Episode 280 - Arian Moayed

Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine

Arian Moayed is an Iranian-born award-winning actor and

the co-founder of Waterwell, a civic-minded and

socially conscious non-profit art and education

company.

With Waterwell, recent productions include The

Flores Exhibits, a series of videos in which artists,

lawyers, advocates, and immigrants read the sworn

testimonies of children held in detention facilities at

the U.S./Mexico border (flores

exhibits.org), The Courtroom: a re-enactment of one

woman’s deportation proceedings, named "Best

Theater of 2019" by The New York Times, and a

dual-language Hamlet (Arian played the title role).

Waterwell also created Fleet Week Follies, an

annual festival of music, food, and kid-friendly

activities, free to military service members and their families.

At the Waterwell Education Program, over 250 students per year receive world-class arts

training and education in advocacy at the Professional Performing Arts School, all free of

charge. He has been a faculty member for nearly 15 years, currently teaching the Artist as

Citizen and Senior Capstone classes.

As a writer/director, Arian has created the Emmy-nominated thriller, The Accidental Wolf,

produced by Topic, starring Tony-winners Kelli O’Hara, Laurie Metcalf, Sahr Nguajah, and

many more. Current writing projects include 28 Mordad (upcoming), a film version of The

Courtroom (Archer Gray/Topic) and a film adaptation of The Man in Red. He is currently

writing an autobiography about his family’s immigration story.

Notable acting credits: Broadway's The Humans (Drama Desk Award), Bengal Tiger at the

Baghdad Zoo (Tony nomination), Guards at the Taj (Obie Award), Emmy-winning Succession

(HBO), and an upcoming Shonda Rhimes’ series, Inventing Anna (Netflix).

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