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Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
22 Concord Lane Cambridge MA 02138 USA
Phone 617 871-6764 Fax 617 491-1011
Contact: Bianca Bagatourian, President
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
617-871-6764
[email protected]
www.arme niandrama.org
6/1/06
Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance presents a reading of Saroyan’s Hello
Out There at ALMA
Please join the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance for an afternoon of
excitement and celebration at the Armenian Library and Museum of
America on Sunday, June 11, 2006, at 3 PM.
A Reading of William Saroyan’s highly acclaimed short play HELLO OUT
THERE will be directed by Zoya Khachadurian form New York City and
will star Paul Schafer, Danielle Bauman, Jason Taylor, and Michele
Markarian.
William Saroyan is regarded as the greatest playwright of Armenian
heritage in the 20th century. As a playwright, Saroyan is best known
for his story “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” and his
play “The Time of Your Life”. His short wistful play “Hello Out
There” was produced for the first time at the Lobero Theatre in Santa
Barbara on Wednesday, the 10th of September, 1941, as the curtain-
raiser to George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple. It was also the
play in which Al Pacino made his Broadway debut. The play tells about
the bad luck of an itinerant gambler who is arrested and jailed in a
small Texas town, charged with rape. The charge is a lie, but the
only one who hears his call for justice and understanding is a young
girl who cooks for the jail. The gambler gives all his money to the
girl before a mob breaks into the jail and the lying woman’s husband
shoots him. ADAA & ALMA will present the play reading at ALMA’s
contemporary art gallery on 3rd floor.
The reading will be followed by a presentation by Jacqueline Kazarian
Papasian, Saroyan’s niece, who will share some stories about her
uncle Bill.
Please RSVP to ALMA @ 617.926.2562 ext. 3, or email [email protected]
by 5pm on June 8. Seating is limited. Armenian Library & Museum of
America is located at 65 Main Street, Watertown, MA
