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Golden Thread's Fairytale Players’ The Girl Who Lost Her Smile “Once upon a time, in the ancient city of Baghdad, there was a young girl called Jehan. When Jehan smiled by day, the sun shone brightly. When she smiled at night, the stars glittered and sparkled…” This eclectic presentation of a children's story by Karim Alrawi incorporates elements of Naghali, the traditional Iranian story telling style, Commedia dell Arte and Middle Eastern folk dance. Presented in English with Persian poetry. Featuring: Sarah Al-Kassab, Monica Cappuccini, Qayyuma DiDomenico, Lanie Wieland, Simin Yahaghi, Torange Yeghiazarian Ensemble Director: Carol Ellis Backdrop Termeh Yeghiazarian Costumes Sarah Al-Kassab Masks & Props Carol Ellis, Sarah Al-Kassab, Garret Westfal, Lanie Wieland Choreography Lisa Tateosian Inspired by a poem from Rumi’s Mathnavi, presentational concept & additional dialogue by Torange Yeghiazarian. Persian Poetry by Fedowsi from the Shahnameh or King’s Book of Kings. Originally developed and co-directed by Dariush Irannejad. Golden Thread’s Fairytale Players rehearse at SOJA Martial Arts Studio’s in Oakland www.sojamartialarts.com Many thanks to Peter Ajemian and Keyumars Hakim BOOKINGS: [email protected] To join the Fairytale Players contact Carol Ellis at [email protected] www.goldenthread.org Artist Biographies SARAH AL-KASSAB is a long-time performer and costume designer. She is of Jordanian/Scottish-German background, has traveled to Jordan and lived in Thailand. Sarah loves dancing, and has studied many disciplines. She also works as a costume designer, a party entertainer and an actor. KARIM ALRAWI (Author) was born and raised in Egypt , and lived in England from an early age. Some of his earliest plays were performed at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal Stratford East. He taught at the American University in Cairo , becoming active in the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. Now living in North America, Alrawi has had productions at a number of theatres in Canada and the US including Deep Cut, produced by Golden Thread Productions. MONICA CAPPUCCINI is of Italian descent, and was born and raised in London, where she fell in love with theatre at an early age. She spent 25 years running her own adventure-travel business, during which time she traveled the world over--from India to South America, West Africa to Yemen. Now based in the Bay Area, Monica is re-claiming her passion--the stage! QAYYUMA DIDOMENICO is a world traveler recently settled in the Bay Area. She has studied many dance disciplines from around the world, and is also a stilt-walker, juggler and an acrobat. Her diverse performance background also includes Commedia dell'arte and she learned to fire-dance on the Thailand. CAROL ELLIS holds an MFA from Columbia University . She has worked in Poland , Bulgaria, Russia , Chile , California , Massachusetts , and NYC. She created the role of Tia Choco in Tortilla Moon, a new play for children that debuted at the World Children's Theatre Festival in San Diego , CA and at the Centre de Cultura in Tijuana , Mexico . She founded The Ochlos Theatre Workshop in 2004. VIDA GHAHREMANI began acting in film as a teenager in Iran where she established the standards of stardom. Vida is an associate artist of Golden Thread where she performed in Abaga and Nine Armenians. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, Vida has performed in numerous Iranian and American films, most recently one by Wayne Wang. LANIE WIELAND caught the performing bug at an early age...and quickly realized theatre was the perfect way to blend her love of performance and art. An actor, singer, dancer and designer, Lanie also has a passion for creating and working with puppets and masks. While living in Turkey, she studied Turkish shadow puppetry. She has also worked with Bread and Puppet Theater. SIMIN YAHAGHI was born in Iran and moved to Italy to study music and theatre. She has performed with several theatre companies around Europe. She has performed in theatre festivals in Bologna and Egypt (with Golden Thread Productions). Simin works as a radio producer and a yoga instructor. She loves to sing, dance, play the Daf and make animal and bird noises. TORANGE YEGHIAZARIAN writes, directs and acts for the Theatre. Among her plays are Call Me Mehdi, Waves, Dawn at Midnight, Behind Glass Windows, Abaga. A native of Iran and of Armenian heritage, Torange is the founding artistic director of Golden Thread Productions.