the Rose and Lotus

On Rumi's MATHNAVI: A Stage Adaptation "Absolutely remarkable and memorable! It was as if I had gone to a party, and had been offered an entire pot of gourmet food . . . but with ever new bite I felt even hungrier [It] was endowed with a complex simplicity or a simple complexity! It was all very inspiring and enlightening . . . It felt as if the actors analyzed Rumi's stories, lifting the veils one after another." - Lida Saeedian, Author and co- translator of The Pocket Rumi. "Joe Martin's adaptation of Rumi's classic work is educational, moving, and most importantly, highly entertaining. . . . extremely relevant and timely . . . " - Jon Klein, playwright and author of Dimly perceived Threats to the System. On Parabola: Shorter Fictions "...through the tightly structured geometry of this metaphorically rich [work is] recognition of the search we undertake to fix a place for ourselves . . . and try to make sense of a confusing, alienating and often combative world." -Cheryl Pallant, High Performance