Isfahan Blues

Performance Dates
Friday May 1st 8pm*
Saturday May 2nd 8pm**
Sunday May 3rd 3pm
Friday May 8th 8pm
Saturday May 9th 8pm
Sunday May 10th 3pm
Friday May 15th 8pm
Saturday May 16th 8pm
Sunday May 17th 3pm
Friday May 22nd 8pm
Saturday May 23rd 8pm
Sunday May 24th 3pm

Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Intermission: 10 minutes

Venue
Buriel Clay Theatre
African-American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco
Map & Directions

May 1-24, 2015

Isfahan Blues (World Premiere)

Playwright Torange Yeghiazarian
Musical Composer Marcus Shelby
Directed by Laura Hope
Dramaturgy by Nakissa Etemad
Featuring Vida Ghahremani & L. Peter Callender

Inspired by Duke Ellington Orchestra’s 1963 tour to Iran and featuring music by Marcus Shelby, Isfahan Blues imagines an unlikely friendship between an American jazz musician and an Iranian actress. As they travel together to Isfahan, “the most beautiful city in the world,” Jazz inspires them to test the limits of freedom, creativity, and experimentation.

Isfahan Blues is co-produced with Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company focused on the Middle East. Contrary to today’s political stalemate between the US and Iran, this production aims to shed light on a little-known historical moment when a uniquely American art form inspired generations of young Iranian musicians. Featuring AASC Artistic Director L. Peter Callender and Golden Thread Artistic Associate Vida Ghahremani.

Golden Thread Productions
www.goldenthread.org

"Collaboration is huge," insists L. Peter Callender, Artistic Director of The African-American Shakespeare Company ,"and we're hoping that our audiences meet each other, tell stories about their experiences…and that friendships are forged in the audiences, as well as on stage!"Delve deeper into the collaborative process behind ISFAHAN BLUES, a rare and important partnership between two companies of color, in this new video interview!

Posted by Golden Thread Productions on Wednesday, April 15, 2015