Reza Abdoh

Charlie Fox author Dominic Johnson author Hilton Als author Tobi Haslett author Negar Azimi editor Tiffany Malakooti editor Michael C Vazquez editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hatje Cantz

Published:6th May '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Reza Abdoh cover

Over a brief, twelve-year career, the Iranian director and playwright Reza Abdoh broke all of the conventions of American theater, pushing actors and audiences past their limits to create hallucinatory, at times nightmarish, dreamscapes shot through with humor, song, and an unlikely spirituality. His productions addressed the bitter political realities of his time— the systemic devaluation of black life, governmental indifference to the AIDS crisis, sexual repression, genocide in Europe, and war in the Middle East—with harrowing eloquence. Just before his death he ordered that his plays should never be performed again. Profusely illustrated, the catalogue contains new essays on the influence and reception of Abdoh’s works in theater, film, and video, published and unpublished interviews with the director, and conversations with his friends and colleagues, as well as scripts of his plays and contemporary reviews.

ISBN: 9783775745529

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2420g

576 pages