Press Photos

REORIENT

 

Garth Petal, Julian Lopez-Morillas and Lynne Soffer in I Sell Souls, a staged poem by Simin Behbehani in Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Danielle Levin, Julian Lopez-Morillas and Ali El-Gassier in Between This Breath and You, by Naomi Wallace, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Garth Petal, Danielle Levin and Sara Razavi in Pistachio Stories by Laura Shamas as part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Garth Petal, Julian Lopez-Morillas and Lynne Soffer in I Sell Souls, a staged poem by Simin Behbehani, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Garth Petal, Julian Lopez-Morillas and Lynne Soffer in I Sell Souls, a staged poem by Simin Behbehani, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Lynne Soffer in 22 Minutes Remaining by Ignacio Zulueta in Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Sara Razavi makes herself heard in The Monologist Suffers Her Monologue by Yussef El Guindi in Golden Thread's ReOrient.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Lynne Soffer and Ali El-Gassier call across borders in 22 Minutes Remaining by Ignacio Zulueta, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Danielle Levin and Ali El-Gassier, cast members of ReOrient 2007/08. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

 

Ali El-Gassier (cast member), Ignacio Zulueta (playwright—22 Minutes Remaining) and Lynne Soffer (cast member). Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

 

Sara Razavi in The Monologist Suffers for Her Monologue, by Yussef El Guindi. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Danielle Levin and Julian Lopez-Morillas in Between This Breath and You, by Naomi Wallace in Golden Thread's ReOrient Festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Ali El-Gassier watches as Julian Lopez-Morillas recreates a lost son in Between This Breath and You, by Naomi Wallace, as part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Garth Petal watches on as Sara Razavi contemplates 2 mysterious bags of red pistachios in Pistachio Stories by Laura Shamas as part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Sara Razavi expresses herself in The Monologist Suffers Her Monologue by Yussef El Guindi, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Julian Lopez-Morillas and Garth Petal in I Sell Souls, a staged poem by Simin Behbehani, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Ali El-Gassier in a moment of frustration in 22 Minutes Remaining by Ignacio Zulueta, part of Golden Thread Productions' ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Ali El-Gassier in 22 Minutes Remaining by Ignacio Zulueta, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Garth Petal, Lynne Soffer and Julian Lopez-Morillas in I Sell Souls, a staged poem by Simin Behbehani, part of Golden Thread's ReOrient festival.  Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Lynne Soffer and Garth Petal, cast members of ReOrient 2007/08. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Lynne Soffer and Ali El-Gassier, cast members of ReOrient 2007/08. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

 

 

 

 

BENEDICTUS

Production Photos

Ali Kermani (played by Al Faris) and Asher Muthada (played by Ali Pourtash), estranged childhood friends, meet for the first time since the Iranian Revolution to negotiate world peace. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Ali Kermani (played by Al Faris) and Asher Muthada (played by Ali Pourtash). Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Al Faris (as Ali Kermani), Earll Kingston (as Ambassador Ben Martin), and Ali Pourtash (as Asher Muthada) negotiate the price of world peace in a secret meeting. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Ali Pourtash (as Asher Muthada) in a intense secret peace negotiation. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Asher Muthada (played by Ali Pourtash) and Ali Kermani (played by Al Faris) in an intense peace negotiation. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

Process and Artist Photos

The creative team for the world premiere production of Benedictus. From left to right: Daniel Michaelson, Motti Lerner, Torange Yeghiazarian, Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Roberta Levitow. Photo by Ralph Blasting.


The creative team for the world premiere production of Benedictus. From top to bottom: Motti Lerner, Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Torange Yeghiazarian, Daniel Michaelson, Roberta Levitow. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Director Mahmood Karimi-Hakak discusses a costume sketch during a production meeting for the world premiere production of Benedictus. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan
 


Asher Muthada (played by Ali Pourtash) and Ali Kermani (played by Al Faris) in an intense peace negotiation. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.


Asher Muthada (played by Ali Pourtash) and Ali Kermani (played by Al Faris) in an intense peace negotiation. Photo by Gohar Barseghyan.

 


 

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