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The Georgetown Boys musical by Herand Markarian to be preformed in Toronto
09.03.2009 22:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 24 children and adults of the Hamazkayin will be
performing in The Georgetown Boys musical by renowned Armenian
playwright Dr. Herand Markarian in Toronto on Mar 15.
The musical tells the true story of about 109 young boys who, after
being orphaned during the Armenian Genocide, were brought to Canada to
be trained as farmers in Georgetown, a suburb of Toronto.
Herand Markarian was born in Basra, Iraq, in 1938. He appeared on
stage at the age of 18 and directed his first play at the age of 20,
before emigrating to the U.S. in 1962. Markarian earned a Ph.D. in
chemistry, taught college briefly and worked as a senior research
scientist with Bristol Myers. Simultaneously, he pursued his interest
in theater, attending the Circle-in-the-Square School in New York, and
writing and directing plays. He founded New York’s Hamazkayin Theater
Group in 1967, staging 36 productions and four multimedia programs. As
an actor he has appeared in 40 roles. He has directed plays from the
classic Armenian repertoire as well as modern classics. His own plays
have been performed in Armenia, Canada, England, Greece, Lebanon,
Syria, and the U.S.