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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              PDF Version                August 2002

A country in revolution

A holy place in ruins

A dream of three dresses

16 year-old Mona is finding out the meaning of love

      Shiraz, Iran. 1982.  Fanaticism runs rampant in the streets, and Mona, as a Bahá’í – a member of Iran’s largest religious minority – is the fanatic’s prime target.  One night, she has an important dream.  It is a dream of three dresses, each representing a different direction her life might take.  In her dream and in her waking life, Mona makes her choice – a choice that will lead her straight into danger’s path.  Based on a true account, this full-length drama raises fundamental and challenging questions about life, faith and sacrifice for all to consider.

 

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In Summer & Fall 2002, Mark Perry will be available to present on the following topics:

Ø      The Face of Martyrdom: Mona & the others, why the did what they did? Talk to include little known stories and slides of rare photographs. 

Ø      Making “A Dress for Mona”: the intriguing history of this play & how to produce it in your town. 

Ø      Opening the Drama Circle: the history of spirituality and the theatre, plus ideas on how to develop a “spiritual” community-based theatre. 

 

Mark Perry is a graduate of the University of Iowa’s

Playwrights Workshop, and the author of 10 plays.

 

A Dress For Mona, a play by Mark Perry. Trade Paperback, 5 ½ X 8 ½, 150 pages. $10.00. ISBN: 1-931492-02-6. LOC/PCN: 2002090786 (CIP data not included).  Print run: 3000.  Publication: September 2002 by Fifth Epoch Press (an imprint of Discover Writing Press).  Available through Baker & Taylor Wholesalers, also amazon.com, bn.com, & discoverwriting.com.  Cast minimum: 4f; 4m

 

For information, contact Carol-lee Worth at 1-800-613-8055, FAX: 802-897-2084,

or email: adressformona@aol.com