A ceremony will be held in memory of Hamid Samandarian

Hamid Samandarian's birthday is April 30, and his fans will gather from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM at the Arsa Book House on the occasion of the reprinting of the book "This Scene is My Home," in which he discusses his life, thoughts, and works in conversation with Afsaneh Mahian.

 

Hamid Samandarian was an Iranian film and theater director and translator. He staged numerous dramas including No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friedrich Durrenmatt.

 

Having established many acting and directing classes and workshops, Samandarian trained many Iranian actors and directors including; Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Golab Adineh, Mehdi Hashemi, Shahab Hosseini, Hojjat Baqaee٫ Parviz Poorhosseini, Ahmad Aghalou, etc.He married Homa Rousta, an Iranian film and theater actress.

 

The book's introduction states: "Theater is not just a picture of life, but it can make life more alive, more concise, and more expressive. Gradually, I realized that you can create in your imagination what has not been fulfilled in reality, pass it through the purity of your being, make it believable, and display it on stage. When I learned that on four pieces of wood with the simplest tools and a human standing in a spot of light, you can create a world full of mysterious and mysterious concepts, when I learned that theater in the true sense of the word can be a power as amazing as the universe and as endless as the universe... then I truly became a theatergoer, and this stage became my home."