Message Sent 1915
We are excited to be presenting a virtual stage reading of our very own Taryn Cagley’s original script of “Message Sent 1915”
SYNOPSIS
It’s 1915, Manoug sits at his table in his one-room house just outside of Yerevan. He writes a journal of his last year in Armenia, to send with his fiancée to America, where he intends to join her. While on the other side of the stage Alex, in Sacramento in the year 2020, opens her laptop, to finish reading her great grandfather’s journal. Alex is an online magazine journalist, now attempting to tell the one story, she never expected to see first-hand. As Alex scours the many news and social media platforms for any reporting on the war in her homeland of Armenia, she dives back in time to find her ancestors fighting the same uphill battle to be heard. “As the great-granddaughter of genocide survivors, I never thought I would live to see history repeat itself.” As Alex reads her great grandfather’s letters and journals, she begins to feel the pull to the ancestral homelands she has never seen, but that live inside of her, just like every Armenian in the Diaspora around the world.
Attendees are welcomed to take part in a Q&A after the reading.
WHEN
Sunday, May 23 at 6pm
WHERE
TICKETS
FREE to attend (donations are always appreciated :)), some registration required.
About the Author
Taryn Cagley has enjoyed being on the stage since the age of five, first with dance, and then began acting at age eight. Taryn has received several accolades for her acting such as two Irene Ryan Scholarship nominations, and two Elly Award nominations, including for her performance in Pygmalion here at FreeFall Stage. Now at twenty-five, she is gaining experience on the other side of the table. She has now directed three 10-minute plays, as well as assistant directed two full-length productions. Taryn has been writing since high school, and since college, she has written two 10-minute plays. One of which was featured in our first annual Play Festival in 2019. This is the first full-length play she has worked on, and it is only the beginning of a passion project for her, due to its personal significance to her and her family. Taryn is the great-granddaughter of Armenian immigrants, who came to America to escape persecution in the early 1900s.