Ritual – Music to Cure a Lover (2023)

By Onelight Theatre (HFX) and Onelight Theatre and Media Arts (LA)

2023 | Touring Available
USA or Canada

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Ritual Music to Cure  a Lover is the story of today’s Iran. It is the story of youth, rising up against their fathers’ choices. It is the story of love overcoming hate; of light destroying darkness. 

 

Ritual reflects the cultural revolution taking place in streets of Iran, right now. The play culminates in a traditional exorcism ceremony, intended to rid a young man of the “sickness” of his love for an outcast woman, which ultimately reveals his father’s long-buried secrets. 

 

The creator of Ritual, Shahin Sayadi seamlessly shifts between multiple characters and temporalities, weaving together inter-generational perspectives that provide a panoramic viewpoint into the struggles of a community transitioning from a traditional village to a modern society. Fighting darkness to step back into the light.

 

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BASIC TECHNICAL RIDER – 3 HOURS NEEDED FOR INSTALL 
Lighting: General wash, 5 lighting cues, can use house plot.
Audio: Show travels with Q Lab file, can use house speakers.
Optional: If available, use of fog or haze machine. 
Set/Props: No set. Show travels with wooden prop chair. 
Personell: Show travels with 1 performer, 1 stage manager.

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