Past Performances

Up to now (Semptember 2004), there have been thirty four Darvag productions, nineteen of which have been original works by Darvag members. What follows is a chronological listing of those works: The Fault (84) Written and directed by Farhad Ayeesh---The Beginning (85) Written by S. Koosha, Directed by F. Ayeesh --- The Suitcase (85 and 91) Written and directed by F. Ayeesh --- A Dance Such As This (86) Written and directed by Mansour Taeed--- If You Leave I Will Be Lonely (88 and 90) Written and directed by Sepideh Koosha --- The Visit (89) Written and directed by Iraj Mohammadi-- A Shuttle from North (90) Written and directed by Iraj Mohammad e --- Jafar Khan Strikes Back (89 and 90) Written and directed by F. Ayeesh ---Thirty Two Minutes of the Event (91) Written and directed by F. Ayeesh--- A Man, His Four Wives, and His Mother (92 and 97) Written and directed (92) by Sepideh Koosha and directed by Hamid Ehya (97)--- The Phoenix (92) Written and Directed by F. Ayeesh --- The Theater of the Theater (92) Written and directed by F. Ayeesh --- Who Will Give us a Second Chance (93) Written and directed by Sepideh Koosha--- Three Little Piglets (94) Written and directed by Roham Sheikhani --- Image Is Everything (95) Written by Roham Sheikhani, directed by Jim Cave --- Eblis (95) Written by Roham Sheikhani, directed by Farid Nabavi--- The Bird Of Dawn (97 and 98) Written by Sepideh Koosha directed by Hamid Ehya--- The Last Supper, an adaptation of Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" (97) Directed by F. Ayeesh. "Remembering Unforgettable", written and directed by Hossein K. Jah, (1998).

The following have been translations from various playwrights into Farsi: Cobeabe's "The Chest" (86 and 91) and "The Boxer" (86) directed by F. Ayeesh. "Rules and exceptions" by Brecht (86) directed by H. Ehya. "Krup's Last Tape" by Beckett (87) directed by F. Ayeesh. "Victoria Station" by Pinter directed by F. Ayeesh. Ariel Dorfman's "Death And The Maiden" (93) directed by S. Koosha. "A Report To Academy" by Kafka, directed by F. Ayeesh. "Bear" and "Proposal" by Chekov (96) directed by H. Ehya. An adaptation of Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano", directed by F. Ayeesh (97), and "Night Mother" by Marsh Norman, translated and directed by H. Ehya (1999). And Three plays by the following Iranian playwrights have been performed in Farsi: Saedi's "Invitation " (89) directed by F. Ayeesh. Bahram Bezaee's "Puppets" (88) directed by S. Koosha.

As a reflection of Darvag's efforts at introducing works by Iranian playwrights to American audiences, the following two works have been performed in English: Bijan Mofid's children's play "The Butterfly" (97 and 98) translated and directed by Zara Houshamand was a bilingual production, and Bahram Beyzai's "The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad" (99) translated by Bella Warda and Zara Houshamand was a bilingual production, and Bahram Beyzai's "The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad" (99) translated by Bella Warda and Zara Houshmand , directed by Jim Cave. Mario Fratti's "Victim" staged in the summer of 2000, was performed both in Farsi and English by the same actors on successive nights. And "Khookhye Tiz Hoosh" ("Real Smart Pigs!") a whacky musical written by Roham Sheikhani with original score by Koorosh Angali was performed in the summer of 2001.