Azad
A woman’s healing journey from the Armenian Genocide to the Syrian war
The Best Bay Area Theater We Saw in 2025 | KQED
The Best Bay Area Theater We Saw in 2025 | KQED
New musicals, world premieres and invigorating storytelling illuminated Bay Area stages this year.
‘Azad’ review: The Armenian genocide and puppets make for shattering theater
‘Azad’ review: The Armenian genocide and puppets make for shattering theater
The wondrous “Azad (the Rabbit and the Wolf)” somehow combines uproarious shadow puppetry with devastating drama about family history.
San Francisco Chronicle Critics Pick ‘Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)’
San Francisco Chronicle Critics Pick ‘Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)’
Tickets for the World Premiere of AZAD (the rabbit and the wolf)
Tickets for the World Premiere of AZAD (the rabbit and the wolf)
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Center for Armenian Studies hosts shadow puppet storytelling
Center for Armenian Studies hosts shadow puppet storytelling
Sona Tatoyan and Ayhan Hulagu used shadow puppetry and narration in “Azad Storytelling: Interactive Karagoz Puppetry Experience"
“The places where we are broken could be our greatest source of empowerment”, Sona Tatoyan - CIVILNET
“The places where we are broken could be our greatest source of empowerment”, Sona Tatoyan - CIVILNET
2024-26 Global Fellows Cohort · Laboratory For Global Performance & Politics
2024-26 Global Fellows Cohort · Laboratory For Global Performance & Politics
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Sona Tatoyan | Storyteller - Qisetna
Sona Tatoyan | Storyteller - Qisetna
The Storyteller | Wake Forest Magazine
The Storyteller | Wake Forest Magazine
‘Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)’ highlights the beauty of the storyteller
‘Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)’ highlights the beauty of the storyteller
Interview: Sona Tatoyan + LA Daily News
Interview: Sona Tatoyan + LA Daily News
The shadow puppets came along with her great-great-grandfather while escaping the Armenian Genocide. Now you can see them onstage in ‘Azad.’
Press - The Armenian Weekly
Press - The Armenian Weekly
This past week, I attended a performance of Azad, starring writer, performer and co-director Sona Tatoyan, and I can confidently say that I left the playhouse a changed person. Entering the Pico Playhouse lobby for the showing, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, as I had a loose idea of the performance. From what …
Press Mention: The Markaz Review
Press Mention: The Markaz Review
This is a ticketed event (Apr 21, 22, 23), RSVP HERE. In honor and in advance of the annual Armenian commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, on April 24th, 2022, […]
Interview: Sona Tatoyan - Broadway World
Interview: Sona Tatoyan - Broadway World
During the darkest of times, surprise discoveries of childhood joy can allow the sunshine in on even the bleakest of situations. And with Ukrainian refugees in the news daily, when I heard about Sona Tatoyan's Multimedia Theatrical Experience AZAD ('free' in Armenian) which offers 'one woman's magical, multi-generational, healing journey from the Armenian Genocide to the Syrian war,' I decided to speak with her about her creative journey to, as she shares, 'find the brightest light from the deepest shadows, while living in an upside-down world.' And we can all understand living in that type of situation given the past two years. Performances April 21-22-23 at the Pico Playhouse.
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Azad Storytelling: A live storytelling performance | Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Azad Storytelling: A live storytelling performance | Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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CAS Event. *Azad* Storytelling: Interactive Karagoz Puppetry Experience | Happening @ Michigan
CAS Event. *Azad* Storytelling: Interactive Karagoz Puppetry Experience | Happening @ Michigan
AZAD Storytelling: A Healing Odyssey, January 4, 2024
AZAD Storytelling: A Healing Odyssey, January 4, 2024
A live storytelling performance of a woman’s magical, healing journey weaving traditional Hakawati storytelling and indigenous oud.
About Azad (the rabbit and the wolf)
About Azad (the rabbit and the wolf)
Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) Wake Forest University Guest Artist Residency, February 1, 2024
Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) Wake Forest University Guest Artist Residency, February 1, 2024
Harvard Artlab: Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) a work-in-progress performance
Harvard Artlab: Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) a work-in-progress performance
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