Iranian Tyranny and Examples of Resistance Inspire Amir Reza Koohestani’s ‘Blind Runner,’ Now Being Staged in North America for the First Time

For Koohestani, running is more than a metaphor. The athletic pursuit became therapeutic following the Iranian government’s violent crackdown on demonstrators in the country’s Green Movement.

Amir Hamja
Scene from 'Blind Runner.' Amir Hamja

“There are two kinds of runners: those who run to clear their heads and those who run to think.” So posits a character in “Blind Runner,” a one-act drama by an Iranian writer and director, Amir Reza Koohestani. In the play’s North American premiere, now being staged at Brooklyn’s Saint Ann’s Warehouse, the line, like all the others, is spoken in Farsi, with English supertitles provided for those who don’t understand the Persian language.

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