Once upon a time I was engineer. Now I am engineer of my taxi.
Mahmoud is an irreverent & humorous one-woman show about an aging Iranian engineer/taxi driver, a Spanish perfume salesman, and a young Iranian-Canadian girl, all trying to get by the day-to-day grind in a busy metropolitan city.
Their stories come together over the course of an hour, and through their connections with the audience, themselves and each other, they explore themes of displacement, immigration, and home.
“GO! Resonates with such poignant and universal familiarity."
Bill Raden | LA Weekly
Creative Team
Written by Tara Grammy & Tom Arthur Davis
Directed by Tom Arthur Davis
Performed by Tara Grammy
Consulting Direction by Soheil Parsa
Assistant Direction by Omar Hady
Lighting Design by Linn Farley, Jenna Koenig, & André du Toit
Projection Design by Cameron Davis
Sound Design by Mike Conley
Set Design by Linn Farley, Tara Grammy, Tom Arthur Davis, & Jivesh Parasram
Production Managed by Deborah Courchene
Stage Managed by Jenna Koenig, Hannah Rose, & Heather Bellingham
Originally Produced by Pandemic Theatre
Produced by Jessica Rose, Tara Grammy, Tom Arthur Davis, & Jivesh Parasram
Production History
May 2015 • RISER Project • Toronto, ON
October 2014 • Golden Thread Productions • San Francisco, USA
October 2013 • Democracy in Iran (performed for Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi) • Toronto, ON
May 2013 • Whitefire Theatre • Los Angeles, USA
September 2012 • Soho Playhouse • New York City, USA
August 2012 • NYC Fringe • New York City, USA
July 2012 • Toronto Fringe • Toronto, ON
March 2011 • Tarragon Theatre • Toronto, ON
“A knockout.”
Raven Snook | Time Out NY
Buy the Book
Mahmoud is now a book published by Playwrights Canada Press.
Finalist for the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama.
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