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DRAMA GROUPS TO MARK GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL
Monday, February 9th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/131644/drama-groups-to-mark-genocide-centennial/
The Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Calif.
LOS ANGELES--In observance of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide,
Center Theatre Group, in partnership with the Armenian Dramatic
Artists Alliance (ADAA), will present "Staging the Unstageable:
The Esthetics of Dramatizing Atrocity" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
on April 28 at 8 p.m.
"Staging the Unstageable" is a reading of excerpts from plays that
dramatize in different ways the Armenian Genocide, which was the
systematic extermination (beginning in April 1915) by the Ottoman
Empire of its minority Armenian subjects.
The performance will be followed by a panel discussion with notable
guests from the Armenian community and with Los Angeles theatre artists
who have grappled with the responsibilities of bringing historical
tragedies to the stage. Key to the discussion are the questions -
does theatre have a role in ensuring that communities around the world
never forget historical sins, and how can a theatre-maker bring such
trauma to the stage?
Monday, February 9th, 2015
http://asbarez.com/131644/drama-groups-to-mark-genocide-centennial/
The Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Calif.
LOS ANGELES--In observance of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide,
Center Theatre Group, in partnership with the Armenian Dramatic
Artists Alliance (ADAA), will present "Staging the Unstageable:
The Esthetics of Dramatizing Atrocity" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
on April 28 at 8 p.m.
"Staging the Unstageable" is a reading of excerpts from plays that
dramatize in different ways the Armenian Genocide, which was the
systematic extermination (beginning in April 1915) by the Ottoman
Empire of its minority Armenian subjects.
The performance will be followed by a panel discussion with notable
guests from the Armenian community and with Los Angeles theatre artists
who have grappled with the responsibilities of bringing historical
tragedies to the stage. Key to the discussion are the questions -
does theatre have a role in ensuring that communities around the world
never forget historical sins, and how can a theatre-maker bring such
trauma to the stage?