穆罕默德·阿格巴狄(Mohammad Aghebati)
穆罕默德·阿格巴狄在伊朗本国拥有几十年为成人和儿童导演戏剧的经验，他的戏剧作品屡获各类奖项，其中包括伊朗前总统穆罕默德·哈塔米为其颁发的青年艺术家荣誉奖章。阿格巴狄是伊朗最成功的也是最负盛名的剧团之一小精灵剧团的成员。
2007年，日本基金会挑选阿格巴狄，委约他执导演绎新版《俄狄浦斯王》，并在东京演出。他的很多作品也巡演过很多国际艺术节。
《哈姆雷特，悲伤的王子》曾在在美国纽约市的公共剧院，作为“雷达发现不了艺术节”的组成部分进行公演，得到了《纽约时报》的高度赞誉。此后，这部作品在多个机构和艺术节上演，包括纽约亚洲协会，杨百翰大学，南加州大学，萨拉索塔林林艺术节。
阿格巴狄拥有伊朗德黑兰艺术大学戏剧导演专业的硕士学位，也是耶鲁大学戏剧学院的特别访问学者。他拥有布鲁克林学院表演与媒体艺术专业的MFA硕士学位，目前任德黑兰大学教授一职，开展导演专业的工作坊，教授戏剧史课程，专注于伊朗古代文化和伊朗传统故事讲述方法。
Mohammad Aghebati
Mohammad Aghebati has decades of experience in directing plays for adults and young audiences in his native Iran. He has received various awards for his plays including the Young Artist Medal of Honor from Iran’s former President Mohammad Khatami. Aghebati was a member of the Leev Theater Group, which is known as one of Iran’s most successful and critically acclaimed theater groups.
In 2007, Aghebati was selected and commissioned by Japan Foundation to direct a new interpretation of Oedipus Rex, which played in Tokyo. Several of his works have toured various international festivals.
In the US, “Hamlet, Prince of Grief” was presented as a part of the Under the Radar Festival at NYC’s Public Theater, receiving a great review from the New York Times. Since then, it has been presented at Asia Society in New York, Brigham Young University and at University of Southern California, and Sarasota’s Ringling Festival.
He received his MFA from Brooklyn College in Performance and Media Arts and currently is a professor in Tehran University where he teaches workshops in directing and theater history with a focus on ancient cultures and traditional methods of storytelling.
