Twenty years later, a state-of-the-art, German-designed theater house was built in Kabul and acting was considered a glamorous job, especially for young women, some of whom briefly started dressing in Western clothes, even miniskirts.
The theater still stands today and is occasionally used, though its roof is pocked with holes from artillery bombardment during the years of fighting.
"There's starting to be more and more shows being put on now. It's wonderful," said Aziz, the Afghan playwright, whose latest work, History is Witness, about Afghanistan's recent wars, won first prize this week at the Kabul Theater Summer festival, which saw a series of plays put on in the capital, all with free admission and funded by international organizations.
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