Role of Theatre for the Iranian Community

From Siamak

Sepideh,

I'd also like to thank you for a very interesting and enlightening talk. I personally enjoyed it very much and I'm sure others did as well. Please keep us informed on Darvag's future activites and programs.

Regards,

-Siamak

From SepidehTue Jun 25 14:47:48 1996

From Azin

Last night Doreh's guest was Sepideh Koosha, one of the founding members of the Darvag group. Sepideh covered three different topics in her talk: Role of Theatre for the Iranian Community, Commercial vs. non-commercial theatre, and finally the history of the Darvag group and her own activities with Darvag.

Sepideh started with going over some of the recent successes and failures of different Iranian plays including the phenomenal success of some of the commercial plays. She tried to analyze some of the subliminal messages conveyed in these commercial plays. She also pointed to some other recent commercial plays (mainly from Parviz Kardan and Hadi Khorsandi) that do carry a positive message and have rich theatrical values. Sepideh explained the differences between Darvag performances and other theatrical groups especially the ones originated from Los Angeles. During her talk, Sepideh answered many different questions ranging from the cultural issues discussed in her talk to the current situation of the Iranian Cinema! Overall, her talk was very informative and interesting. At the end, Sepideh invited all Doreh members to take a more active role and participate in Darvag performances and help the group grow in their road to new theatrical experiences for the Iranian community.

From Forooz

Sallam,

Thank you all for your participation in doreh last night. Siamak really impressed us with his hospitality (complete stone!). Merci :-) Please see the minutes from Azin below. Have a great weekend,

Foroozan

Bonus Question: Does anyone from last night remember what the name "Darvag" means and why the group picked that name???

From Fariba Fri, 21 Jun 96 18:28:36 -0700

Thanks for another wonderful doreh. Answer to the Bonus question (if it is not a trick question),

Correct me if I am wrong: Darvag is a kind of frog that lives in the tree and give 'naveed' for upcoming rain (it brings the news that it is going to rain) Darvag has chosen this name to say that our group does not bring the rain itself but it brings the news that it is going the rain.

This rain could be a symbol for an upcoming good news, a revolution or a change in a good sense (my own interpretation)

Thanks and see you in next doreh

Fariba Mehranfar

From Siamak

What: Doreh Meeting

Ham Doreh-An,

At the next Doreh meeting, on Thursday June 20th, Sepideh Koosha, will talk about the "Role of Theatre for the Iranian Community."

Also, for those who do not mind staying late after the normal program, I'll have a late night theatrical video treat: "Othello in the Land of Wonders", the last play of the late playwright, Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi. The video quality is not that great, but the content compensates for it. For those who may not be familiar with Sa'edi's works, there is a translation of some of his short stories, "Dandil: Stories from Iranian Life," published by Random House, New York, 1981.

Regards,

-Siamak

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