Season 2010-2011
Aurash
- Touring Production -
Bogotá,
Colombia
(August 2010)
Forgiveness - Development
Phase I - Toronto, Canada (February 2011)
La Casa del Teatro Nacional, Bogotá
- August 11th to September 11, 2010
In
three cities, in three continents and over three months, Modern Times
presents Bahram Beyza'ie's
retelling of this classic fable is pertinent to audiences around the world.
After successful runs in
Toronto and
Sarajevo in the spring of 2010, the play
now travels to Bogotá
for a Spanish-language production.
Rooted in a Persian nationalist myth dating back over a thousand years, and
reworked into dramatic form by the prominent Iranian playwright and film
director Bahram Beyza'ie, "Aurash" resonates to this day as a passionate
human portrayal of the bitter cost of cultural identity and war.
Forgiveness
Production in
Development
Workshop (February 2011)
This
new creation from Modern Times will explore the role of forgiveness in the
human psyche, history and the geopolitical stage. Emanating from personal
stories, cultures and languages of the artistic collaborators, "Forgiveness"
will explore narratives linked together through metaphor and convergences in
time. Developed over 24 months and three phases, the final production will be
approximately 90-minutes long.