Set Designer |
| Pedram Khavarzamini | Music |
| David DeGrow | Lighting Designer |
| Setareh Delzendeh | Costume Designer |
| Art Babayants | Assistant Director |
| Marjan Moosavi | Assistant Director |
| Mona Ketabian | Assistant Director |
Production
| Steve Vargo | Stage Manager |
| Aida Keykhaii | Producer |
| Arian Yaghmaie | Sound Engineer |
| Hajar Morandi | Poster Designer |
| Bahare Ahmadi | Programme Desgner |
| Mina Ketabian | Key Make-up Artist |
| Adel Ghorbani | Trailer |
| Jivesh Parasram | Consultant |
| Sam Chaiton | Advisor |
| Stephanie Zidel | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Elnaz Ghasemi | Assistant Producer |
| Yousef Kashefifar | Set Builder |
| Parya Tahsini | Production Assistant |
| Mohsen Nazeri | Production Assistant |
| Soroosh Tahvilzadeh | Fundraising Coordinator |
| Mehrdokht Hadi | Marketing |
| Navaz Karimianpour | Marketing |
| Kiarash Salimian | Marketing |
