The Life You Gave Me by Novid Parsi at Boise Contemporary Theater

WORLD PREMIERE

The Life You Gave Me

by Novid Parsi

Directed by Hamid Dehghani

2023 BIPOC Playwrights Festival Selection

A son tries to save his mother. She has other ideas. So do two mysterious strangers who watch the play—and ask the son to tell the story again and again until he gets it right, whatever right might be. With each iteration, tensions escalate between the son and the strangers. Meanwhile, the mother refuses to stay within her son’s narrative box. In The Life You Gave Me, two theatrical worlds overlap and collide. In the intimate domestic setting, a son struggles for years to extricate his mother from a violent marriage. And in the abstract meta realm, a nonwhite writer navigates cultural and professional expectations of the stories he tells.

Cast: Aidan Bristow Pantea Ommi Jimmy Kieffer Sophie Zmorrod

Production and Design Team: Director – Hamid Dehghani Stage Manager – Elena Maddy Technical Director – Nicholas Jules Hewitt Scenic Designer – Omid Akbari Lighting Designer – Maximo Grano De Oro Sound Designer – Luke Santy Costume Designer – Chanté Thornton Hamann Assistant Stage Manager – Sophia Ventresco Master Electrician – Paul Miller Master Electrician – Kendyl Johnson Props – Lily Kennedy Sound Engineer – Ashlyn Clark Scenic Charge – Amandalynn Lovewell