Iranian playwright
Nassim Soleimanpour (
Persian : نسیم سلیمانپور , born 10 December 1981 (19
Azar 1360
SH ),
[1] is an Iranian
playwright . He is best known for his 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit .
Early life and education
Soleimanpour was born in
Tehran , Iran.
[1] His father is a novelist, so writing was a natural thing to do in his family.
[2]
He studied
set design at the
University of Tehran , and started teaching a
computer-aided set design course there, but always continued to write – poems, short stories and stage plays.
[2]
Having refused compulsory
military service in Iran , he was not allowed to leave the country until 2013, when he was granted a passport.
[3]
Works
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Soleimanpour's 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed widely and in more than 20 languages.
[4]
[5] It is to be performed each night by a different actor, who has not seen the script before. First performed at the 2011
Edinburgh Festival Fringe and
Clubbed Thumb 's Summerworks festivals,
[6] it has since been performed by an array of A-list actors, including
F. Murray Abraham ,
Wayne Brady ,
Bobby Cannavale ,
Darren Criss ,
Brian Dennehy ,
Joyce DiDonato ,
Whoopi Goldberg ,
Nathan Lane ,
Cynthia Nixon ,
Patrick Wilson ,
Stana Katic and many more at its premiere in New York City at the
Westside Theatre in 2016 where it ran for 42 weeks, produced by
Tom Kirdahy .
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10] Soleimanpour first saw the play in 2013 at the
Brisbane Powerhouse , Australia, during the
World Theatre Festival .
[3]
Other works
His play Blind Hamlet premiered during the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the
Assembly Roxy .
[11]
Nassim , which requires the actor and audience members to speak
Farsi (Persian), premiered in Edinburgh in 2017
[5] and played at the
Arts Centre Melbourne in early 2018.
[12] Nassim had its New York premiere in December 2018 at Stage II of the
New York City Center , where it played until April 20.
[13]
Awards
Soleimanpour has won several awards, including:
[6]
Dublin Fringe Festival Best New Performance 2012
Summerworks Outstanding New Performance Text Award 2011
The Arches Brick Award, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011
References
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a
b
"White Rabbit Red Rabbit " , nassimsoleimanpour.com
^
a
b Mostajabian, Soheil; Soleimanpour, Nassim.
"Performer Soheil Mostajabian and playwright Nassim Soleimanpour on White Rabbit, Red Rabbit" . New York Theatre Review (Interview). Interviewed by Jody Christopherson. Retrieved 14 December 2021 .
^
a
b
"Nassim Soleimanpour's White Rabbit Red Rabbit at World Theatre Festival" , interview by Sarah Kanowski and
Richard Fidler ,
ABC Radio National , 23 February 2013
^
"Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour sees his own play" by Ian Youngs,
BBC News , 26 February 2013
^
a
b
"Nassim review – language and life lessons from a vivid Iranian voice" by
Lyn Gardner ,
The Guardian , 10 August 2017
^
a
b
White Rabbit Red Rabbit , Aurora Nova
^
"White Rabbit Red Rabbit to be performed in support of PEN" ,
PEN International New York City, 3 February 2016
^ David Gordon: "Opera Star
Joyce DiDonato to Join White Rabbit Red Rabbit ", TheaterMania, 30 August 2016 (
line-up March 7 to August 29, 2016 at the
Westside Theatre , Manhattan)
^ Gioia, Michael (19 December 2016).
"Exclusive: 17 Outrageous Moments From the Run of White Rabbit Red Rabbit " .
Playbill . Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
^
"Justin Bartha, Billy Porter, and Stana Katic Line Up for White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania , August 9, 2016
^
"Edinburgh festival 2014 review: Blind Hamlet – interactive parlour game with very little Hamlet" by
Lyn Gardner ,
The Guardian , 16 August 2014
^
"Nassim review: Aussie actor Alison Bell walks blind into a joke at her expense" by Cameron Woodhead,
The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 January 2018
^
"Ashley Park, Lee Pace, Will Eno, More Join Nassim Before Show Closes Off-Broadway" by Olivia Clement,
Playbill , April 4, 2019
External links
International National People