Graduate Students from CIIS Course on
Drama Therapy and Social Change
Present
Armenian Memories
A 90th Anniversary Commemoration, Performance & Ritual
Friday, July 1st, 2005
7 p.m.
Free Admission
(Open seating. No reservations required)
Namaste Hall
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street, San Francisco
Directed by
Armand Volkas, MFT, RDT/BCT
Featuring
Liora Abrahams-Brost * Mindy Ackman * Melanie Bandera * Janna Browning * Nicole Brucato *
Laurel Carangelo * Leslie Davidson * Alex Ginsberg * Abigail Leeder *
Andrea Major * Alisa Peck * Michelle Ramsey * Jennifer Zarin *
& Members of the Bay Area Armenian Community
This performance commemorates the events leading up to and following the Armenian Genocide of 1915 by the leaders of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey. This event is held especially in memory of the hundreds of thousands of Armenians who were forced to march bare-foot through the Der El-Zor Syrian Desert and the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed during this genocide. Members of the Armenian community come together to share their struggle for healing and integration through theatre, music, poetry and ritual. Personal and collective stories are publicly witnessed and transformed into theatre pieces through Playback Theatre and other interactive theatre elements.
Call (415) 575-6230 or (510) 527-5577 for more information