Reza Abdoh

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Reza Abdoh (February 23, 1963, in Tehran, Iran - May 12, 1995 in New York City) Iranian-born American director and playwright who shocked and amazed audiences with his work with the theater ensemble Dar a Luz of such revolutionary productions as King Lear, Oedipus Rex, Quotations from a Ruined City, Footsteps in The Dark (co-written with Frank Ambriz), Simon Bocanegra, Bogeyman, The Law of Remains and Tight, Right, White; works which confronted such issues as race, class, and AIDS, the disease which claimed Abdoh's life at the age of 32. Abdoh also directed avant-garde productions of classics like King Lear and Oedipus as well as the experimental film The Blind Owl. His theatrical masterpiece was The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice, staged at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1990. He is the subject of the book Reza Abdoh edited by Daniel Mufson.

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