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- Hanoun Hor Yev VortvoIn The Name Of The Father And The Son A novel, in Armenian. Out of print. 156 pages. Published in 1999, Los Angeles. Translated into Turkish and published in Istanbul in 2008. The worlds of Hrair and his father collide in 1980’s Hollywood, when a young prostitute, running away from her pimp, finds shelter at their apartment. Hrair, a school teacher by day and an actor by night, falls in love with the prostitute, while the father, living in his cocoon, tries his to find a lasting home for his vast collection of books.
- Letters from ZaartarNamagner Zaartaren – A novel, in Armenian. Limited copies available. 242 pages. Zohrab Anmahouni, an architect living in Los Angeles, is sent to a remote country called Zaatar to serve as the Ambassador of Armenia. With the ardor of a man on a mission, his enthusiasm soon wanes after his wife and children leave him. He then realizes the people who sent him on his mission have forgotten all about him.
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- Vartakooyn PighuVartakooyn Pighu Published, 1987 (English – Armenian) Six Armenian actors rehearse for a play scheduled to open the following night, while outside their rehearsal hall the sounds of artillery fire approaches ever closer. The intended piece the actors are rehearsing is an absurdist play that deals directly with the realities of Armenian life in Lebanon during the Civil War. The play premiered in Los Angeles, in 1985, at the Assistance League Playhouse. Directed by Vahé Berberian; Produced by Betty Berberian. An English translation of Pink Elephant was later produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and in both Sacramento, and Los Angeles, California. The piece was performed by the Experimental Theatre Company. Original cast: Vahé Berberian, Nora Armani, Leon Fermanian, Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Ara Madzounian, Setta Mardirossian, Gerald Papasian, Chunt Semerciyan, Serko Shiraz. An English translation of Pink Elephant was produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sacramento, California and Los Angeles, California.
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- The Pink ElephantVartakooyn Pighu Six Armenian actors rehearse for a play scheduled to open the following night, while outside their rehearsal hall the sounds of artillery fire approaches ever closer. The intended piece the actors are rehearsing is an absurdist play that deals directly with the realities of Armenian life in Lebanon during the Civil War. The play premiered in Los Angeles, in 1985, at the Assistance League Playhouse. Directed by Vahé Berberian; Produced by Betty Berberian. An English translation of Pink Elephant was later produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and in both Sacramento, and Los Angeles, California. The piece was performed by the Experimental Theatre Company. Original cast: Vahé Berberian, Nora Armani, Leon Fermanian, Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Ara Madzounian, Setta Mardirossian, Gerald Papasian, Chunt Semerciyan, Serko Shiraz. An English translation of Pink Elephant was produced in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; Sacramento, California and Los Angeles, California. [sep] Praise for the Play “Pink Elephant” “No play on the Fringe could be more topical than Pink Elephant. It is an impressive exercise in political theatre, which also plays about with the boundaries between theatre and life much like Pirandello, Shakespeare or Calderon for that matter.” The Scotsman Scotland “With Pink Elephant, the writer…
- 200[image width="200" height="300" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/200-Poster.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/200-Poster.jpg[/image] Co-written by Ara Madzounian and Betty Berberian. Premiered in Los Angeles, in 1989, at the Golden Theatre, by the Experimental Theatre Company. Directed and produced by Betty Berberian. Original cast: Leon Fermanian, Ara Madzounian, Ara Baghdoyan, Vahe Berberian, and Maurice Kouyoumdjian.
- Quicksand[image width="200" height="300" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand-Poster.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand-Poster.jpg[/image] Premiered in Los Angeles, in 1987, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, by the Experimental Theatre Company. Directed by Vahe Berberian. Produced by Betty Berberian. Original cast: Maurice Kouyoumdjian, Seta Mardirossian, Sako Berberian, Ara Madzounian, Nayiri Isahakian, Narbeh Nazarian, Salpi Yardemian, Vahe Berberian. [sep] [image width="350" height="223" frame="zoom" url="http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand.jpg" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quicksand.jpg[/image]
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- Learn[image width="151" height="185" frame="simple" align="left"]http://new.vaheberberian.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/vahe1.jpg[/image] At 6’2,” Vahe, with his long, soft-gray, braided hair and strong, angular features immediately attracts attention. But it is his personality and his work that captures peoples’ hearts. Vahe Berberian, an Armenian painter, author, playwright and actor, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1955. He grew up in Beirut in an intellectual milieu. His parents’ home was a meeting place open to friends from the worlds of theater, literature and the arts. He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he has been a resident since 1976. Vahe studied art in both Lebanon and the United States; and he received a degree in journalism with honors in 1980. “I find it hard to label myself with an ‘ism’ that would categorize my painting style,” says Berberian. “I believe that any attempt of recreating reality would be simple illustration,” he says. “An artist creates his own reality, and reality, according to Aragon, is that which has no contradictions. It entails no conscious thought, creating without boundaries and laws. No conscious thought means no doubts, which means you’re in a reality that is fascinating.” [floatquote]I express myself simply to keep my sanity.[/floatquote] Vahe has participated in more than…
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