LEILI & MAJNUN
An epic love story, retold by Torange Yeghiazarian.
July 26 & 27

A fusion of ancient poetry and contemporary performance, Leili & Majnun is a dynamic staging of the legendary 12th-century Persian epic by Nizami Ganjavi through bilingual storytelling, physical theater, and a lyrical score that blends Iranian, Arabic, Kurdish, and Western musical traditions. Exploring the feminist reclamation of myth, the challenge of staging poetry, and the hybridity of cross-cultural aesthetics, Leili & Majnun invites audiences into a conversation between centuries, languages, and worlds.

Torange Yeghiazarian is an award-winning playwright and director, passionate about building community through theater. A transplant from the 1979 Iranian revolution, she believes that life is inherently political and that the personal and the global are inseparable. Torange founded Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, and served as its Executive Artistic Director for 25 years.