Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Niufar\u00a0Mostafai,\u00a025, has made her debut by staging a play, “Enemy\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0People’,\u00a0written\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0Norwegian\u00a0playwright\u00a0Henrik\u00a0Ibsen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said in an interview with IRNA that she made success in her career as a theatrician owing to her devotion and perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clad in a dark scarf and greyish dress, Nilufar when asked by IRNA reporter: \u201cHow could such a young girl stage her first play? How did she dare to embark on a thorny path of putting herself to public judgement that newcomers take as stigma?\u201d she said that being a director needs various experiences such as helping as a stage assistant, and other side jobs in theater.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo one can\u2019t become a director very soon,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘Enemy of the People’ is a 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The work, in a nutshell, tells the story of a man who dares to speak an unpleasant truth, and is punished for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to say something that people say. Theater should reflect the society\u2019s problems like the concerns of Stock man and other walks of life in Iran. We changed the doctor\u2019s role to bring it much closer to Iran\u2019s current society, his decisions have not been either white or black like everyone else,\u201d she said.
\u201cDoctor decides to leave the city because he can\u2019t work there anymore. The situation and officials force him to migrate. In Iran, nobody likes to leave behind all his belongings to go to somewhere where one knows anybody else or can\u2019t speak their language,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the US Administration of President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement in May 2018, that was meticulously negotiated during many years of hard work with the world, Washington reimposed its own economic sanctions on Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move plunged the country into economic turbulence that was exacerbated due to what the critics say the management inefficiencies as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also recently, the government announced an overnight sharp rise in petrol prices that triggered popular protests, riots, looting and resulted in several deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut in Iran, I think that it\u2019s still possible that we live in Iran and not migrate, but, we always think that we will have a better situation here. It might happen. However, we could be more successful here than any other countries because in those countries we will be considered foreigners but in Iran we are formal citizens,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The young Iranian girl keeps her head high despite all the hardships that she has gone through to stage the play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to be in theater in Iran. If you are younger, it\u2019s much harder and if you\u2019re a woman, it will be much much harder. We knew it would be a hard path,\u201d Mostafai said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She told IRNA of the times when she was judged for her age and sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlso, people asked me if I were certain that I wanted to direct it at my age. We have been judged many times, at some point, people didn\u2019t treat us well but despite all the hardships, we did it,\u201d she recalls the first days of her endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVery few people told me I can\u2019t or that I\u2019m a woman. I could even say not at all. But, some other people outside my own group, yeah, gave me that look,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a perfect moment to ask Mostafai her opinion about women\u2019s positions in Iran\u2019s theatrical world, that is heavily dominated by men.
\u201cThere are very few female directors as 99% of theater directors are men. There are many more male actors than female ones. Maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s a difficult path and many people shy away from that,\u201d said the young Iranian woman.
That makes a woman\u2019s path harder. \u201cSometimes, as a woman I have to prove myself.”
Maybe there are many 25-year-old men that are directors of plays and not many women. So, women are pushed to other things like being director assistant or any other side jobs in theater,\u201d she noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mostafai hopes that she has paved the way for more women to embark on the directors job. What is more important to her is \u201cto get sense of concerns about the social or political situation.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to get sense of concern and do somewhat to reflect that concern to the people. It doesn\u00b4t need specified gender. I hope women do so as well because it\u2019s important to want to do this,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sees a bright future for female Iranian theater directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMuch of it depends on what we do as women. The more we do this, the easier it becomes. It\u2019s possible to do so. There were also not many female actors a few years ago, but, now there are those who are active in this field. There are women who are studying directors job at academic level. We need to let aside our fears and take steps forward,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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