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Zabel in Exile
RegisterFebruary 19, 2026 - March 08, 2026
All Day
Boston Playwrights' Theatre
949 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
, MA
02215
United States
$15-$40
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Zabel in Exile is a searing memory play that honors the strength of a woman unafraid to stand up to tyranny and wrestles with whether it is possible to continue to believe in light during times of endless darkness.
Zabel in Exile includes depictions of imprisonment, war trauma and PTSD. No violence is depicted onstage, but the play contains descriptions of ethnically and religiously motivated violence, including sexual violence and violence against children.
Organized by: AGBU ArtsBoston Playwrights' Theatre
Zabel Yessayan
Writer, Novelist, and Social Activist
Zabel Yessayan is an Armenian writer, novelist and social activist born in Constantinople in 1878. She was one of the leading voices of her time, an advocate for social justice and women’s rights in Ottoman Armenian society.
Learn more about Zabel Yessayan through the AGBU Webtalks series at https://agbu.org/webtalks.
Photography Credit: The Gariwo Foundation, https://en.gariwo.net/righteous/armenian-genocide/zabel-yessayan-27003…
Biography Credit: Zabel Yesayan - Զապէլ Եսայեան, https://www.zabelyesayan.info/
R.N Sandberg
Playwright
R.N Sandberg is a playwright who has won acclaim for his realistic depictions of contemporary life, imaginative treatments of social issues, and inventive adaptations of classic literature. His plays ave been seen at theaters throughout the U.S. as well as in Europe, Asia, and Australia and are available from Dramatic Publishing Company and Playscripts.
His work includes adaptations of Anne of Green Gables, Frankenstein, A Little Princess, The Odyssey, and the original plays Convivencia, Done, In Between, Jarpteetza/The Firebird, The Judgment of Bett, Mad Dreams, What Can’t Be Seen, and Roundelay.
He has been commissioned by, among others, the American Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, and the Seattle Rep. For many years, he taught playwriting, acting and dramatic literature at Princeton University where he received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Theater Director
Megan Sandberg-Zakian is a theater director focusing on the development of vital new American plays for the stage and the ear, and the Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Her favorite recent directing projects include The High Ground (Arena Stage), Nat Turner in Jerusalem (New York Theatre Workshop), Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), House of Joy (California Shakespeare Theatre), Skeleton Crew (Huntington Theatre Company), Mr. Parent (Geva Theatre Center/Boston Playwrights’ Theatre) and Audible Originals Rapture Season and Evil Eye (Audie Award for Best Original Work; Gracie Award for Original Online Programming).
Her book, There Must Be Happy Endings: On a Theater of Optimism and Honesty, is available from The 3rd Thing press. Megan lives in Jamaica Plain, MA, with her wife Candice and daughter Gabriela.
Photo Credit: Jackie Ricciardi
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