Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
The international award-winning Sojourn at Ararat, seen on four continents, is now returning to Los Angeles for a 20th anniversary revival. This beloved show about identity, home, and love between He and She brings to beautiful life the soul of the Armenian people through poetry and literature. This production is part of the Fountain Theatre's Summer Armenian Theatre Festival.
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The last date listed for Sojourn at Ararat was Sunday July 29, 2007 / 2:00pm. (view all dates)
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Great venue! Great show! Loved It!
superb acting!
Heartfelt piece portraying the sorrows and hopes of the Armenian people. Attended with 2 non-Armenians who were absorbed as well. The actors sustained their roles of melancholy, fear, hatred, and love for their non-stop performance.
The Fountain Theatre is a lovely, intimate, air-conditioned theater with 78 seats in four rows. It has won over 100 awards for theater excellence, including every major theater award in Los Angeles. "Broadway-caliber! Everything is first class at the Fountain," says the Los Angeles Times. Back Stage West says, "This theatre company is a precious jewel in the City of Angels' crown. One of the fi
Sojourn at Ararat has been seen on four continents in more than 25 cities worldwide. It has received many accolades and awards and will soon be available on CD and DVD. The show originally premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe with its creators, Gerald Papasian and Nora Armani. Papasian and Armani recently did a revival of the French version of the show in France at the La CRIEE National Theatre in Marseilles and at the Holy Cross Cathedral in the 3rd arrondissement.
Created and originally performed by Gerald Papasian and Nora Armani
Directed by Nora Armani
Nora Armani
Nora Armani plays Shakespeare, Shaw, Hammerstein, Molière, Tchekov, Guitry, Labiche, Fatima Gallaire, Tewfik al Hakim, Gunter Grass, and has toured with Sojourn at Ararat internationally in more than 20 cities on four continents in its English and French (Le Chant D’Ararat) versions, together with Gerald Papasian.
Armani has interpreted lead roles in American, French, Czech, Armenian, Lebanese and Egyptian films on screen and on television. Between March 1991 and December 1993, she represented the Ministry of Culture of Armenia as a spokesperson for the promotion of Armenian cinema worldwide. She was invited to Cairo to play the lead role of Anna in the musical The King and I opposite Egyptian stage and TV star Mohamed Sobhi, performed at Radio Theatre in Cairo and broadcast on TV and satellite. Other works: Nannto Nannto, a stage production of words and music of her co-creation with cellist Aya Sakakibara, which she performed in Paris at the Theatre des Dechargeurs during February 2000, and later in Venice at the Santa Margherita Theatre in August 2000. Her most recent work as a playwright and performer is On the Couch with Nora Armani, and her recent TV appearance is the series "Friends in Egypt."
Armani is the winner of several awards: two Best Actress awards for Film & Stage Yerevan (Armenia) Festival in 1991, the DramaLogue Award for performance, 1988 (Los Angeles), the Encore DramaLogue Award for performance, 1989 (Los Angeles), and the California Motion Picture Golden Star award, 1985 (Los Angeles). She has been an Honorary Member of the National Theatre of Armenia since 1992. Her most recent award was that of Best Actress for her lead role in "Labyrinth" at the Siunik Film Festival. She holds an M.Sc. from the University of London and a B.A in Sociology and Theatre Acting and Directing from the American University Cairo and UCLA.
Gerald Papasian
Born in Egypt into a musical and artistic family from Cairo and Alexandria, Gerald Papasian studied at the Armenian School in Cairo, then in Cyprus, at the Melkonian Educational Institute. He pursued his higher education at the Yerevan State Fine and Dramatic Arts Institute, where he graduated with an MFA in Acting and Directing in 1976. Papasian worked as an actor in London then Los Angeles where he followed the courses at the Actors Studio in the 1980s. In 1985, he was awarded the Golden Star by the California Motion Picture Council for his direction of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. During the 80s, Gerald Papasian dedicated his time to translations (into English and French) and presentations of Armenian works on international stages. Together with Nora Armani, he co-created and performed Sojourn at Ararat. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Venice for the department of Armenian language. He also taught acting, directing and history of theatre at the University of La Verne in California for five years and has published numerous articles. Papasian has been based in Paris since 1993, where he pursues his acting and directing career for the stage, cinema and television.
