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Vahdat Yeganeh (Persian: وحدت یگانه) (born September 5, 1979) is an experimental theatre director, producer, writer, educator, and dramaturge. He grew up in Hamedan, Iran, and moved to the United States as a refugee in 2002. He is the founder and the artistic director of, the Boston Experimental Theatre Company[1] (BETC) in Boston, MA. Strongly inspired by Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, Jerzy Grotowski's Poor Theatre, and Daryoush Shayegan's philosophy of Dialogue of Civilizations.
Yeganeh has published two papers about his workshops on the Dialogue of Civilizations program at Harvard University: Drama for[2] Dialogue of Civilizations[2] (2023), and Devised Drama as Social-Emotional Learning[3] (2024)
As part of his Dialogue of Civilization program at Boston Experimental Theatre, he produced and directed the first Iranian-American co-production (Creatures[4]-2013), followed by three new plays from SHAHNAMEH[5]: the Persian Book of Kings (2014, 2015, 2021, 2023), an adaptation of Sadegh Hedayat's masterpiece 'Blind Owl'[6] (2015), and Fish Trees[7] (2017). In summer 2020 and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Yeganeh produced and directed M(O)ther,[8] the first collaboration among artists from Iran, Iraq and U.S.
Yeganeh founded the Boston Experimental Theatre to study and practice Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty and Jerzy Grotowski's Poor Theatre in the rehearsal room and performances. In 2014, he founded the Dialogue of Civilizations program to create a space for international artists from diverse backgrounds to explore the dynamics of the interplay between their cultures. The Dialogue of Civilizations initiative aims to spark global understanding and empathy to foster a future of symbiotic cultural development and exchange.
Press
[edit]CBS News: Dialogue of Civilizations program at Harvard University[9]
WBUR: The Last Dream at Harvard[10]
The Broadway World writes about the production of Zahhak[11]
The Theatre Times Interview with the Creative Team of Zahhak[12]
The Broadway World writes about the production of M(O)ther[13]
The Theatre Times writes about the production of M(O)ther:[14]
The Theatre Times Interview with Vahdat Yeganeh[15]
The World Writes about The Last Dream at the US Congress[16]
Voice of America Reports about the Last Dream Tour in DC[17]
The Immigrant Report writes about The Last Dream[18]
Theatre of Activism[19]
Publications
[edit]Drama for dialogue of civilizations[20]
Devised Drama as Social-Emotional Learning[21]
Movies
[edit]- The Next Dream (2025)
- The Last Dream (2019)[22]
- Over There (2007)-the best prize, Golden Alexander, at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival for the best future movie
Early life in Iran
[edit]Yeganeh was a theatre director and a journalist in Iran. At the age of 20, he directed The Most Honored Murderer in the world[23] (2000), a play by Afshin Hashemi in Tehran's City Theatre. The play was banned by the Iranian Government after one week performances.
As a journalist in Iran, Vahdat has written for Bahar, a reformist newspaper, which was also banned by the Iranian Government in 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ "Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ a b McGovern, Kathleen R.; Yeganeh, Vahdat (July 19, 2023). "Drama for dialogue of civilizations: Performance as storytelling in the adult ESOL classroom". TESOL Journal. 14 (4): e745. doi:10.1002/tesj.745 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ^ "Publishers Panel". anglica-journal.com.
- ^ "Creatures | Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ "SHAHNAMEH:The Persian Book of Kings | Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ "Blind Owl | Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ "Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ "M(O)ther | Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.
- ^ ""Lost/Found" performance tomorrow at American Repertory Theater". CBS NEWS. July 27, 2023.
- ^ Delgado, Denise (December 20, 2018). "Children Of TPS Recipients Bring Stories Of Uncertainty To The Stage With 'The Last Dream'". WBUR.
- ^ Child, Andrew (March 26, 2021). "ZAHHAK, THE LEGEND OF THE SERPENT KING! at Boston Experimental Theatre". Broadway World.
- ^ Waters, Heather (January 9, 2023). ""Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King" and Dialogue of Civilizations at American Repertory Theater: An Interview with the Creative Team". The Theatre Times.
- ^ Child, Andrew (August 9, 2023). "Review: M(O)THER at Boston Experimental Theatre". Broadway World.
- ^ Cioffero, Clare (August 29, 2020). ""M(O)ther" – Boston Experimental Theatre". The Theatre Times.
- ^ Waters, Heather (October 6, 2023). "Keeping Alive the U.N.'s Dialogue Among Civilizations – as Theatre". The Theatre Times.
- ^ Karas, Tania (February 14, 2019). "Children of TPS join marchers in Washington by staging urgent play: 'Will somebody please help me?'". The World.
- ^ Soh, June (May 17, 2019). "An Uncertain Future". Voice of America.
- ^ Roman, Christina (March 5, 2019). "The Last Dream". Immigrant Report.
- ^ Tabatabai, Sassan (December 3, 2019). "Theater of Activism: Boston Experimental Theater Company". MIZAN.
- ^ Yeganeh & McGovern, Vahdat & Kathleen (July 15, 2023). "Drama for dialogue of civilizations: Performance as storytelling in the adult ESOL classroom". WILEY Library. 14 (4) – via TESOL Journal.
- ^ Yeganeh & McGovern, Vahdat & Kathleen (September 20, 2024). "Devised Drama as Social-Emotional Learning". ANGELICA. 33 (3).
- ^ "The Last Dream". June 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "The Most Honest Murderer in the World | Towards a Theatre of Unknown & Dialogue of Civilizations". Boston Experimental Theatre.