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Adam Klasfeld

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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.[1]

Education

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He studied theatre at Rutgers University and followed up on his studies at the Academy of Theatre in London under Richard Digby Day.[2]

Theater career

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His acting career began early at the Rutgers Cabaret, and since he has performed on several stages in the United States and Europe.[2] He is often involved with the theater company called One Armed Man.[3] In July 2009, his play The Report of My Death was performed on board a ship on the Hudson River, New York.[4] He also organized a theater festival at the Brecht Forum.

Journalistic career

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As a journalist he has reported about the trial of the Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who circumvented the US sanction regime on Iran[5] and also in a similar case in which Halkbank, a Turkish state owned bank, is also accused of circumventing the US sanctions against Iran.[6] 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.[7] Other relevant events he covered in his articles were the first impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump[8] and the trial of Michael Cohen, a former lawyer to Donald Trump.[8] 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.[9][10]

Plays

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Adam Klasfeld | About and Contact". Adam Klasfeld. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.