Stage adaptation of the famous tragic story ‘The Little Black Fish,’ written by social critic, short story writer, teacher and translator Samad Behrangi (1939-1967) will be performed at Triskelion Arts: Muriel Schulman Theater in Brooklyn, New York, April 6-8.
The play, written by US-based Iranian filmmaker and producer Mehrnoush Alia, and directed by Mohammad Aqebati, a research fellow at School of Drama at Yale University, went on stage at Shahrzad Theater Complex in Tehran last December, Honaronline reported.
Earlier in March 2015, proposed and funded by the Crescent Moon Projects, a cultural group in Manhattan, Aqebati successfully staged the play for English-speaking audiences in New York and San Francisco on the occasion of Norouz, the Iranian New Year.
The story of The Little Black Fish is told through the voice of an old fish speaking to her 12,000 children and grandchildren. She tells them about a small black fish that left the safety of a local stream to see the great world beyond.
Black fish embarks on an eye-opening journey with the spirit of a dreamer experiencing an awakening.
The path helps the little fish to gain wisdom, courage, awareness and a first-hand grasp of complex social relations. The fish story is about stepping outside the confines of a self-centered life. It has a pedagogic value and shows a path to freedom, equality and justice, with simple analogies for younger audience to grasp.
Tickets to the New York event are available at Blackfish.bpt.me.
