(pronounced za-RA-wa, also goes by "Z")Born in
India,
Zaraawar Mistry is an actor, writer,
director
and producer in the Twin Cities. He was co-founder
of the
Center for Independent
Artists, and a former Associate Artistic
Director at Theater
Mu.
As an
actor
he has performed at the Guthrie, the Children’s
Theater
Company and Mixed Blood Theater. He has
collaborated as an actor, writer and director with
Ragamala
Music and Dance Theater.
His one man play
Sohrab
and Rustum
was selected by City Pages
as one of
the year's 10 Best in 2002. His play, Indian Cowboy, also a
solo performance, was presented at Mixed Blood
Theater in
January 2006, and selected as "Outstanding
experimental
theater work" in the Star Tribune's Best of Twin
Cities theater in
2006. Both plays have been presented at Asia
Society in
New York and at Stages Repertory Theatre in
Houston.
Zaraawar has an M.F.A. in Theatre
from UC, San Diego and a B.A. from Bennington
College in Vermont. He has received numerous
grants in support of his work, from the Jerome
Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board and the
Playwright’s Center among others. He has taught
theater classes at many organizations in the Twin
Cities, most recently as an Adjunct Professor at
Hamline University, where he also directed the
Fall 2007 production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry
Orchard. Zaraawar continues to work as an actor,
writer
director and consultant around the Twin Cities.
Reviews from the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune are now in the newspapers' archives and available by contacting Zaraawar
Minneapolis Observer
Articles about Zaraawar Mistry
Pusle
of
the Twin Cities
Asia Society Interview
Email: z@dreamlandarts.com