$10,000 SAROYAN PLAYWRITING COMPETITION FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is pleased to announce the three finalists of the inaugural William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting: Nadia by Lilly Thomassian, Flesh and Tenderness by Kristen Lazarian and The Living and the Dead by Matthew "Yazo" Yaldezian.
Play submissions were received from across the United States, the UK and Armenia. Entries were required to be full-length plays written in English and based on Armenian themes. The plays were required to have a professional production or reading prior to submission, which resulted in high quality entries.
First round judges were Claire Cox, playwright and writing instructor at the Gotham Academy in New York; Enrique Urueta, playwright and former literary manager at Impact Theatre in San Francisco; Landon Vaughn, actor, writer and producer; Tanya Yerevanian, actor, writer and graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London; and David Grillo, actor, writer and producer of the off-Broadway production of Beast on the Moon.
The three finalist plays will be evaluated by an honorary jury including Leslie Ayvazian, award-winning playwright and Professor of Playwriting at Columbia University; Deborah Salzer, playwriting educator and founder of The Playwrights Project; and, Mac Wellman, Lifetime Obie-award winning playwright and the Donald I. Fine Professor of Play Writing at Brooklyn College.
The winner will be announced at the ADAA's 3rd Annual Celebrity Gala on Saturday, August 23, 2008, which will be held at the Stars Palace Theatre in Glendale, CA. The winner will be honored with a $10,000 award. Tickets are available at www.itsmyseat.com.
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance's mission is to make the Armenian voice heard on the world stage through the dramatic arts of theatre and film. The organization accomplishes this mission by supporting playwrights and screenwriters and providing production opportunities, research tools, networking resources and writing awards. In addition to the William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting, the ADAA administers the $10,000 Lillian and Varnum Paul Prize for Screenwriting, the deadline for which is February 15, 2009.
For more information about ADAA, its activities and how to contribute to its important mission, please visit the website at www.armeniandrama.org or call at 617.871.6764
- by Zoe Kevork
NEW HOPES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING AND RECURRENT VIOLATION OF 14-YEAR-CEASEFIRE
By Aghavni Haroutiunian, translated by L.H.The meeting of the new President of Armenia and the Azerbaijani President may take place in St. Petersburg, during the 12th International Energy Forum and CIS informal Summit on June 6-8, OSCE Minsk Group ...US DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELEASES 2007 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT - ARMENIA
The Government of Armenia has made minimal progress in addressing trafficking in persons since the release of the 2007 TIP Report. Most notably, it did not take steps to combat trafficking-related corruption. ...RUSSIA WILLING TO ORGANIZE THE MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS
Translated by A.M. 1Boris Grizlov, the Speaker of the Russian Parliament, during his visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, said that the Government of RF is ready to organize a meeting between the Presidents of the Armenian and Azerbaijani ...$10,000 SAROYAN PLAYWRITING COMPETITION FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
by Zoe KevorkThe Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) is pleased to announce the three finalists of the inaugural William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting: Nadia by Lilly Thomassian, Flesh and Tenderness by Kristen ...
STATEMENT OF THE UNION OF ARMENIANS IN RUSSIA
Translated by L.H.
CATHOLICOS OF ALL-ARMENIANS URGES ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Translated by L.H
EDITORIAL. IRONY OF GENOCIDE MUSEUM: A SORE POINT FOR ARMENIANS, BLISS FOR TURKS
Press Committee of the Armenian Mirror-SpectatorUS DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELEASES 2007 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT - ARMENIA
OPPOSITION IN HAGHTANAK (VICTORY) PARK
Translated by L.H.TURKEY DENIES PROPOSAL ON BUSINESS COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
Translated by A.M.TURKEY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN A SEAT ON UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier"TURKEY HAS TWO PRECONDITIONS FOR ARMENIA"
By H. Chaqrian, translated by A.M.PRESIDENT SERGE SARGSIAN IN NAGORNO KARABAKH
Translated by L.H.ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS READINESS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
Translated by A.M.ISLAMIST TURKISH MEDIA: DESPITE U.S. OBJECTIONS TURKEY STRENGTHENS RELATIONS WITH REGIONAL COUNTRIES; TURKEY, IRAN SIGN INTELLIGENCE AGREEMENT
- 1632 Death of Catholicos Movsess Tatevatsee, a prominent figure of the Armenian renaissance of the 17th century. He was born in 1583.
- 1805 The Treaty of the Kyurak-chai River. Artsakh is joined to Russia.
- 1812 Birth in Tbilissi (Georgia) of Stepanos Nazaryan, the founder of the "Hyusisapail" - Aurora Borealis - monthly magazine. He was born in 1812.
- 1814 Birth of Karapet Shahnazaryan in Hamadan (Iran). He died in 1865.
- 1870 Tsar Alexander the Second sets out his peasant reforms in Armenia and in Azerbaijan.
- 1911 Death of Bogdan Knunyants (Bolshevik politician) in Baku's Baylov prison. He was born in 1878.
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