UCI’s New Swan Shakespeare Company hosted a reading of Yalda: An Iranian Twelfth Night, on Nov. 30.  Written by UCI anthropology professor Roxanne Varzi and directed by UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Drama Eli Simon, the play centers around a young woman named Banafsheh who also masqueraded as a man named Bani in a quest to … Continue reading UCI Anthropology Professor Roxanne Varzi Presents Yalda: An Iranian Twelfth Night