SAVE THE DATE:

3rd Annual Celebrity Gala

~ August 23rd, 2008 ~

"Celebrating the Saroyan Centennial"

PROGRAM:

Announcement of Winner of Inaugural $10,000 Saroyan Playwriting Competition, 2008

Announcement of Recepient of Armenian Star Award

Performances of Saroyan Contest Finalists

Special Guest and Recipient of the Armenian Star Award

Michael Peretzian

Stars Palace Theatre,

N. Brand Blvd. (Glendale, CA)

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Monday, August. 25, 2008, 7:30pm

FLESH AND TENDERNESS

by Kristen Lazarian
Directed by Michael Barakiva

A fourth-generation Armenian American woman comes to terms with her family history.


Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 7:30pm

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

by Matthew 'Yazo' Yaldezian
Directed by Michael Arabian

A day in the life of William Saroyan in San Francisco, just after his short story,
?The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze? becomes a best seller.


Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 7:30pm

NADIA

by Lily Thomasian
Directed by Martin Bedoian

An Armenian family living in Iraq confronts the chaos of the war.

* 2008 Saroyan Contest Winner *
"NADIA"
by Lilly Thomassian

Saroyan Prize Finalists Kristin Lazarian, Lilly Thomassian (winner), Matthew Yaldezian