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Directed by SHARONE SAYEGH
Arranged & Music Directed by MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH
Featuring GEORGE ABUD, SHERZ ALETAHA, SHOBA NARAYAN, JONATHAN RAVIV, SHARONE SAYEGH, VISHAL VAIDYA, KUHOO VERMA
Music Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by JACKLYN RIHA
Videography & Video Editing by BRIAN VINIK

THE BAND

Bansuri SRISHTI BIYANI   
Clarinet TANO BROCK 
Violin BENGISU GÖKÇE   
Riq, Darbuka, Frame Drum, Djembe & Doumbek GILBERT MANSOUR
Bass & Kanun JOHN MURCHISON
Piano MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH   
Tabla, Dolak, Durbuka, Talking Drum & Udu MT ADITYA SRINIVASAN  
Guitar & Oud HARVEY VALDES

Curated by Vision Resident RONA SIDDIQUI

Originally Premiered: February 23, 2021 
Run Time: 40 minutes

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SHARONE SAYEGH (Director) most recently played Bonnie on the 1st National Tour of Come From Away. Before that, she originated the role of Anna in The Band’s Visit on Broadway (OBC). Other Broadway: Mamma Mia!. Off Broadway: Mrs. Trumbauer in Road Show (City Center Encores), Anna in The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Co, World Premiere), Sharone in The Wildness (Ars Nova, World Premiere), and Scheherazade in Scheherazade (Prospect Theater Co). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Muny, Florida Rep, San Jose Rep. TV: Instinct (CBS), Limitless (CBS). Syracuse University Alum, sharonesayegh.com @sharonesayegh

MONA SEYED-BOLORFOROSH (Music Director, Arranger) is a music director, conductor and pianist whose works encompasses numerous genres including musical theatre, symphonic music, and opera. OFF-BROADWAY: Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things. NATIONAL TOUR: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Keys 3), Credits in opera, film, and orchestral music include Heartbeat Opera (Music Assistant) and Harry Potter Soundtrack Orchestra (Former music director, conductor). She is an alumna of Berklee College of Music, where she studied composition and conducting.