Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water Comes to stage in Tehran
Iran Theater-The show " Don’t Drink the Water " written by Woody Allen and directed by Taha Mohammadi, which tells the story of the problems of a priest in a communist country, comes on stage from (Friday, November 11) at Sepand Theater Complex.
Don't Drink the Water is a play written by Woody Allen that premiered on Broadway in 1966. The farce takes place inside an American Embassy behind the Iron Curtain. Although Allen contributed material for the 1960 Broadway musical revue From A to Z, this was his first professionally produced play. The play was described as being "near the hit line", "one big overfed American folk joke" and "a very funny situation comedy" by critic Otis L. Guernsey.
The story take place in an unnamed European country behind the Iron Curtain. The American Ambassador must leave the Embassy for business. In his absence he places his incompetent son Axel Magee in charge. Almost immediately the Embassy is thrust into a crisis as the Hollanders, an American family of tourists, come rushing in on the run from the Communist police. Walter Hollander, the father, had accidentally snuck into a high security area and taken pictures, causing the communists to believe that the family are spies. Axel digs the hole deeper and the embassy is surrounded, leaving the Hollanders trapped.
The crew: Negar Shatrian (translator), Nora Taghvi -Gooderzi (producer), Mohammad Shamsabadi (project manager and production manager), Kiaresh Vafaei (assistant director and planner), Zahra Nahavandi (assistant director), Zahra Pouya (play supervisor), Fatemeh Zahra- Aghaei (stage manager), Ilosh Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Rasouli (stage assistant), Mohammad Kariminia (stage designer), Reza Khedraei (light designer), Dariush Adhami (light unite), Amin Alizadeh (sound), Mahsa Sarami (sound selection), Mahtab Hasani (make-up designer), Fatemeh Haj -Mohammadi, Fatemeh Qochian (make-up artist), Hassan Seifollahi- Nousher (procurement manager), Mehrdad Hosseinzadeh, Dariush Adhami (photographer), Mohammad Saif, Hessam Irani -Parsa (teaser maker), Shima Parondi ( edit), Seyed Mehdi Mousavi (logotype poster designer) and Hamidreza Nazari (public relations officer)
The cast:Ramin Parchami, Hamed Sheikhi, Mir-Nader Mazloumi, Alireza Hatami, Tina Haj -Mohammadreza, Shiva Javanmard, Hamid Noghrehdoost, Mohammad -Reza Dinko, Jalal Shahsavari, Hassan Saifullahi -Nousher, Amir Hossein vizhegi, Farhad Bagheri, Hossein Shini- Jafari, Fatemeh Aghaei, Fatemeh Seifi and Taha Mohammadi.