Matryoshka (play)


Matryoshka is a Persian-language satire based on selected short stories of Anton Chekhov, translated, written and directed by Parsa Pirouzfar. The play has over 30 characters all performed by the playwright and the theatre director Parsa Pirouzfar in its theatrical production.

The play

Matryoshka first premiered on 13 September 2015 at Theatre West, as a solo performance, in Los Angeles. The play subsequently ran for two years in the US cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Berkeley as well as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal in Canada in 2015 and 2016; and finally, after multiple performances finished its staging in Tehran in Iran in 2017.
Matryoshka was particularly important to Parsa Pirouzfar's career. His performance playing over 30 characters of the play all by himself was unique. Matryoshka earned Parsa Pirouzfar the Golden Statue Award for Best Actor in 35th Celebration of annual Fajr International Theatre Festival in Tehran, Iran in 2017.

Episodes

  1. The Death of a Government Clerk
  2. How Dmitry Kuldarov became famous overnight?
  3. The Trial
  4. Cyclothymia Periodic Insanity
  5. The Settlement
  6. A Noble Woman Who Left Us
  7. A Masterpiece of Art
  8. The Chameleon

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Golden Statue Award for Best Actor in Matryoshka