Indoor Performances in Koret Auditorium – de Young Museum
Sina Sarlak & Nava Ensemble
(Amir Nojan, Saeed Kamjoo, Sina Dehghani)
Sina Sarlak – Popular Iranian vocalist & musician
Nava Ensemble – Young musicians play the great Persian Classical pieces
TICKETS: $15 – 25
Bahram Beyzaei
Bahram Beyzaei will be introducing the play “1001st Night” that he wrote. His wife Mojdeh Shamsaei will act the play by herself – playing all of the characters. The play will be performed in Persian (no English subtitles.) After the performance they will have a Q & A with the audience.
“1001st Night” is the story of Jam’s two imprisoned daughters, Shahrnaz and Arnavaz, who keep Zahak busy for 1000 nights, until saviors finally arrive! Based on a story from “1001 Arabian Nights”
Bahram Beyzaei is one of Iran’s most acclaimed filmmakers, playwrights, and scholars of the history of Iranian theater, both secular and religious. At Stanford U. as a Visiting Professor of Persian Studies.
TICKETS: $35 – 47