WEST COAST PREMIERE OF GUARDS AT THE TAJ BY RAJIV JOSEPH; DIRECTED BY GIOVANNA SARDELLI

WEST COAST PREMIERE OF GUARDS AT THE TAJ

BY RAJIV JOSEPH; DIRECTED BY GIOVANNA SARDELLI

STARRING RAFFI BARSOUMIAN AND RAMIZ MONSEF

OCTOBER 6 TO NOVEMBER 15 IN THE AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER AT THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE

Geffen Playhouse celebrated opening night on October 14th for the West Coast premiere of Guards at the Taj by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Steinberg Award recipient Rajiv Joseph. The cast stars Raffi Barsoumian as Humayun and Ramiz Monsef as Babur and directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Ambition, philosophy and absurdity spill-over in Rajiv Joseph’s violently beautiful, bold and surprising new play about two lowly guards handed the grueling task of protecting the Taj Mahal. Wildly comic and astoundingly tragic, the journey of these two friends asks if perfection comes at too great a cost. Guards at the Taj runs October 6 through November 15, 2015 in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse. Tickets priced from $60 to $82 are available in-person at the Geffen Playhouse box office, via phone at 310.208.5454 or online at www.geffenplayhouse.com.

ID FOR ATTACHED PHOTO (photo credit: Jordan Strauss): (L-R) Geffen Playhouse Executive Director Gil Cates, Jr.; Ramiz Monsef, Raffi Barsoumian and Randall Arney, Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director.

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