Azad - 4/21, 4/22, 4/23
Event Information
About this event
Azad ( “Free” in Armenian) is a kaleidoscopic story within a story within a story centered on a storyteller’s discovery of her great-great grandfather’s shadow puppets in Aleppo during the Syrian war. A century after he salvaged his family and his art from the Armenian Genocide, she unearths a trunk in the attic of the family home, filled with his handmade puppets and ancient magic tricks. This journey leads our storyteller to discover 1001 Nights and ScherAzad (the bold, brilliant weaver of tales who counters destruction with creation) and catalyzes an epiphany: the frame story of 1001 Nights is a story of how trauma transpires and how it is healed.
Azad is an immersive, magical, theatrical experience. It weaves together the classical art of oral Middle-Eastern storytelling with centuries-old Anatolian Karagöz shadow puppets as well as the sounds and smells of Aleppo.
Be a part of the magic!
*Age15+
AZAD SPONSORS
FRIEND $250
Michelle Khalatian & Mark Holden
Andre Gumuchdjian
Sarkis & Maria Kharadjian
Ara Vartanian & Dr. Talar Kharadjian
ALLY $500
Mike Chalan
SUPPORTER $1001
Play Coffee
Anonymous
KARAGÖZ PATRON $2500
Ara and Knar Wansikehian Family
George Nimeh
Anonymous
Bill Pullman
Crawford Capital LLC
MEDIA SPONSORS
The Markaz Review
Al-Akhbar Newspaper
Asbarez
