Aug 20 - Aug 31 | Walker Farm
A Distinct Society
Written & Directed by Kareem Fahmy
Presenting the Regional Premiere of a new, Vermont-based play:
Set in the unique Haskell Free Library—a real-life building that straddles the US-Canada border between Vermont and Quebec—A DISTINCT SOCIETY follows an Iranian father and daughter who use the library’s peculiar geography to visit each other across international lines. As their story unfolds, the quiet lives of the library’s patrons and staff are stirred, revealing the many ways that family, love, art, and politics can both divide and unite us.
JOIN US FOR THIS MOVING TALE OF LOVE, MIGRATION, AND FINDING HOME.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins (no intermission)
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Wed, Aug 20 | 7:30 (Preview) | Pre-Show Director’s Talk
Thurs, Aug 21 | 7:30 (Preview) | Pre-Show Director’s Talk
Fri, Aug 22 | 7:30 (Opening)
Sat, Aug 23 | 2pm and 7:30
Sun, Aug 24 | 2pm | Post-Show Talkback
Tues, Aug 26 | 7:30
Wed, Aug 27 | 2pm and 7:30
Thurs, Aug 28 | 2pm
Fri, Aug 29 | 7:30
Sat, Aug 30 | 2pm and 7:30
Sun, Aug 31 | 2pm
ARTISTIC & CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Kareem Fahmy
Choreographer: Felicity Stiverson
Production Stage Manager: Emily Narcissa Griffith
Set Designer: Alexander Woodward
Costume Designer: Herin Kaputkin
Lighting Designer: Minjoo Kim
Sound Designer: Mark Van Hare
Casting - Michael Cassara, CSA
Meet the Cast
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Broadway: Network, The Kite Runner. Off Broadway: Macbeth (CSC), Fuente Ovejuna (TFANA), Hamlet (Waterwell), Richard II (WNYC/Public). Regional: The Old Globe, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Guthrie, ACT SF, Berkeley Rep, Huntington, Lookingglass, Folger, Merrimack Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Center Stage, CATF, San Jose Rep, Marin Theatre, Arizona Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, Colorado Shakes, four seasons with Lake Tahoe Shakes, five seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where his solo show Behfarmaheen (If You Please) will make him the first Iranian American playwright to have a play performed there. Film: Ezra, Funny Face, The Jew of Malta, Joyful. Television: “Law & Order: CI,” “Smash,” “The Blacklist,” “Girls5eva,” “Chicago Med.” Education: M.F.A. from University of Washington’s PATP
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JASON BOWEN’s previous credits include Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: Goddess (The Public Theater), Half-God of Rainfall (NYTW/A.R.T.), Crumbs From The Table Of Joy (Keen Company), Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Audible Theater), Native Son (The Acting Co.), If Pretty Hurts (Playwrights Horizons). TV/Film: “Law & Order: SVU", “Chicago P.D.” (NBC), “Blue Bloods”, "Madam Secretary", "Elementary” (CBS), “The Good Fight“ (Paramount Plus), Mother/Android, The Upside, What's Your Number?
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Fatemeh Mehraban is a queer Iranian performing artist, having completed a Theater degree at American River College and a Bachelors degree in environmental science at California State University, Northridge. She is so thrilled to make her debut at the beautiful Weston Theatre!! Her recent works include Working for Crumbs (B Street Theatre), Oriental (ReOrient: Golden Thread), English (Capital Stage), and Georgiana & Kitty (Capital Stage). Fatemeh divides her time between Sacramento, the Bay Area and Los Angeles, where she works in theater, film, and voiceover. What's important to her: that her work combines her passion for performance with her passion for advocacy! Instagram: @fatemeow
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Daniel Clark is an actor based in New York City and an alum of Mason Gross School of the Arts. He co-originated the role of Declan Sheehan in the Co-World Premiere of A Distinct Society at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Daniel has worked with a variety of theatres and festivals across the country including The Gulfshore Playhouse, Rehearsal for Truth, The Tent Theater, and Playwright's Horizons. Most recently, he starred in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts production of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.
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Polly Lee is thrilled to be working on A Distinct Society again. Regional Theatre: McCarter Theatre, Wilma Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, La Jolla Playhouse, ART, Yale Rep, Rep Theatre of St Louis, etc. NY Theatre: New Georges, Clubbed Thumb, Lincoln Center, EST, The New Group, etc. TV/Film: “Succession”, “Law & Order”, “L&O: SVU”, “L&O: Organized Crime”, “The Americans” (3 seasons), “Younger” (2 seasons), “The Looming Tower”, “The Blacklist”, “Chicago Med”, “Gotham”, “Things Heard and Seen”, and “Give or Take”. Polly is an award-winning audiobook narrator on over 200 titles. She’s a proud member of the Actors Studio, SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
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