Adriana Sevan's new play about Armenian Genocide to be staged in U.S.
Adriana Sevan's play about the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to be staged in US
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival honored the Armenian actress and playwright for her exceptional career
The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival will honor five women for their exceptional career and life achievements at its Opening Night Gala on March 26 at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
Adriana Sevan will receive the Integrity Award. Her solo play "Taking Flight" debuted at the Kirk Douglas Theater in 2006 and won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award the following year, subsequently being performed across the country. She has just received the 008 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award which gifts her with a generous commission to research and write a new play about her grandparent's survival of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, which will be developed by the award's host theaters:
The Lark Play Development Center in New York, Silk Road Theatre Company in Chicago and Golden Thread in San Francisco. Ms. Sevan is devoted to bringing theater and girls together. She currently leads transformational mentoring workshops for at-risk adolescent girls using creative writing and improvisation as tools for girls to discover their vibrant, vital and unique voices.
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival honored the Armenian actress and playwright for her exceptional career
The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival will honor five women for their exceptional career and life achievements at its Opening Night Gala on March 26 at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica.
Adriana Sevan will receive the Integrity Award. Her solo play "Taking Flight" debuted at the Kirk Douglas Theater in 2006 and won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award the following year, subsequently being performed across the country. She has just received the 008 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award which gifts her with a generous commission to research and write a new play about her grandparent's survival of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, which will be developed by the award's host theaters:
The Lark Play Development Center in New York, Silk Road Theatre Company in Chicago and Golden Thread in San Francisco. Ms. Sevan is devoted to bringing theater and girls together. She currently leads transformational mentoring workshops for at-risk adolescent girls using creative writing and improvisation as tools for girls to discover their vibrant, vital and unique voices.
