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.

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:

UCI Anthropology Professor Roxanne Varzi Presents Yalda: An Iranian Twelfth Night