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William Mohammad Razavi

WILLIAM MOHAMMAD RAZAVI

  (1973 - )
Nationality:    Iran/USA
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William Mohammad Razavi was born in Tehran, Iran, took his first steps at Fort Benning, Georgia and grew up in Texas. He is a graduate of Trinity University and Brandeis University. His plays include Macbeth, The Next-To-Last-Flight of Amelia Earhart, Lusitania, Daedalus's Other Regret, Mavis Davis and the Nighthawks at the Diner, The Private Life of Ernest Hemingway, The Ricky Harrow Pitcher Show, Illuminati, The Complete Fragments of Menander: Some Assembly Required, The 27 Minute Odyssey, The Sign of the Times. He is a freelance writer and director whose film and theatre criticism has appeared in the San antonio Current, and whose work has been seen in numerous locations across the country. An excerpt from his upcoming memoir Turban Cowboy was published in Daily Life though World History in Primary Documents (Greenwood Press, 2009). He has done readings for Literary Death Match at the Dallas Museum of Art and Five Things Austin. In 2005 a high school named for him opened in Aligudarz, Iran. In 2014 he was named artistic director of The Overtime Theater in San antonio, Texas.

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         27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA         Complete Fragments of Menander (Some Assembly Required), The         Julie         Macbeth         Professionals, The         Sign of the Times, The         Sullivan's Detours

27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA

Synopsis:
Can you hear the drums Fernando? If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown then take a chance on 27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA by William M. Razavi. The Swedish pop sensation ABBA is reunited in absurd form as they embark on a world tour that you will never forget, if you survive it. Detectives Asta and Greta follow in the wake of the mysterious crime spree trying to make sense of it all. With sly cinematic references ranging from Ingmar Bergman to several other filmmakers other than Ingmar Bergman, 27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA lives up to its name&insofar as the play consists of 27 short plays that are in some way about being murdered in a hotel&by ABBA. Don't miss the play that has more music than a play without music and surprisingly less music than a musical about playing competitive backgammon in Mumbai. "Mamma Mia! What a play!" - Estimated reaction of someone who might have seen the play. "I'm sending out an SOS for help getting up from my seat. Seriously, I can't get up." - Possible response of an audience member who wants to see the play again.

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1st Produced:
The Overtime Theater, San Antonio, Texas     Jul 2015

Organisations:
Malcontent Productions/The Overtime Theater

1st Published:
Malcontent Books (Jul 18, 2015)   978-1514193876

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Comedy

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Complete Fragments of Menander (Some Assembly Required), The

Complete Fragments of Menander (Some Assembly Required), The
Menander, the master of New Comedy, with a little help from Aristophanes, the master of Old Comedy, learns about the history of ancient Greek comedy in the form of a short new comedy complete with romance, mistaken identities, crusty hicks, trickster servants and profoundly unhelpful deities.

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1st Produced:
San Antonio Museum Of Art, San Antonio,Texas    

Organisations:
Malcontent Productions

1st Published:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 5, 2011)   978-1466258808

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Julie

Synopsis:
A new version of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. This play contemporizes and modernizes the setting and language and veers off in an original direction. Julie, the hard-partying daughter of a big time auto dealer hooks up with her father's right hand man with disastrous consequences that leave at least three lives shattered. A fresh look at a classic play that is both faithful and very unfaithful to the original. "...a compelling take on August Strindberg's Miss Julie." -- Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News.

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1st Produced:
Performing Arts San Antonio (PASA) San Antonio, Texas     Jun 2014

Organisations:
Southwest Association of Literary & Dramatic Artists

1st Published:
Malcontent Books (Mar 06, 2014)   978-1496174623

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Macbeth

Macbeth
The Grey Album of Plays. Combining elements of Shakespeare's King Lear and Macbeth in modern language this play tells a story of ambition, power and revenge in the midst of war, royal power struggles and Scottish nationalism.

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 31, 2013)   978-1468182316

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Professionals, The

Synopsis:
Delilah Small is a big star stuck in a small play in a theater that's falling apart. When the pompous lead actor takes out a restraining order on her the mayhem ensues with hilarious results in this absurd backstage comedy.

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1st Produced:
The Overtime Theater, San Antonio, Texas     Jul 2014

Organisations:
The Overtime Theater/SWALDA

1st Published:
Malcontent Books (Sep 12, 2014)   978-1491230959

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Sign of the Times, The

Synopsis:
Follow the adventures of the hard boiled detective Mavis Davis as she explores problems both real and semiotic. There's no mystery too small and no problem too big for Mavis as she tries to get a handle on reality.

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1st Produced:
Luminaria Arts Festival, San Antonio, Texas     13 Mar 2016

Organisations:
Malcontent Productions

1st Published:
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 27, 2011)   978-1463632924

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Sullivan's Detours

Sullivan's Detours
The year is 1941. A new take on Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, Sullivan's Detours follows Hollywood director Ross Sullivan as he tries to escape the studio to ride the rails in search of the real America. As Sully finds and loses things along the way his story is intertwined with those of the fictional characters from his films, such as The Restless Sebastians and The Code of the Morses.

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 25, 2011)   978-1461161325

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