Mansour’s lovely wife, Afsaneh, was on a business trip, and Mansour was worried that if I photographed the mess he and the kids had made in the house, she would get mad! I didn’t see any mess! I sat across from him as he rehearsed and we intermittently chatted about the play. His play is about growing up a Bahai in Iran. As I mentioned in my short report about the play last November, the one-man-show portrays a nostalgic and loving picture of Taeed’s childhood in Iran, born and raised to a Bahai family. Rather than dwelling on what makes Bahais different from other Iranians, the play draws attention to all that makes all Iranians similar. Childhood memories, memories of a first love, and memories of music, summer holidays, and siblings. The show has received extremely warm welcome from audiences, who have laughed, listened, learned, and cried with Mansour’s charming and funny performance.
Photo essay: Mansour Taeed on his one-man play “Ma Jaasoos Neesteem”