2023 Goldberg Play Prize Reading
2023 Goldberg Play Prize Reading - 'Ajax' by Habib Yazdi
We are pleased to present a reading of
Ajax
by 2023 Goldberg Play Prize winner, Habib Yazdi.
Directed by Kareem Fahmy
"Tehran, 1953. Kambiz, a local pool boy, is lured into the affairs of a strange American and the Shah of Iran."
Friday, November 10 at 6:00pm
Goldberg Theatre
721 Broadway, 7th Floor
Habib Yazdi (MFA '22) is an Iranian-American director and comedic writer shaped by his upbringing in rural Texas, where his family's Persian traditions intersected with a Southern Baptist community. This distinctive blend spurred an interest in crafting stories about how cultural backgrounds shape behavior.