Adriana Sevahn Nichols, a native New Yorker, is an award winning playwright. She received the 2008 Middle East America Distinguished Playwright Award which has gifted her with a generous commission, to research and write a new play, inspired by her Armenian grandparent’s survival of the Genocide in 1915. The play, NIGHT OVER ERZINGA, is currently being developed by the award’s host theatres: The Lark Play Development Center in New York, Silk Road Theatre Project in Chicago, and Golden Thread in San Francisco. In September, the Lark hosted a Studio Retreat of the play, in New York, followed by two sold out readings directed by Daniella Topol.
Her one woman show, TAKING FLIGHT, hailed by the critics as, “…a celebration of life,” had its world premiere in May 2006 produced by Michael Ritchie and Diane Rodriguez/Center Theatre Group, at The Kirk Douglas Theatre. The story brings to life the soul of friendship, the sacrifice of care-giving, and the power of the human spirit in this unforgettable story of how 9/11 forever changed the lives of two women. It was chosen by the LA Daily News as one of the 10 best plays of ‘06. The show was then recorded live with LA Theatre Works for a nationwide broadcast, on Public Radio, for the series, “The Play’s The Thing.” The play has been honored with a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award, a Los Angeles Womens Theatre Festival Award and the audio CD was a finalist for a 2008 Audie Award. TAKING FLIGHT continues to tour the country regionally, most recently at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and is currently being published by Samuel French.
Next stop for Taking Flight:
Teatro Vision - San Jose, CA,
January 28 - February 14, 2010. See the Calendar section for more details.
