Iranshahr Theater Complex to Home “Curse of the starving Class”

Iran Theater-Ashkan Khatibi’s “Curse of the starving Class” will run at Iranshahr Theater Complex.

Nora peydaieshfar, Amir Pakdel, Behtash Sakenin and  Masoud Rezai join the cast.

Anahita Darghahi, Mir Saeed Molavian and Hamoon Seyedi star in the show as well.

Ashkan Khatibi, actor, musician and translator will direct Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the starving  Class”.

He translated “Curse of the starving Class” to persian 13 years ago but it published last year.

The Book “Love and Hate” includes two plays by late Sam Shepard: Shepard’s  “Curse of the starving  Class” and “savage/love”.

Omid Sohrabi does dramaturgy and rewriting the play.

Ashkan Khatibi directed Neil Simon” The Good Doctor” last year.

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Some critics consider it part of a Family Trilogy that includes Buried Child (1979) and True West (1980). Others consider it part of a quintet that includes Fool for Love (1983) and A Lie of the Mind (1985). The play was commissioned by Joseph Papp and premiered in London in 1977 before playing at Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in 1978.