Hamid Dehghani
Birth Place: Iran
Latest News on Hamid Dehghani:
All-Iranian Cast of ENGLISH at Goodman Theatre to Begin Rehearsals (Apr 10, 2024)
Video: See Highlights From SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre (Feb 5, 2024)
Review: SELLING KABUL at Northlight Theatre (Feb 4, 2024)
All-Iranian Cast of ENGLISH at Goodman Theatre to Begin Rehearsals (Apr 10, 2024)
Video: See Highlights From SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre (Feb 5, 2024)
Review: SELLING KABUL at Northlight Theatre (Feb 4, 2024)
Hamid Dehghani BIO
Hamid Dehghani is a director, playwright, and actor. He was born and raised in Iran and considers Buraki-ye Olya, a village in the south of Iran, his hometown. Hamid has received several awards as a director, playwright, and actor from international festivals in Iran. He is a co-founder of Grass Studio Theatre, an outdoor performance company in Evanston. His directing highlights in Iran include two original scripts, From the Environs of Milad and Sohrab’s Transgression, Nathan and Tabileth by Barry Bermange, and Leila by Morteza Hossein Zadeh (co-directing). Hamid graduated from Tehran University of Art in Iran with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Directing. He then worked professionally in Tehran’s theatre scene for more than 10 years before moving to the United States in 2018 to continue his education in the MFA Directing program at Northwestern University. Since then, Hamid directed A Moment of Silence by Mohammad Yaghoubi, Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph. He also had the opportunity to assistant direct for Mary Zimmerman at ُthe Metropolitan Opera for Eurydice and Shana Cooper during Court Theatre’s production of The Lady from the Sea. During the 2020 pandemic when all theaters were closed, Hamid and his fellow members of Grass Studio Theatre performed three collectively devised pieces – Picnic, Story in a Box, and Reportage of a Room – at various outdoor locations.
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All-Iranian Cast of ENGLISH at Goodman Theatre to Begin Rehearsals
Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English arrives at Goodman Theatre, with rehearsals for Iranian director Hamid Dehghani’s production beginning on April 16. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Video: See Highlights From SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani. See video highlights from the play below!
Review: SELLING KABUL at Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre's production movingly captures the pessimistic practicality and undying hope that still plagues those most affected by a conflict that never really ended. The play runs through February 25.
Photos: First Look At Pulitzer Prize-Winning SELLING KABUL At Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre, continues its 2023–2024 season with the suspenseful 2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Selling Kabul by Sylvia Khoury, directed by recent Northlight Artistic Fellow Hamid Dehghani.
2 PIANOS 4 HANDS Added to Northlight Theatre 2023-24 Season
Northlight Theatre has revealed the final selection of the 2023-2024 season, 2 Pianos 4 Hands by Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra, directed by Rob Lindley.
World Premiere of John Patrick Shanley's BROOKLYN LAUNDRY & More Set for Northlight Theatre 2023-2024 Season
Northlight Theatre has announced its 2023-2024 season. See programming, and learn how to purchase tickets!
Cast Set for A DISTINCT SOCIETY Midwest Premiere at Writers Theatre
Writers Theatre will concludes its 2022/23 Season with the Midwest Premiere A Distinct Society, a timely story—needed more now than ever—about finding each other across borders, both physical and emotional.
Amphibian Stage Presents BABA Beginning This Month
Following the extended run of Spaceman by Leegrid Stevens, Amphibian Stage announced the full company of Baba (April 21 - May 7) and shares new insight on their next Main-Stage Production.
Goodman Theatre's 2023/2024 Season Includes New Play From Dana Delany, FEMALE TROUBLES & More
The Goodman Theatre has announced their 2023-2024 season, the first programmed by Artistic Director Susan V. Booth. The theatre's 98th season includes a new show created and performed by Dana Delany, of Desperate Housewives fame and Female Troubles - a new musical by Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden, with music by Curtis Moore and lyrics by Amanda Green.
Northlight Theatre Extends ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, has announced the extension of Andy Warhol in Iran by Brent Askari, directed by BJ Jones. Five performances have been added, now running through February 26, 2023, at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater to Present 'L is for Libertad: Exploring Cuba's San Isidro Movement'
Chicago Shakespeare Theater will present a post-show panel conversation titled 'L is for Libertad: Exploring Cuba’s San Isidrio Movement alongside Measure for Measure,' following the projected Spanish translation performance of Measure for Measure on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Cast and Creative Team Announced For MEASURE FOR MEASURE at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, staged by celebrated director Henry Godinez in the Courtyard Theater, October 21–November 27, 2022.
Northlight Theatre Announces Casts for 2022-2023 Season Shows; THE GARBOLOGISTS, ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN & More
Northlight Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 season, opening with the buddy comedy The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle, directed by Cody Estle.
Wirtz Center's MFA Lab Series to Feature EURIDYCE, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and THE GLASS MENAGERIE
A Greek myth retold, an unconventional narrative about cellmates in an Argentine prison and a Tennessee Williams classic seen through the lens of a Chinese American family will make up Wirtz Center's annual MFA Lab series in winter and spring of 2020.
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