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My name is Koorosh Ostowari

My multiple identities are indivisible. At all times, I am all of the following: A contemporary painter, author, playwright, actor/solo performer, public speaker, certified somatic therapist and mindfulness teacher/coach, real estate entrepreneur in San Francisco, California, and certified naturalist and environmental advocate, engaging in the study of my local Marin County flora and fauna, including birds. In addition,  I maintain my local beach on a daily basis and am a world traveler. I have been awarded the certificate of acknowledgement by the U.S. Congress and have been acknowledged by the California State legislature for my work as a leader of change in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Koorosh Ostowari
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I am a multidisciplinary artist striving to be a creative agent for positive change on this planet.
 

Upcoming
Events

UPCOMING EVENT

Grandma's Million Dollar Scheme

A Comedy-Drama​

​Dates : 

 

5-24-25 7:00 PM
Belrose Theater
1415 5th Ave San Rafael, CA 94901  United States

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7 Saturdays starting 7-12-25 8:00 PM

Marsh Theater

1062 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Go to Website for tickets: https://themarsh.org/

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Written & Performed by Koorosh Ostowari, Directed by David Ford

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A 70 Minute action packed, sizzling hot, Comedy-Drama about a slick, get-rich-quick-scheme real estate guy who falls victim to a clever and charming grandma who has a million-dollar get-rich-quick scheme of her own.  The Performance speaks to Koorosh's work at a local Jail as a spirituality teacher, performed as a part of his documentary theater series to humanize and raise awareness. 

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Marin Open Studios 2025

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Art Exhibition

Marin Art and Garden Center

30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Ross CA 94957 USA

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Weekend 1 is (Sat-Sun)

May 3rd & 4th,   11am-6pm

 

Weekend 2 is (Sat-Sun)

May 10th &11th,  11am-6pm

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Past event

Grandma’s Million Dollar Scheme

12-11-24 @ 7:30 PM

Written & Performed by Koorosh Ostowari, Directed by David Ford

A 70 Minute action packed, sizzling hot, Comedy-Drama about a slick, get-rich-quick-scheme real estate guy who falls victim to a clever and charming grandma who has a million-dollar get-rich-quick scheme of her own.

Grandma's Million Dollar Scheme

PAST EVENT

Written and performed by Koorosh Ostowari

Grandma’s Million Dollar Scheme, is a solo Performance which speaks to Koorosh's work at a local Jail, to humanize and raise awareness

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Watch Trailer here: https://youtu.be/R2Xv_xqVeRo

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Hollywood Fringe in June 2024


At the Hudson Guild theater:
6539 Santa Monica Blvd,
Hollywood, CA 90038 
 

June 11 at 8pm- Doors open at 7:45pm

June 14 at 6pm-Doors open at 6pm

June 15 at 4:30pm-Doors open at 4:15

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Marin Open Studios 2024

PAST EVENT

Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media

My abstract paintings are symbolic gestures that create meaning and understanding in my life, serving as a bridge to greater connection, meaning, and positive change. 

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For more information visit:

https://marinopenstudios.org/members/kooroshostowari-art/

May 4 & 5 and May 11 & 12 

Visual Poetry

Zombie Nation

PAST EVENT

Written and performed by Koorosh Ostowari

This is a show about tenants representing a cross section of Americans living and coping with the high cost of living  loneliness, depression, and their Landlord  in a San Francisco, Mission Dolores, apartment complex. 

 

Watch Trailer here: https://youtu.be/zkW-AaxXx80

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For more information visit:
https://themarsh.org/mnmarshstream/

Monday night at the S.F Marsh

1062 Valencia St.

January 8 & 22

7 pm

Zombie Nation

Grandma's Million Dollar Scheme

PAST EVENT

Written and performed by Koorosh Ostowari

Grandma’s Million Dollar Scheme, is a solo Performance which speaks to Koorosh's work at a local Jail, to humanize and raise awareness

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Watch Trailer here: https://youtu.be/R2Xv_xqVeRo

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For more information visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grandmas-million-dollar-scheme-tickets-788479261697

Saturday 3/30/24

Doors Open 7:30pm

Show at 8pm

Grandma's Million Dollar Scheme

Theatre

Playwright, Actor, and Solo Performer

I use my solo performances as a story-telling, journalistic vehicle to engage my audience in order to humanize and raise awareness around the challenges we all face (rich, poor, black, white, etc.), around greed, marginalization, and class, as well as to create deeper empathy with and understanding for the pain and suffering of many members of our society (which can include ourselves) who have slipped and fallen through the cracks and often end up in jail, or various kinds of prisons of our own making.

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Through deep study, observation, interview, listening, empathy, and transparency, and based on my own life experiences as an immigrant, I seek out relevant situations and stories that are currently impacting us and our society, focusing on inequity, greed, mindless consumerism, poverty, and racism. Writing a solo performance piece usually takes two years to complete, and it is an organic process that cannot be rushed if audience members are to have an authentic and lasting experience that will mobilize them to also be catalysts for change on the planet through their own unique ways, voices, and action.
 

Solo Performer
Grandma’s Million Dollar Scheme
Next show scheduled:

5-24-25 Belrose Theater, San Rafael, CA
For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grandmas-million-dollar-scheme-a-comedy-drama-tickets-1249628665979?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Marsh Theater, San Francisco, CA
8 Shows starting : 7-12-25 @8:00 PM.
For Tickets: https://themarsh.org/
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Grandma’s Million Dollar Scheme is based on a mostly true story, with a few fictional moments, and tells a story about race, class, greed, and our criminal justice system which has so many loopholes for white-collar criminals who actually never end up doing time. I draw on my interactions with my students at the local jail, and my experiences as a spiritual teacher there, and on my own journey as a get-rich-quick-scheme real estate agent in my late twenties in San Francisco who falls victim to a grandma who has a million-dollar get-rich-quick scheme of her own. My intention in this performance is to humanize and raise awareness around the challenges we all face (being rich, poor, black, white, etc.), around greed, marginalization, and class, as well as to create  deeper empathy and understanding for the pain and suffering of many members of our society (which can also include ourselves) who have slipped and fallen through the cracks and often end up in jail, or various kinds of prisons of our own making.

Zombie Nation

This show is about a cross-section of Americans living and coping with life in a San Francisco apartment building, where their core values are challenged by Joe the Plumber, a hardworking, practical, blue-color guy who questions the choices the various tenants and their greedy landlords in San Francisco are making, and how people are literally turning into zombies, mindless consumers of tech and other products. But not all is lost, as most of the characters regain their conscience, moral compass, and sanity to become a healthy community.

Zombie Nation

Watch Trailer here: https://youtu.be/zkW-AaxXx80

Actor
Ali Jihadi Comes to America

About a gay Taliban member who comes to America and feels stuck between two worlds.

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