Abstract
Marya Lowry: Actor / Developmental Collaborator
One Pure Longing: Táhirih’s Search, playing as part of LuminaTO, is a beautiful piece that combines poetry, music and movement into a mosaic of the expression of faith and one’s love for God.
Táhirih was an Iranian Baha’i poet who appeared in public without her veil at an 1848 religious conference. She stood for freedom against oppression, and was celebrated for her courage in spite of her execution after the fact.
This show is not for those bound to traditional guidelines of narrative, for it is more like a multidisciplinary work of art than a play. It is deeply symbolic as it is more a response to Táhirih’s poetry than an account of her life and struggle.