Theater & Music Theater Faculty
Nikoo Mamdoohi
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About
Nikoo Mamdoohi is an Iranian theater director who has worked extensively in Iran and the United States. She has directed new plays, devised work, and experimental pieces that seek to discover innovative ways of engaging audiences, always striving to create singular, fleeting experiences that echo the transience of life itself.
In Iran, Nikoo founded the Vaahe Art Collective in 2008 and directed productions at prominent festivals, including the Fadjr International Theater Festival, and venues such as Tehran City Theater. Now based in Washington, DC, she continues to develop projects that connect diverse communities through performance.
Her recent work in the United States includes presenting Lost in the Ocean Waves at Arena Stage and directing Home, the first Farsi-language production staged at the Kennedy Center. She has also collaborated with Convergence Theatre (Snapshots), Theatre Prometheus (The Cassette Shop), and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University.
Nikoo’s artistic vision is rooted in the belief that sharing our stories on stage can bring us closer together and deepen our understanding of one another.
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