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On the eve of Yalda, the longest night of the year, a twin, shipwrecked on the shores of the Caspian Sea and searching for her lost brother, cuts her hair and takes on the role of a man in order to survive in the land of Islamia.
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Directed by Eli Simon of the New Swan Shakespeare Center, University of California, Irvine.
Dramaturgy by Professor Julia Lupton, New Swan Shakespeare Center, University of California, Irvine.
Background Resources:
The place: Post-war Iran:
https://store.der.org/plastic-flowers-never-die-p516.aspx
(Available in most libraries through Kanopy)
The Medium: Theater:
Hajji Firooz, Black-Iranians: