Nassim Soleimanpour
writer from Iran
Nassim Soleimanpour (Persian: نسیم سلیمانپور, born 10 December 1981) is an Iranian playwright. He is best known for his 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit.
Early life and education
Soleimanpour was born in Tehran, Iran. His father is a novelist.
He studied set design at the University of Tehran, and started teaching a computer-aided set design course there, but always continued to write – poems, short stories and stage plays.
Having refused compulsory military service in Iran, he was not allowed to leave the country until 2013, when he was granted a passport.
Works
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
Soleimanpour's 2010 play White Rabbit Red Rabbit has been performed widely and in more than 20 languages. It is to be performed each night by a different actor, who has not seen the script before. First performed at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks festivals, it has since been performed by an array of A-list actors, including F. Murray Abraham, Wayne Brady, Bobby Cannavale, Darren Criss, Brian Dennehy, Joyce DiDonato, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon, Patrick Wilson, Stana Katic and many more at its premiere in New York City at the Westside Theatre in 2016 where it ran for 42 weeks, produced by Tom Kirdahy. Soleimanpour first saw the play in 2013 at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia, during the World Theatre Festival.
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