Behnam Alibakhshi

Behnam Alibakhshi is an Iranian actor, director and theater teacher. He is the founder of CHAKHSHOOSH Film and Theater Group where he has produced and directed plays since 2002. He worked as a teacher in Iran's universities and performed more than 20 performances. Social issues like women's equality and discrimination in the society by religious governments are the most important subjects of his interest. Now he is excited to start earning his MFA at UMass Amherst!
Some of the best his performances are: The Silk Road (Outdoor Theater in Public Places), The Night of Disaster at #13 (Outdoor Theater in Public Places), Sahoori (based on Romi’s Poems), One Minute of Silence, Barzakh, and In Asal Shahde Gole khoonin ast