theateronline.ir: the reading of the play “Prisoner on the Second Street” written by Neil Simon and directed by Mohsen Bastami will be staged on the 4th, 11th and 18th of December 1402 in the main hall of Arqavan Mansion at 21:00.
This show is the third performance of Teatreon art group.
Bastami says about the characters of Prisoner of Second Street: Neil Simon’s characters in this show face challenges that can turn into tragedy. But the different aspect of Neil Simon from other playwrights of his time is in portraying painful comedies where the characters of the show say funny things or do funny things. And these behaviors are in complete contrast with the miseries they have.
Furthermore, Mohsen Bastami said about the way of directing this show: the actors went through numerous and long exercises to get closer to the characters’ souls. These exercises are to achieve the emotions of the characters of the show based on imagination and numerous exercises of expression and body, which were prepared by my assistants, Mr. Amin Kashefi (expression) and Mrs. Negin Eghtesadi (body), to prepare the actors for entering the exercises.
The direction of this show was initially done by analyzing the characters of the show and talking about the author’s point of view with the actors, and then we entered into targeted exercises and studies so that the actors get closer to the text and spirit of the show.
The summary of this play is as follows:
Mel Edison and his wife Edna live on the 14th floor of an apartment on Second Street in Manhattan, New York. A private company, where Mel was an employee, is forced to retrench due to the country’s economic recession, and because of this, Mel is out of a job.
He doesn’t tell Edna about it for a few days, but when their apartment is broken into, he loses his patience and has a nervous breakdown. Edna finds a job, but Mel is still unemployed and living in an apartment. Her brother Harry and her sisters decide to help her financially. After a while, Edna will also be unemployed. Now they have to deal with the problem of unemployment in addition to the problems of the urban society and trouble with their neighbors.
Crew of the second street prisoner’s play reading:
Author: Neil Simon
Director: Mohsen Bastami
Director’s assistants: Amin Kashefi, Negin Eghtesadi
Narrator: Amir Mohammad Samsami
Cast:
Ali Zeinali
ramak ensafi
Ramyar Janani
Shaghayegh gilani
Mahi hemmatizadeh
Support and coordination:
Ali bastami
Mehdi badpa
Performance dates:
Nov 25th, Dec 2nd, 9th at 21:00
Location: the main hall of the Arqavan mansion
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