Medea

Mehr Aeen Disabled Theatre Association

Iran

Written by Euripides
Director :  Fatemeh Fakhri
Cast :  Davood Mashayekhi – Faramarz Talakoub – Shahnaz Sharifi – Poroshat Soleimani – Hossein Janali

Iranian-based Mehr Aeen’s newest work provides a unique visual interpretation to Euripide’s classic play “Medea,” a powerful story of jealousy, revenge, and betrayal. The “Medea” cast is an ensemble of deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing performers committed to creating visual theatre that is inclusive. Cultural and religious protocols in Iran provide interesting challenges for an ensemble of men and woman performing visual theatre. As a result, Merh Aeen has developed its own unique style of visual theatre. It is a style seen nowhere else in the world.

Mehr Aeen has performed throughout Iran. The company is one of the few Iranian theatre companies to perform outside the country. Tours have included:

• Performing in the theater center of the deaf in Evasis, Armenia , 2007
• the second International festival of song, theater and arts, Leczna, Poland, 2008
• Attending “common voice” the eighth International cultural festival, Debrecen, Hungary,  July, 2009.
•  QuestFest, US, 2010