The Brothers Play

world premiere reading at South Coast Repertory

Pacific Playwrights Festival, 2024

By Arya Shahi
Directed by Knud Adams

Little brother makes a bundle in LA and just bought a ranch back home in Tucson. Big brother is a poet in New York… with his own reasons for coming back. As they struggle to reconnect, the brothers discover the ranch house isn’t the only thing in need of renovation.

“You can’t pigeon-hole Arya Shahi into one creative nook. Just when you think he’s an actor, he writes a poem or a play. When you call him a writer, his next credit is as a producer. Then, he morphs into a director. Trying to put Shahi into one creative discipline is an endless game of whack-a-mole…” - “Defying Labels with Brotherly Love” @ SCR