Available now worldwide: Three plays by Mahdi Ahmadian: The Tenth Man, The Last Supper, and The Blinding of Hormozd IV. See below for detailed description of each book and links to get your own copy.

Mahdi Ahmadian, The Tenth Man, A Play Inspired by Graham Greene’s The Tenth Man (Culicidae Press, Madison, WI: 15 April 2025)

About the Book

Jean-Louis Chavel gives up everything he owns to save his life in an act of desperation. But this choice comes with a heavy price, which he must pay for in a most unexpected way…

What Readers Think

Riveting and suspenseful. A dramatic tale told with theatricality and punch. This is a period of history, the complex details of which, needs retelling and telling again for mature audiences of all ages for all time. Ahmadian spins an imaginative, historical, magical-realism mystery of false and adopted identity akin to those of Pirandello and Camus. Audiences will sit riveted to the play’s twists and turns. I recommend it highly!

— Dr. Rick Plummer, Theater Professor Emeritus
and SAG/AFTRA actor

Graham Greene aficionados will appreciate this lovingly crafted stage reimagining. For four scenes and a curtain call, Greene’s spirit hovers in the wings. A wise and worthy drama as relevant today as when it was first published.

— Germaine Shames, author of the award-winning novels
Between Two Deserts and You, Fascinating You,
Kilroys List Playwright, and a
Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellow

It is not beyond 21st-century readers to identify with a fictional character struggling to survive, but it is often nearly impossible to select exactly the right phrases in the translated language that reverberate with the exactly right nuances […] The Tenth Man is challenging and risky, but these are challenging and risky times, so I commend Mahdi Ahmadian’s commitment and courage in introducing The Tenth Man to new readers.

— Carolyn Balducci, translator, author, and playwright
(Lysistrata, Alcuin, Giovanni the Fearless, among others)

How to Buy the Book

Mahdi Ahmadian’s The Tenth Man, A Play Inspired by Graham Greene’s The Tenth Man is available worldwide online and in your favorite bookstore around the corner. You can also order directly from us (use the links below), depending on which entity you want to support more: author, bookstore, or publisher.

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The book has been published in paperback, casewrap hardcover, and digital versions (ePub and Kindle formats). An audio version is in production.

Available on Amazon

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Paperback (US $16.95)

Hardcover (casewrap, US $24.95)

Digital (ePub. | Kindle, US $9.99)

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Culicidae Press (April 15, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
ISBN ‏ : ‎ 978-1683151203
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.34 x 8.5 inches

Mahdi Ahmadian, The Last Supper, A One-Act Play (Culicidae Press, Madison, WI: 15 April 2025)

About the Book

Amidst war and winter, a family gathers to share a meal. But what was meant to be a moment of peace turns into a quarrel, a private war where old wounds are torn open, one by one…

What Readers Think

With nods to Brecht’s antiwar play Mother Courage and Her Children, Chekov’s play of generational conflict, The Cherry Orchard, and Beckett’s philosophical play Waiting for Godot, Mahdi Ahmadian’s tragicomedy, The Last Supper, explores the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma. Set in wartime in an undefined place and unknown time, Ahmadian’s characters wrestle with the universal issues of faith, indifference, fear, suffering, and how the past affects the present. Leavened by humor, the play and its characters linger in the mind long after reading, providing a mirror to our own conflicted times.

— Sara Baker, author of The Timekeeper’s Son,
Brancusi’s Egg, and Mail Order Bride

The Last Supper is a fearless portrayal of the intergenerational traumas of war and the ghosts that haunt our precarious times.

— Lara Stevens; author of Anti-War Theatre After Brecht

Ahmadian has written a blistering parable of war, family, loss and everything in between.

— Bryan Stubbles, playwright and translator

How to Buy the Book

Mahdi Ahmadian’s The Last Supper: A One-Act Play is available worldwide online and in your favorite bookstore around the corner. You can also order directly from us (use the links below), depending on which entity you want to support more: author, bookstore, or publisher.

Library, Bookstores, and other Institutions

The book has been published in paperback, casewrap hardcover, and digital versions (ePub and Kindle formats). An audio version is in production.

Available on Amazon

The links below take you directly to the specific store listed for that country

Paperback (US $12.95)

Digital (ePub. | Kindle, US $9.99)

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Culicidae Press (April 15, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 78 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683151173
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.18 x 8.5 inches

Mahdi Ahmadian, The Blinding of Hormozd IV, A Tragedy in One Act (Culicidae Press, Madison, WI: 15 April 2025)

About the Book

The shahdom of Hormozd IV is on the verge of collapse. As he returns to Ctesiphon amidst Bahram Chobin’s rebellion, he finds himself betrayed and trapped by his own kin…

The idea of writing a new play on the subject of ancient Iran and the Sasanian era has always intrigued me. However, such a play required thorough historical study, including the History of al-Tabari and Bal’ami, the Shahnameh, and gathering and summarizing of various existing narratives to craft a play that would resonate with its audience, a process that required extensive research and time. The present play is an attempt to explore a subject that has received little attention: Hormozd IV and the fall of his shahdom.

What Readers Think

From the opening lines, Ahmadian’s play plunges us into the arrogance and blindness of absolute power and the ensuing tragedy and chaos of its downfall. A riveting drama.

— J. Weintraub, playwright, poet, and translator

The Blinding of Hormozd IV by Mahdi Ahmadian offers a compelling view of a pivotal moment in the history of Persia. Clearly a labor of love for the author — love for his country and its rich past — the play reminds one of Shakespeare’s dramatizations of English history, particularly Macbeth, in its portrayal of ambition, treachery, and the hopeless regret to which they often give rise. After its publication, I look forward to hearing of its successful staging.

— Arnold Johnston, author of The Witching Voice and
poetry collections including Where We’re Going,
Where We’ve Been and The Infernal Now.

Unquestionably well-written!

— Mark SaFranko, author and playwright

How to Buy the Book

Mahdi Ahmadian’s The Blinding of Hormozd IV is available worldwide online and in your favorite bookstore around the corner. You can also order directly from us (use the links below), depending on which entity you want to support more: author, bookstore, or publisher.

Library, Bookstores, and other Institutions

The book has been published in paperback, casewrap hardcover, and digital versions (ePub and Kindle formats). An audio version is in production.

Available on Amazon

The links below take you directly to the specific store listed for that country

Paperback (US $12.95)

Digital (ePub. | Kindle, US $9.99)

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Culicidae Press (April 15, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683151210
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.17 x 8.5 inches