Play to explore social impact of Farhadi’s Oscar win in Iran

TEHRAN,March 12(MNA) -- Playwright, director and actress Chista Yasrebi plans to stage a play that will take a look at the social impact of filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s win at this year’s Academy Awards. Farhadi’s “A Separation” won the foreign-language film Oscar at the 84th Academy Awards in February. The play entitled “2012 Oscars” will show the response of five Iranian families to the triumph, she told on Sunday. Yasrebi said that the play will be performed by 14 main actors including Sima Tirandaz and Afsaneh Mahian, and a strong supporting cast. “I will play the role of a lead character of the performance and three prominent screen actors will make honorary appearances in five-minute monologs during the play,” she stated. “Stage actors will play all main characters of ‘A Separation’ in scenes from the play,” she added. Yasrebi is scheduled to stage “The Little Mermaid” at Tehran’s Iranshahr Theater Complex in mid-spring. However, she said that she will replace it with “2012 Oscars”. Her troupe also plans to perform “Genghis Khan” at Tehran’s City Theater Complex in autumn.