February 2023

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The Forgotten History of Mastaneh-Female Voices in Farsi (Persian)

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“Voices from Iran, heard many years later”

The Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble performed their first play, The Forgotten History of Mastaneh, Friday night to a sold-out audience. Unsurprising, as Iranian playwright and director, Naghmeh Samini, hosts a number of impressive writing credits to her name and her work has been staged internationally. The stars of the evening were lead actor Mozdeh Rahmanzaei whose powerful performance was honest, genuine, and charismatic, and fellow actor Newsha Farahani, who gave us an intimate portrayal of female friendship.

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Indelible: Reflections on Queerness in the Performing Arts

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Indelible: Reflections on Queerness in the Performing Arts was a free showing of both music and community focusing on LGBTQIA+ representation in the arts. It was put on by the Lowbrow Opera Collective, whose mission is to find the intersection between queer representation and artistic expression on stage.

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Valentine’s Day Previews- Unexpected Productions & Pacific Play Company

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Counterpoint to the Valentine’s Day Holiday

For one weekend only, Pacific Play company will present “an appetizer selection of short plays and monologues” by David Breyman, Erin Ison,Lindsey T.H. Jackson, Alexander Luce, Marlena McHenry, Tadd Morgan Kelleen Conway Blanchard Matthew Ivan BennettKathryn Jean Keller,Morgan Ludlow Leonie Mikele Scott Stolnack Anna Tatelman Carolynne Wilcox.

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A Regency Period Play Without the Dullness

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The latest Village play opens with a body dropping and a funeral, and thus starts a dynamic and fun rendition of a Jane Austen classic. Sense and Sensibility stands out from other period dramas because of its lively, modern and witty nature. From extravagant costumes to exciting musical sequences, this production doesn’t let itself get dull. Written originally in 1811 by Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility is about the Dashwood sisters, who become financially destitute after their father’s passing. Through this, they grow and learn about love and its unfortunate companions in late 18th century England: social pressures, gender roles, and a system that allows men to take advantage of women without consequence.

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Preview-Celebrate Valentine’s Day unconventionally with Murder

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Passion and its permutations

Everyone is cordially invited to celebrate the Valentine’s Season by filling your dark hearts to the brim with songs of murder, mayhem, and true love gone horribly wrong. Join the band THE DAISY PUSHERS as they pay tribute to the Murder Ballad and share some old and new songs of betrayal, desire, revenge and bloodshed. Curated and performed by Meghan Arnette, K. Brian Neel and Adam Reese (The Daisy Pushers). Special guests contributing to the sinister celebration of Heartbreak and Murder include Aaron J. Shay and Celene Ramadan.

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Seattle Rep Sets Up Another High Bar for its 2023 Season

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Metamorphoses: Stories of Transformation

First with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and now with Metamorphoses, Seattle Rep starts the year by showing off its love for the storytelling craft with meaningful quality productions. Metamorphoses is very unlike the first production of the year in its theme and delivery, but it has earned my esteem once again. Originally written by Roman poet Ovid, one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, Metamorphoses, also known as Transformations, is a narrative poem that encompasses over two hundred and fifty myths.

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Preview-Lowbrow Opera Collective

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Evening of Songs and Discussion about queerness, art etc.

Low-Brow Collective is looking forward to getting together with their beautiful community this week! Local singing talent Trevor Ainge (he/him, tenor), and Jared White (he/him, baritone) will offer selections from their upcoming production Achilles & Patroclus (composition by Erika Meyer, libretto by James T. Washburn), and Christine Oshiki (she/her, soprano) will present Seven Songs of Emily Dickinson (composition by Erika Meyer), with the imitable Beth Grimmett-Tankersley (she/her) on the piano!

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Preview-A Letter to the President Film Screening. Seattle Opera’s focus on Afghan Arts

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Seattle Opera and SIFF present Film about Women in Afghanistan

Presented in partnership with SIFF, A Letter to the President is the second feature film by Afghan film producer, director, and A Thousand Splendid Suns director, Roya Sadat. Called a “righteously compelling feminist drama” by Variety, the film was Afghanistan’s entry for Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Oscars. Includes post-film Q&A with director Roya Sadat.

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Preview Jashin: A Celebration of Afghan Arts at Tagney-Jones Hall-Seattle Opera

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Celebrate Afghan Culture: Music, Poetry, Film and Crafts

Spend your afternoon at the Opera Center and experience a cultural festival to celebrate Afghan history, culture, and arts. This is an open event and you can come anytime from 1:00–5:30 PM on Saturday, February 11, 2023. Presentations and performances will be ongoing!

Between 1 pm and 4 pm there will be an exhibition of rescued artworks and craft display. Also a presentation of “Afghan Cinema Today,” by director Roya Sada, a poetry ready by Shogofa Amini, a documentary, “Symphony of Courage”, the story of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and Zohra Orchestra, Afghanistan’s first all-female ensemble

Later in the afternoon there will be an unveiling of an embroidery project by local Afghan women in partnership with the Refugee Artisan Initiative and a concert by Ustad Homayoun Sakhi on Afghanistan’s National Instrument the Rubab, a stringed instrument.

Jashin Seattle Opera Tagney Jones Hall, 363 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98109 Sat, Feb 11 1pm to 5:30pm. Free event, RSVP’s encouraged. For full schedule see Seattle Opera.org/jashin

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