Slow sound of snow
by Jaber Ramezani & Payam Saeedi
directed by Shadi Ghaheri
directed by Shadi Ghaheri
slow sound of snow
January 16 - 26, 2020
In the mountains of Turkey, a village spends winters in near-silence to avoid triggering an avalanche. This year, their survival rests on the shoulders of Yashar, a pregnant woman whose impending due date threatens the safety of generations. Compassion and the common good clash in the English-language premiere of this stunner by Iranian playwright Jaber Ramezani.
Playwrights: Jaber Ramezani and Payam Saeedi
Director & Translator: Shadi Ghaheri
Scenic Design: Steph Cohen
Lighting Design: Carolina Ortiz
Costume Design: Sophia Choi
Sound Design: Tye Hunt Fitzgerald
Producers: Leandro Zaneti & Annie Middleton
Featuring: A full company of Iranian/Iranian-American actors.
Part of the 2020 Exponential Festival.
Performance Dates & Times
Thursday, January 16th at 8:00pm, Friday, January 17th at 8:00pm, Saturday, January 18th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm, Sunday, January 19th at 4:00pm,
Wednesday, January 22nd at 8:00pm, Thursday, January 23rd at 8:00pm, Friday, January 24th at 8:00pm, Saturday, January 25th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm, Sunday, January 26th at 2:00pm.
Tickets
$25 General Admission, available here.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Shadi Ghaheri - Director and Choreographer from Tehran, Iran based in New York. She has directed Lucretia (HERE),Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Williams College), Shahr-e-Farang (Spectrum NYC) The Girl is Chained, Death of Yazdgerd, Titus Andronicus and The Slow Sound of Snow. She co-curated a four-play season, directing The Trojan Women, and Lear (Yale Summer Cabaret). Also she co-curated and produced a six-day festival of theatre, music and short film by Iranian Artists at Spectrum NYC. Shadi holds a BA from Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, where she was the first female president of the University Theatre Club. There, she directed Art and Stranger walking in my room. She continued working as a director, leading workshops at Iranian refugee camps for Afghani children fleeing the war in their country. Shadi is a 2016 PD Soros Fellow and the 2017-2018 directing fellow at Rattlestick Playwright Theatre. shadighaheri.com
Jaber Ramezani is a playwright, director and filmmaker based in Tehran, Iran. He has a BA in Dramatic Literature from Sooreh University, Tehran and is currently studying an MA in Film Directing at Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran. His directorial debut ‘A New Game’ was selected for the International University Puppetry Festival. He has continued to produce work at home and abroad since. Other credits include; ‘Edward Normal Hands’ (Iran), ‘Swim Team’ (Skena Up, Kosovo, ITSelf, Poland, and Romatheater festival) and “Slow Sound of Snow” (Iranshahr, Tehran). As a playwright Jaber’s work has been performed at the Fajr International Festival, the 14th & 15th International University Theatre Festivals and at Tajrobeh Theatre Festival. His awards include the ‘Lucky Euro Special Award’ for ‘Swim Team’ (Poland), ‘Best Director’ (15th International University Theatre Festival, Iran) and “best director” (Roma theatre festival Italy)
Payam Saeedi, Iranian born playwright, studied Dramatic Literature at Sooreh Art University, Tehran, and Drama at University of Alberta, Canada. He co-founded The Hole in the Wall Theatre with two other fellow writers in 2009; the company has been active in performance and film production ever since. He writes for stage and screen; his plays have been performed in different countries, and films based on his scripts have been selected by international festivals. Among his works; Slow Sound of Snow (2013,Tehran, Co-writer), Bidinjili (2014, Tehran) The Whisper of the Sea, And I (2017, Edmonton) We Cannot Talk About It (2018, Tehran), all performed by different directors on stage, and Magralen (2019) a short film directed by Maryam Zarei which premiered at Berlinale Film Festival.
Photo Credit: Johnny Moreno
In the mountains of Turkey, a village spends winters in near-silence to avoid triggering an avalanche. This year, their survival rests on the shoulders of Yashar, a pregnant woman whose impending due date threatens the safety of generations. Compassion and the common good clash in the English-language premiere of this stunner by Iranian playwright Jaber Ramezani.
Playwrights: Jaber Ramezani and Payam Saeedi
Director & Translator: Shadi Ghaheri
Scenic Design: Steph Cohen
Lighting Design: Carolina Ortiz
Costume Design: Sophia Choi
Sound Design: Tye Hunt Fitzgerald
Producers: Leandro Zaneti & Annie Middleton
Featuring: A full company of Iranian/Iranian-American actors.
Part of the 2020 Exponential Festival.
Performance Dates & Times
Thursday, January 16th at 8:00pm, Friday, January 17th at 8:00pm, Saturday, January 18th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm, Sunday, January 19th at 4:00pm,
Wednesday, January 22nd at 8:00pm, Thursday, January 23rd at 8:00pm, Friday, January 24th at 8:00pm, Saturday, January 25th at 2:00pm & 8:00pm, Sunday, January 26th at 2:00pm.
Tickets
$25 General Admission, available here.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Shadi Ghaheri - Director and Choreographer from Tehran, Iran based in New York. She has directed Lucretia (HERE),Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Williams College), Shahr-e-Farang (Spectrum NYC) The Girl is Chained, Death of Yazdgerd, Titus Andronicus and The Slow Sound of Snow. She co-curated a four-play season, directing The Trojan Women, and Lear (Yale Summer Cabaret). Also she co-curated and produced a six-day festival of theatre, music and short film by Iranian Artists at Spectrum NYC. Shadi holds a BA from Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, where she was the first female president of the University Theatre Club. There, she directed Art and Stranger walking in my room. She continued working as a director, leading workshops at Iranian refugee camps for Afghani children fleeing the war in their country. Shadi is a 2016 PD Soros Fellow and the 2017-2018 directing fellow at Rattlestick Playwright Theatre. shadighaheri.com
Jaber Ramezani is a playwright, director and filmmaker based in Tehran, Iran. He has a BA in Dramatic Literature from Sooreh University, Tehran and is currently studying an MA in Film Directing at Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran. His directorial debut ‘A New Game’ was selected for the International University Puppetry Festival. He has continued to produce work at home and abroad since. Other credits include; ‘Edward Normal Hands’ (Iran), ‘Swim Team’ (Skena Up, Kosovo, ITSelf, Poland, and Romatheater festival) and “Slow Sound of Snow” (Iranshahr, Tehran). As a playwright Jaber’s work has been performed at the Fajr International Festival, the 14th & 15th International University Theatre Festivals and at Tajrobeh Theatre Festival. His awards include the ‘Lucky Euro Special Award’ for ‘Swim Team’ (Poland), ‘Best Director’ (15th International University Theatre Festival, Iran) and “best director” (Roma theatre festival Italy)
Payam Saeedi, Iranian born playwright, studied Dramatic Literature at Sooreh Art University, Tehran, and Drama at University of Alberta, Canada. He co-founded The Hole in the Wall Theatre with two other fellow writers in 2009; the company has been active in performance and film production ever since. He writes for stage and screen; his plays have been performed in different countries, and films based on his scripts have been selected by international festivals. Among his works; Slow Sound of Snow (2013,Tehran, Co-writer), Bidinjili (2014, Tehran) The Whisper of the Sea, And I (2017, Edmonton) We Cannot Talk About It (2018, Tehran), all performed by different directors on stage, and Magralen (2019) a short film directed by Maryam Zarei which premiered at Berlinale Film Festival.
Photo Credit: Johnny Moreno
