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Photo essay: Mansour Taeed on his one-man play “Ma Jaasoos Neesteem”

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“As Iranians with different faiths and backgrounds living in diaspora, it feels like we all live in a big house, each in different rooms.  Sometimes we get together in the big hall of the house and socialize.  I wanted to go one step further.  I wanted to take people into my room.  I wanted to show them my mother’s picture, my mementoes, the intimate stuff.”

Photo essay: Mansour Taeed on his one-man play “Ma Jaasoos Neesteem”

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I asked Mansour about how and why he had decided to stage this play. He said, “You know, I wrote this play, and as with all the things I write, as soon as it was done, I read it to my wife, Afsaneh.”

“Afsaneh,” he said, “is really a rather serious audience.  She seldom laughs at my jokes or shows overt emotion about my scripts.  She gives me excellent advice.”

Photo essay: Mansour Taeed on his one-man play “Ma Jaasoos Neesteem”

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I went to see Mansour Taeed, actor, director, and playwright at his home in Berkeley this evening. Mansour was rehearsing for his upcoming shows in Santa Clara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. His play, Ma Jasoos Neesteem has already been staged twice in Berkeley.

Photo essay: Mansour Taeed on his one-man play “Ma Jaasoos Neesteem”

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