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REZA ABDOH (1963 - 1995) |
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Nationality: Iranian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Reza Abdoh a gay Moslem man was born in Tehran on February 25th 1963. At the age of seven he saw a production of "A Midsummer's Nights Dream" - the Peter Brook version and this had a lasting affect on him. Age fourteen he was in the UK having lost everything in the Iranian Revolution. He worked with the National Youth Theatre. In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles and worked for the Los Angeles Theater Center. Among his stage success as a director were "The Hip Hop Waltz of Eurydice" (1990) and "Quotations From A Ruined City". He died on May 12th 1995 from an AIDS related illness in 1995 - he was survived by his partner Brendan Doyle
Plays by Reza Abdoh
Law Of Remains | ||
| 1st Produced: | a New York City hotel | 1991 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99253 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The seven-scene play focuses on violence and its social impacts, through the use of Andy Warhol's aesthetics, incorporating police reports on the murders of Jeffrey Dahmer in exploring the deeds of fictionalized killer "Jeffrey Snarling". It uses Dahmer's crime, particularly against an adolescent Laotian who almost escaped Dahmer until police presumed the conflict was a dispute between gay lovers, to create a metaphor for "governmental indifference to the AIDS crisis". Anita Durst, an actress and disciple of Abdoh who procured the location, summarized the play as "Andy Warhol and Jeffrey Dahmer meet in Heaven". The play is a non-linear multi-media presentation, adding to traditional dramatic structure a soundtrack of "death, sex and violence" and "raucous" imagery, both live and electronic. | |||||
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