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
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
“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
In this episode of Mindful Leaders, we explore the life of Sona Tatoyan, writer, actress, producer, and founder of Hakawati. This non-profit storytelling medium helps raise the voices of frontline and marginalized communities. Born to Syrian Armenian parents in Baltimore, Maryland, Sona grew up balancing two very different cultures: American rural life and a Middle Eastern, Syrian, and Armenian environment. Her journey as a film writer and actress was paved by mentors like Dr. Maya Angelou, Bill Esper, and Osman Kavala, which took her on international stages and theaters. She then wrote Azad, a storytelling piece performed in Los Angeles, […]
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
In the winter of 2019, Syrian-Armenian-American theatre and film artist Sona Tatoyan travelled to her family’s abandoned home in war-torn Aleppo, Syria. Her goal: to retrieve a treasured piece of her heritage — the over 100-year-old Karagöz shadow puppets crafted by her great-great-grandfather, Abkar Knadjian. These colourful, flat figures once...
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
On Feb. 1, Wake Forest University’s Fine Arts Center hosted a multimedia performance of “Azad (The Rabbit and the Wolf)” on Tedford Stage. The show, conceived and performed by ‘00 alumnus Sona Tatoyan, allows Tatoyan’s own life story and background to take center stage. According to director Jared Mezzocchi, the production was in its raw...
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
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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
Study Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University—interdisciplinary programs, research, and leadership in the history of mass violence.
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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)
The Refugee, Illuminated Azad Storytelling Performance is a live storytelling performance. A woman’s magical, multi-generational healing journey through rupture and survival—woven through Karagöz shadow puppetry, Hakawati storytelling, and indigenous Middle-Eastern music. Azad ( “Free” in Armenian, Farsi, Kurdish) is a kaleidoscopic story within a story within a
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
The Wake the Arts Center at Wake Forest University creates community and promotes collaboration, experiential learning and creative research.
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
Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) Trailer
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Azad (the rabbit and the wolf) Trailer
University of Connecticut Global Affairs Residency
University of Connecticut Global Affairs Residency
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