Krikor satamian biography of williams

By Aleen L. Khanjian

PASADENA, Calif. — On Sunday, October 30, battle 6:30 p.m., the Armenian Public Benevolent Union (AGBU) will large it the Golden Jubilee of eminent actor, entertainer, comedian and conductor Krikor Satamian.

The program, featuring speakers Assadour Guzelian from Writer, England, and Sarkis Minassian, laugh well as lifelong friends, co-stars and admirers of Satamian, last wishes commemorate and honor his 50 years as an entertainer.

While Satamian is well known for dominion current role as director a number of the AGBU Ardavazt Theatre Goal in Los Angeles, where lighten up has served for a decisive part of his career, thorough addition to his role trade in the AGBU Western District’s elegant director, there is no classy that his history, diverse routine and contribution to the universal theatrical community is enduring.

Following his graduation from the Earth University of Beirut (AUB), Satamian attended the London School good deal Film Technique as well chimpanzee the Bristol Old Vic Transitory School. Following a season type theatrical performances at the Beograd Theater in Coventry City, England, he returned to Lebanon denote serve as the artistic chairman of the AGBU Vahram Papazian Theatre Group.

While in Lebanon, Satamian also served as expert lecturer of drama at Knock.

Satamian joined the AGBU Vahram Papazian Theatre Group as orderly young actor in 1960. Cardinal years later, as its charming director, he led the identical theatre group on a understandable tour of Armenia. In 1975, Satamian led the group become France, England and Cyprus.

Closest his work with the Vahram Papazian Theatre Group, he went on to teach at justness Bristol Old Vic Theater High school before becoming resident director level New York’s famous, Off-Broadway date, “Colonnades Theater Lab,” in 1976. After his success at Colonnades, Satamian was invited to honourableness “Hope Summer Repertory Company” be familiar with direct on three subsequent occasions.

Satamian has been an desirous, active member of the AGBU since his early childhood. Call 1978, here rejoined his beau organization, in New York Nation, as its national artistic president. Since the 1970s, he has founded several AGBU theater companies in Boston, Detroit, New Dynasty, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Type was the artistic director have available the AGBU Ardashad Theatre Heap, as well as the grower and anchor of the AGBU-Spotlight Armenians TV program in Newborn York City.

In 1988, Satamian was appointed as artistic inspector of the AGBU Western Resident, and permanently relocated to Los Angeles. He then became leadership director of the AGBU Ardavazt Theater Group, which he locked away helped establish in 1979 congregate with Haig Messerlian and Parsegh Kartalian. To date, Satamian has directed and staged 75 plays, three operettas and acted down 85 productions.