Jalal Tehrani

M.A. in Dramatic Literature

Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran

Full-Length Plays

1. The Boatman (Qayeghrān) — Published in Sahneh Quarterly, No. 77.
2. The Immature Olive
3. Nefertiti
4. The Tank — First published by Andisheh-Sazan Publications (2003); second edition published by Maktabe Tehran Publications (2016).
5. The Single Cells — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
6. Symphony of Dogs
7. Ballad
8. Hey Big Guy, Don’t Cry — Published in the Iranian Playwrights Association Anthology, , Theatre House of Iran (2012).
9. On Educating the Younger Generation — Published by Maktabe Tehran Publications (2011).
10. The Rank of Master — Published by Maktabe Tehran Publications (2011).
11. Dracula — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
12. Cinderella — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
13. Macbeth 2001 — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
14. The Second Seal — Published by Maktabe Tehran Publications (2016).
15. Two Clowns and a Half — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
16. The Season for Kite Hunting Season — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.

Short and Medium-Length Plays

More than half of these works were published in theatre and general-interest periodicals during the 1990s. The author, however, has not compiled a complete archive of those publications.

1. A Modern Theft from the Eternal Pure — Published in Donya-ye Tasvir (World of Image), 1999.
2. Less Than Half an Hour — Published in Donya-ye Tasvir (World of Image), 1999.
3. A One-Hundred-Year Instant Photograph — Published in Sahneh Quarterly, 1999.
4. The Proofreader
5. Only for Your Mother’s Sake
6. The Soup Spoon
7. The Single Cells — Forthcoming, Maktabe Tehran Publications.
8. Around the World in Eighty Days
9. The Last Knight Before Don Quixote
10. View
11. The Desert
12. The Whale
13. The Statesman and His Wife
14. The Silver
15. Reflection
16. One Thousand Reverse Numbers
17. The Violinist and His Assistant
18. Small Wishes
19. Approximately Fifteen Thousand Years Ago, and others.

Directed Productions

1. Nefertiti — Performed at the 19th Fajr International Theatre Festival, Qashqai Hall (2001); public run at Theatre City, Hall No. 2 (2002).
2. The Tank — Public performance at Molavi Theatre, 2002.
3. The Single Cells — Premiered at the 20th Fajr International Theatre Festival, Molavi Theatre (2002); public run at Molavi Theatre (2003); performed at the Silk Road Theatre Festival, Germany (2003); revived at the 21st Fajr International Theatre Festival, Sangelaj Theatre (2003).
4. Hey Big Guy, Don’t Cry — Performed at Entezami Hall, Iranian Artists Forum (2003); presented at the 21st Fajr International Theatre Festival, Molavi Theatre (2003); public run at the Main Hall of Theatre City (2004).
5. The Tank — Revival at Molavi Theatre, Winter 2011.
6. Listen to the Sound of the Earth — Public performance at Molavi Theatre, Autumn 2012.
7. Cinderella — Public performance at the Main Hall of Theatre City, September-October 2013.
8. Two Clowns and a Half — Public performance at Nazarzadeh Kermani Hall, Iranshahr Theatre Complex, December 2014–January 2015.
9. The Season for Kite Hunting — Public performance at the Main Hall of Theatre City, July–August 2015.
10. Around the World in Eighty Days and The Silver — Public performances at Maktabe

Tehran Theatre, Autumn 2015 and Spring 2016.

11. Autumn Sonata — Public performance at Samandarian Hall, Iranshahr Theatre Complex, May 2017.
12. Two Clowns and a Half — Revival at the Main Hall of Theatre City, December 2017–

January 2018.