{"id":7147,"date":"2016-03-16T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=7147"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T15:15:08","slug":"tara-grammy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/tara-grammy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tara Grammy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tara Grammy is an Iranian-Canadian actor and playwright. She was born in Tehran but grew up in Toronto where she earned a BA with a specialist in Drama from the University of Toronto. She has lived in Germany and the United States and currently resides in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Drama<\/h3>\n

Mahmoud<\/h3>\n

Co-authored by Tom Arthur Davis.
\nToronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2015.
\nPS8613 .R354 M34 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n

Mahmoud is an exuberant, if overwhelmingly passionate, Iranian engineer-cum-taxi driver who relishes the chance to regale his passengers with his love of Persian culture. Emanuelos, a fabulously gay Spanish perfume salesman, can talk a mile-a-minute about his boyfriend, Behnam. And then there\u2019s Tara, an awkwardly charming Iranian Canadian preteen who just wants to be \u201cnormal,\u201d whatever that means. When the three strangers find themselves crossing paths in the busy streets of Toronto, their experiences with racism, sexism, homophobia, homesickness, and everything in between become intertwined in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n

2015 Governor General’s Literary Award–English Drama (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Links<\/h3>\n

Tara Grammy personal website<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher Playwrights Canada Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Mahmoud website<\/a> includes trailers for the play and news about the accolades it received in 2012 at the Toronto Fringe Festival and the New York Fringe Festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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