Adriana Sevan's new play about Armenian Genocide to be staged in U.S.March 16, 2009 - 22:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Adriana Sevan's play about the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to be staged in USLos 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. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |