The Hamazkayin Kasbar Ipegian Theater Company has launched its 2019 offering, Neil Simon’s comedy, The Good Doctor, as amended by Hagop Der-Ghoukassian, who directs the play.
On May 30 and 31, 2019, old and new members of the company Hrayr Kalemkerian, Zhan Bekerejian, Vartan Aznavurian, Sarin Bakalian, Silva Adurian, Talar Der Sarkisian, Zaven Baaklini, Nzhteh Mgrdichian, Harut Samoyian, Koharig Keropian, Hermine Nyurpetlian, and Étienne Seokyunian enriched the stage of the Hagop Der-Melkonian Theater with seven short scenes that took place in different times and places, with different looks and different environments. The seven stories were unrelated yet shared common themes, feelings, and human approaches.
During this interesting play, with its new style, the audience member is present with the actors and feels each character’s internal ups and downs; shares their anger at injustices, at people backing down, at dirty tricks; laughs during naïve, sharp, and satirical moments; feels pain when human values are violated; enjoys the moments of love and intimacy; and participates in the relations between married couples, fathers and sons, goddesses and teachers, and managers and employees.