REZA ABDOH

Reza Abdoh broke all of the conventions of American theater, pushing actors and audiences past their limits to create hallucinatory, at times nightmarish, dreamscapes shot through with humor, song, and an unlikely spirituality. His productions addressed the bitter political realities of his timethe systemic devaluation of black life, governmental indifference to the AIDS crisis, sexual repres sion, genocide in Europe and war in the Middle Eastwith harrowing eloquence. Just before his death he ordered that his plays should never be ...[Read more]