Iranian play `Gauntlet’ to go on stage in Armenia

Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN ` The Iranian play `Gauntlet’ by director Alireza Asadi will go
on stage in Armenia on December 4, 5 and 6.

The play was written by Mehdi Nasiri, a Ph.D. student of art in
Armenia, and was previously staged in Iran under the title of `The
Votes’.

`Gauntlet’ was the top selected play at the Isar Playwriting contest
and was also honored at the 11th edition of the Resistance Theater
Festival, the Persian service of Fars reported on Saturday.

The play features the life of an Iranian-Armenian journalist whose
life is mingled with fears and doubts. The journalist returns home
after months of captivity in a village in the Kurdish region during
the Iran-Iraq war and encounters his wife’s and her family’s
insistence on leaving the country to go to Armenia.

Cosponsored by Iran’s Cultural Office in Armenia and Iran’s Martyrs
Foundation, `Gauntlet’ will go on stage with slight changes in the
text and performance style compared to its previous performance under
the title of `The Votes’.