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ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN

by Brent Askari

Directed by Marc Masterson

In 1976, celebrity artist Andy Warhol traveled to Iran to take Polaroid pictures of the Shah’s wife. This imagined experience of an encounter with a young Iranian radical is a fiery, thought-provoking drama about art, revolution, and discovering a world beyond yourself.

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PRESS

City Theatre Names Cast for Season Finale ‘Andy Warhol in Iran’

by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh

Season Finale ‘Andy Warhol in Iran’ Marks Masterson’s Final Chapter as a City Theatre Artistic Director

by Sharon Eberson, onStage Pittsburgh

PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES

Sun, Apr 21 – 7:00PM
Tue, Apr 23 – 7:00PM
Wed, Apr 24 – 7:00PM
Thu, Apr 25 – 8:00PM
Fri, Apr 26 – 8:00PM
Sat, Apr 27 – 5:30PM
Sun, Apr 28 – 2:00PM
Tue, Apr 30 – 7:00PM
Wed, May 1 – 1:00PM
Wed, May 1 – 7:00PM
Thu, May 2 – 8:00PM
Fri, May 3 – 8:00PM
Sat, May 4 – 1:00PM
Sat, May 4 – 5:30PM
Sun, May 5 – 2:00PM
Tue, May 7 – 7:00PM
Wed, May 8 – 1:00PM
Thu, May 9 – 8:00PM
Fri, May 10 – 8:00PM
Sat, May 11 – 1:00PM
Sat, May 11 – 5:30PM
Sun, May 12 – 2:00PM

PLAYWRIGHT

Brent Askari is the winner of the National New Play Network’s Smith Prize For Political Theater for The Refugees, which Gulfshore Playhouse will be producing in their 2023-2024 season. His play Andy Warhol In Iran was commissioned and produced by Barrington Stage Company, where it won the award for Best New Play by the Berkshires Theatre Critics Association; it was subsequently produced at Northlight Stage in Chicago in 2023. Other plays include American Underground (produced at Barrington Stage Company), Hard Cell (PlayPenn Conference, produced at Geva Theatre Center), and White Party (semi-finalist for O’Neill Conference, Finalist for Bay Area Playwrights Festival and Ashland New Play Festival, readings at Palm Beach Dramaworks and Florida Repertory Theatre). In addition, Brent has had plays produced at or developed by Ensemble Studio Theatre LA, Vital Theatre, The Boston Theatre Marathon, New American Theatre, The Drilling Company, Swarthmore College, Eastern Connecticut State University, and the College of Southern Nevada. He is an ensemble member of Mad Horse Theatre Company and an affiliate artist of the NNPN.