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Kirazian Lisa

Киразьян Лиза


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Lisa Kirazian

 


Lisa Kirazian is a playwright and screenwriter with nearly twenty scripts to her credit. Six of her plays–Not What the Doctor Ordered, The Glorious Bride, The Visitor, The Way You Look Tonight, Armenian Voices and Soul Fire–have been produced across California. Her screenplays include Cassatt and Degas, which won the 2002 Telluride Indiefest Screenplay Contest, and The Independents and The Visitor (adapted from her play) which were honored in the Script Magazine and Writer's Digest competitions. Her play The Blackstone Sessions was honored by the New Century Writer's Awards. Her latest screenplay, Mr. First Date, was a finalist at the San Diego Film Festival, and a semifinalist with Scriptapalooza and Slamdance. Ms. Kirazian was born and raised in San Diego and attended Stanford University, where she was mentored by playwright/actress Anna Deavere Smith. Her other written work includes journalism, audiobook abridgements, and a novel inspired by her experience as a violinist, The Music We Made.
 
Email:  kirazian@san.rr.com
  

PRODUCTIONS
 
SOUL FIRE — a drama based on eleven immigrants' Stories of Faith. October, 2004, Weingart Performing Arts Center, San Diego.
 
THE BLACKSTONE SESSIONS — full-length drama about a reclusive old black activist and her secrets.
 
THE VISITOR — full-length Jane Austen-style comedy. Patio Playhouse, Escondido, California, March 1994.
 
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT — one-act wedding drama. Playwrights Project's "Garden Varieties," La Jolla, California, September 10, 2000.
 
ARMENIAN VOICES — one act of monologues about the Armenian Experience. Arvest 1996: Showcase of Art, Music & Literature, Armenian General Benevolent Union, November 15, 1996.
 
THE GLORIOUS BRIDE — one-act bridal shop dramedy. Stanford University Winter One Acts Festival, January 1992. University of California at Berkeley, February 1992.
NOT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED — one-act high school dramedy about college applications. Gaslamp Quarter Theater, San Diego, January 1989. Cerritos High School, Cerritos, CA June 1989.
 
AWARDS
 
SOUL FIRE
- Commissioned by Playwrights Project and Calif. Council for the Humanities.
 
MR. FIRST DATE
- Finalist, 2004 San Diego Film Festival Contest
- Semifinalist, 2004 Slamdance Contest
- Quarterfinalist, 2004 Scriptapalooza Contest
 
CASSATT AND DEGAS
- Winner, 2002 Telluride Indiefest Screenplay Contest.
- Finalist, 2002 National Screenwriting Competition.
 
THE BLACKSTONE SESSIONS 
- 2001 New Century Writer Awards, Quarterfinalist.
 
THE INDEPENDENTS
- Semifinalist, 2001 Script Magazine/Open Door contest.
- Honorable Mention, 1997 Armenian Allied Arts Competition.

THE VISITOR
- First Place, 1997 Armenian Allied Arts Competition.
 
ARMENIAN VOICES
- Honorable Mention, 1995 Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition.
- Honorable Mention, 1995 Armenian Allied Arts Association Competition.
 
NOT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
- Audrey Skirball-Kenis Theater Southern California Play Collection
Los Angeles Central Library, Inducted 1994.
 
THE GLORIOUS BRIDE
- Honorable Mention, 1993 Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition.
- American College Theater Festival Merit Award, 1993.
  
THE MAN IN THE ALLEY
- Honorable Mention, 1992 Writer’s Digest Competition.
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
THE VISITOR - A play in three acts. San Diego: The Laurel Company, 1994, Second Edition, 2000, available on Amazon.com. 
ASPORA: A JOURNAL OF ARMENIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE (excerpt).
 
 'ARMENIANS' HAS UNIVERSAL, SPECIFIC THEMES, “Los Angeles Times”; Aug 11, 1997; Calendar/Counterpunch, pg. 3.
 
FAMOUS ARMENIAN AMERICANS, “Performing Arts Magazine,” Los Angeles, August 1997.
 
THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE, “The San Diego Union – Tribune”; Apr 24, 2002; pg. B.7.
 
TELLURIDE CAN HOLD YOUR INTEREST YEAR-ROUND, “The San Diego Union – Tribune”; Nov 24, 2002; pg. D.3.
 
Articles in “Student Leadership Journal,” “Discipleship Journal,” “The Armenian Observer,” “The Armenian Reporter,” “The Armenian Mirror Spectator,” and “The Armenian Weekly” and an Armenian literary journal.
 
SCREENPLAYS

GETTING VAN GOGH — drama/thriller set in art world.
 
MR. FIRST DATE — romantic comedy about the ultimate dating master.
 
CASSATT AND DEGAS — drama about impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, her life, art and loves.
 
THE VISITOR — fantasy comedy, homage to Jane Austen, adapted from the play of the same name.
 
THE INDEPENDENTS — drama about two women rock musicians who make it big.
 
THE MAN IN THE ALLEY — drama about a lost soul in 1920s Chicago who finds redemption.
 
PET SHOP — live action feature film treatment about animals breaking out of an evil pet shop.
 
TELEPLAYS 
THE MUSIC WE MADE — six-hour original miniseries about conservatory musicians in London, 1996.
 
FENWAY'S — pilot for a comedy sitcom about a small-town deli and its workers, 1991.
 
NOVELS
 
THE MUSIC WE MADE (2005)

http://www.aiwa-net.org/AIWAwriters/