NEW PLAY WORKSHOP
Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Dramaturges: Luis Alfaro and Sasha Emerson
It’s Nowruz — the Iranian New Year — and who better to spend it with than our fabulous hostess, Roya? She’ll teach you how to celebrate in style. They say that on Nowruz, the souls of ancestors come alive and visit. Perhaps that’s what’s happening here tonight. Or maybe it’s just the strong Persian chai.
BIO: Michael Shayan is a queer Iranian-American writer and performer from “Tehran-geles,” California. He received the inaugural Sundance Institute Uprise Grant. Recent playwriting credits include Ojai Playwrights Conference, Audible, The Geffen Playhouse, SPACE on Ryder Farm, South Coast Repertory, La MaMa, New York Stage & Film, Rattlestick, The Lark, Dixon Place and Stillwright, among others. He’s received honors from The Kennedy Center & Lambda Literary as an LGBTQ Voices Fellow in Playwriting. TV projects include “Book of Queer” (Discovery+) and “We’re Here” (HBO). At 13, he was the youngest performer at the Hollywood Magic Castle.
TICKETS: $30