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U.S. American playwright and journalist

Adam Klasfeld is a journalist and playwright. He has written and directed several theater plays and is a journalist for the Courthouse News and also a regular reporter for a variety of news outlets.

Education

He studied theatre at Rutgers University and followed up on his studies at the Academy of Theatre in London under Richard Digby Day.

Theater career

His acting career began early at the Rutgers Cabaret, and since he has performed on several stages in the United States and Europe. He is often involved with the theater company called One Armed Man. In July 2009, his play The Report of My Death was performed on board a ship on the Hudson River, New York. He also organized a theater festival at the Brecht Forum.

Journalistic career

As a journalist he has reported about the trial of the Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who circumvented the US sanction regime on Iran and also in a similar case in which Halkbank, a Turkish state owned bank, is also accused of circumventing the US sanctions against Iran. The access to an article he wrote about a money courier of Reza Zarrab, was banned by a court in Istanbul on the 23 September 2020. Other relevant events he covered in his articles were the first impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump and the trial of Michael Cohen, a former lawyer to Donald Trump. He was accused by the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah of being a complicit of the so-called terrorist organization FETÖ, the movement of Fethullah Gülen.

Plays

  • I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill's Lover, Last Night
  • The Prostitute of Reverie Valley
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
  • The Report Of My Death

References

  1. "Adam Klasfeld | About and Contact". Adam Klasfeld. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. ^ "Alumni Archive". Cabaret Theatre. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. Jacobs, Leonard (2010-05-12). "Glenn Beck, Now a Theater Festival Is Named After You". Clyde Fitch Report. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  4. Piepenburg, Erik (2009-07-27). "Theater Where It's Least Expected". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  5. Tarcan, Pınar (13 December 2017). "Adam Klasfeld: We've Fulfilled People's Desire for Uncensored Information with Zarrab Trial Tweets". Bianet. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. Klasfeld, Adam (2020-06-30). "Turkey's State-Run Halkbank Wants to Gum Up Money-Laundering Trial". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  7. "Rıza Sarraf'ın para transferini anlatan habere erişim engeli geldi". Halk TV (in Turkish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  8. ^ Klasfeld, Adam; Mineiro, Megan (2020-01-14). "Indicted Giuliani Ally Has Money-Tied Republicans Seeking Cover". Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  9. sabah, daily (2019-11-12). "FETÖ enjoys freedom in US, Turkish media barred from covering its activities". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  10. TM (13 November 2019). "US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily – Turkish Minute". Retrieved 2020-09-23.


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