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Sohrab Haghverdi
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The Bumbling Foriegner does not want to tell you about his exile from Iran and his trials with stage four cancer to evoke your sympathy. Instead, he will translate his genius into something digestible. This is an absurd comedy solo. The Foriegner will eat hot dogs and will not drink his own urine.
Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner who suffers from retrograde ejaculation as a result of extensive stage four testicular cancer treatment. Retrograde ejaculation is a condition where semen instead of coming out, it gets released into the bladder. This makes the Foriegner infertile. He is however in a relationship where his girlfriend considers infertility a deal-breaker. Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner will be performing for the last three times here in the United States before he returns to Iran to retrieve the semen he had deposited in the sperm bank before he started his cancer treatment. Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner is going to be facing quite a few obstacles such as dealing with the extremist regime who casts a special suspicion upon those who return from the US, as well as the dangers of carrying the semen in a freezer for a long period of time back to America, and of course the difficulties of obtaining a re-entry visa which could deem this entire journey insurmountable and possibly keep Sohrab in Iran forever.
Catch Sohrab is Bumbling Foriegner for three last hurrahs in Philly, and give this boy a heartfelt goodbye. He might have been the last genius clown left.
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September 16, 2024 8.30pm
20 N American St
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
September 21, 2024 9.30pm
20 N American St
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
September 28, 2024 9.30pm
20 N American St
General Admission: $25
PWYC Options
About the Artist
SOHRAB HAGHVERDI (lead artist, creator/performer) is an only child from Iran who has specialized in being a foreigner in America. He schemes (in a good way), performs (in a brilliant way), and thinks creatively to perfectly fit in this new American environment. He is an absurdist performer/writer and Lifestyle Clown. He has had memorable moments in the Philly community first as "The Boy Who Mailed Himself to America'' and then as the one and only "9/11MAN." The main questions that motivate him to participate in the world as a theater artist are: "Why is there Being?" and "If I'm not special, then who is? God?" He has performed in devised shows at the Public Theater, Pig Iron, and has collaborated with theater companies like Lighting Rod Special and Swim Pony. He is currently in a collaboration with an ancient artist and poet Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273). www.sohrabh.com
BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL (creator/co-director) is a performance and visual artist, credit card churner and professional gambler whose recent work "The Self Portrait Series" was presented clandestinely in the rooms of Hilton Hotels, at The University of Texas (supported by Austin Arts Council), and in NYCs Exponential Festival. He is a part of the famous performance art duo Ben and Ben's Brother. www.benandbrother.horse
MASON ROSENTHAL (creator/co-director) is a performance maker and teacher raised in Skokie, Illinois. He is a founding member of the award-winning Philadelphia-based company Lightning Rod Special. LRS' recent work includes "Nosejob" (part of this year's Festival at Theater Exile), "SPEECH" (Fringe 22), "The Appointment" (NYT' "Best Theater of 19") and "Underground Railroad Game" (16 Obie Award for "Best New American Theater Work"). Mason is also a founding member of The Medium Theater Company and one half of the famous performance art duo Ben and Ben's Brother (see them perform this festival as The Fluxus Brothers at The MAAS Building). www.masonrosenthal.weebly.com
- Ollie GossDesign
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This event is appropriate for ages 13+
Nudity
Adult Language
Audience Interaction
References to suicide
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Masks are required during this event
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