Ritual Music to Cure a Lover

[NoHo Arts District, CA] –  Shahin Sayadi brings his highly praised solo show Ritual Music to Cure a Lover, to the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

“…performed with riveting skill and the powerful depth of emotion of an incredibly gifted artist.” – Samantha Simmons-Ronceros – NoHo Arts

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About Ritual Music to Cure a Lover

Ritual Music to Cure a Lover is the story of today’s Iran. Youth, rising up against their Fathers’ choices. It is the story of love overcoming hate and light, destroying darkness. A battle between a son and his father. A play that reflects the cultural revolution taking place in the streets of Iran, right now.

Ritual is the story of forbidden love, a family divided by long-held secrets, and a community trying to find balance between traditional ways and the modern world. The play culminates in a Zaar/Exorcism ceremony, intended to rid a young man of the “sickness” of his love for an outcast woman, that ultimately reveals a father’s long-buried secrets.

In Ritual, Shahin reimagines mythological figures from Iranian poetry and fuses traditional icons and storytelling and seamlessly shifts between multiple characters and temporalities, while weaving together inter-generational perspectives that provide a panoramic viewpoint into the struggles of a community transitioning from a traditional to modern society. Fighting darkness to step back into the light.

Praise for Ritual Music to Cure a Lover 

“…especially compelling as the female characters (which is so rarely the case for a male actor). He grounds both women in the play in respect and finds such simple and nuanced ways to shift between the characters.” – Amanda Campbell, From The Way I See It Theatre Blog

“It’s amazing what one man can do with cloth, music and light.” – Elissa Barnard, Chronicle Herald

“…reminding [us of] a new future, without the freedom to think differently from the status quo, is perhaps more dangerous.” – Eric Abramian, Writer

About Shahin Sayadi

Shahin Sayadi is the founder of Prismatic Arts Festival and the founder and executive artistic director of Onelight Theatre and Onelight Theatre and Media Arts. Shahin has written and produced 12 original plays and has worked at the forefront of developing and presenting works of other performing artists in Canada for international audiences.

Shahin is a lifelong fan of Bruce Lee.

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