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Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance
Contact Info.: Zoe Kevork
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ADAA announced Michael Peretzian to receive the Armenian Star Award
The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance is pleased to announce that this year’s
receipient of the Armenian Star Award will be Michael Peretzian – former
motion picture literary agent and theatre director – who has recently
received public acclaim as director of the play RED DOG HOWLS. The award
will be handed out at the ADAA Annual Celebrity Gala to be held on August 23
rd, 2008 at the Stars Palace Theater in Glendale, CA.
Michael’s career as an Hollywood agent has spanned over 30 years. The
majority of that time was spent at the William Morris Agency, thanks in part
to the patronage of agent Ron Mardigian. Beginning in the 1970s, Peretzian
was the film and television agent for a growing list of Pulitzer Prize and
Tony Award winning clients including Medoff (CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD) and
Beth Henley (CRIMES OF THE HEART), Terrence McNally (MASTER CLASS). In 2000,
Michael joined the Creative Artists Agency, where he added several top
writers and directors, including Joe Mantello (WICKED), Zach Helm (STRANGER
THAN FICTION), John Madden (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE), and Anthony Minghella
(Academy Award winner for directing THE ENGLISH PATIENT). He is a member of
the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
Over the years Michael made time to moonlight locally as a stage director,
staying true to his passion for the theater. He has worked with the Los
Angeles Actors’ Theatre on PHIL AND MAC by David Briggs, directing the West
Coast Premiere of TALKING WITH by Jane Martin for the Mark Taper Forum Taper
Too (for which he won a Dramalogue Award for Outstanding Direction). At
Theatre 40, he directed productions of Michael Cristofer’s THE SHADOW BOX,
James Prideaux’s THE ORPHANS, David Storey’s HOME, and productions of Hugh
Leonard’s SUMMER and A LIFE (for which he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics’
Circle Award for Best Director).
A true believer in the notion "life is not a dress rehearsal," Michael left
the motion picture business early in 2008 to return to his first love – the
theatre. His initial effort was the world premier of RED DOG HOWLS which
starred Kathleen Chalfant and was written by Alexander Dinelaris.
The ADAA Annual Celebrity Gala will also feature performances by such
celebrities as Ken Davitian (Borat, Get Smart), Magda Harout (Everybody
Loves Raymond, Six Feet Under, Seinfeld) , Anoush Nvart (Must Love Dogs),
Karen Kondazian (Master Class), Mary Apick (Dead End, Beneath the Veil),
as well as Vardan Lazarian who was voted Best Actor in Armenia in 2008.
Guests will also enjoy musical performances by John Hodian and Bet Williams.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
