Егиазарян Торандж
Yeghiazarian Torange
Егиазарян Торандж
Torange Yeghiazarian
Torange Yeghiazarian writes, directs and acts for the Theatre. She is the founder and artistic director of Golden Thread Productions, a San Francisco ensemble dedicated to theatre that explores Middle Eastern culture and identity as represented throughout the globe (www.goldenthread.org). A native of Iran and of Armenian heritage, Torange holds a Master's degree in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University. Her plays (Waves, Dawn at Midnight, Behind Glass Windows, Abaga) reflect the perspective of the culturally displaced in tackling today's world of contradictory realities and values. Her short play, Abaga (The Future in Armenian), debuted at ReOrient Festival in 2001, was presented by New York City's Immigrant Theatre and reviewed in the American Theatre Magazine (April 2002). As a teaching artist, Torange has taught playwriting to at-risk youth as part of the Each One Reach One program, incorporated theatre into social studies in Richmond's Washington Elementary School as part of East Bay Center for Performing Arts' Learning Without Borders program, and lead acting and play development workshops for Golden Thread Productions.
Website: www.goldenthread.org
PRODUCTIONS
All produced by Golden Thread Productions In San Francisco Bay Area
DAWN AT MIDNIGHT (2004) — centered on an unexpected turning point in the life of Sahar, a successful Iranian TV personality in Los Angeles, Waves, depicting the reunion of two political activists after a 17-year separation.
WAVES (2002)
ABAGA (2001) — a lyrical tale of two generations of forbidden love between an Armenian man and a Turkish woman in Istanbul of 1915, and their daughter and a Jewish immigrant in Jerusalem of 1935.
PUBLICLY RESTING (1999) — a farcical drama played out inside the Airport Men's Restroom.
BEHIND GLASS WINDOWS (1998) — adapted from a story by Sadeq Hedayat.
OPERATION NO PENETRATION, LYSISTRATA 97! (1997, adaptation) — a contemporary adaptation of the classic Greek comedy where Palestinian and Israeli women unite to force their men to sign a peace treaty, and the melodrama.
TORCH! (1994) — created collaboratively in a workshop with the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
