I have received my BA degree in Architecture. I recently received my MFA degree in scene design & technology at UMass Amherst. Storytelling has always been my biggest passion and I always try to explore different approaches to tell stories.  I’ve played in different plays as an actor and dancer and worked in physical theater for a couple of years. Also, for several years, I have managed and directed a musical / theater group” DAGHIGHAN CHI” and we have had over 800 performances for kids. I have designed, directed, and written all musical plays for this group.  
I designed two shows at UMass Amherst “WHAT OF THE NIGHT” by María Irene Fornés and “Bacchae of Euripides”. Before my thesis, I participated in “MARIONETTE”, a Collaborative Technical Design and Fabrication Project at UMass which led me to choose puppetry for my thesis. I created a puppetry Stopmotion movie that tells the story of Shahnameh. Communicating this story with the puppets is directly influenced by Kheime Shab Bazi (Traditional Marionette Theater) and shadow play. You can watch it on  Set Design Project page.