Written by award winning playwright, Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Night Over Erzinga tells the moving story of an immigrant family of Armenian and Dominican heritage. The play explores how a man can lose everything but his heart, and how a grandmother can reach through time to unearth the untold story, and bring her children "home." Spanning two continents and three generations — from Western Armenia of 1913 to 1930's Massachusetts to 1960's New York — ancestors are reunited with the living, as they each search for solace and a way to make peace with the past.
Inspired by the playwright's family history, this tender epic spans generations and countries in a fluid and magical narrative, directed by international artist, Hafiz Karmali, and scored with original music by Bulgarian composer, Penka Kouneva. The set was designed by award-winning Mikiko Uesugi.
"How did my grandfather lose two families in one lifetime but not lose his heart?" was the question that began Adriana's two-year journey to develop Night Over Erzinga, the inaugural commission of the prestigious Middle East America Award.
A world premiere, Night Over Erzinga was performed September 15 through October 9, 2011, at the South Side Theatre, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.