Photo Gallery: A Journey of Angels play with music about survival during the Armenian Genocide at Crescenta Valley High School
Mothers and daughters sign in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Displaced Armenians march in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Family horror strikes as daughters are taken by soldiers in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Show writer Brent Beerman introduces the show ‘A Journey of Angels,’ at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Sarkis, played by Tyler Halaszynski, and Flora, played by Sarahbeth Zohrehvand, talk about their future in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Speaker Herag Menachian, the vice president of the Crescenta Valley High School Armenian Club, in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Composer Kathi Chaplar, talks about the music she created for the show including all of the influences that she used to write it for a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Hagop, played by Lucas McNevin, is thrown to the ground after challenging Turkish soldiers in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Captain Khounshid, played by Nick Zamora, interrupts a wedding to announce orders that all Armenians will be displaced and moved in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Flora, played by Sarahbeth Zohrehvand, is fitted with a hat in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A wedding in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Hagop, played by Lucas McNevin, gives his daughter Flora, played by Sarahbeth Zohrehvand, permission to travel to America for school in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Flora, played by Sarahbeth Zohrehvand, turns unhappy with her mother’s decision to prevent her from going to America for school in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Flora, played by Sarahbeth Zohrehvand, talks with her father Hagop, played by Lucas McNevin, playing backgammon with a friend in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Displaced Armenians march in a play with music called ‘A Journey of Angels,’ written by Brent Beerman at Crescenta Valley High School on Friday, November 9, 2018. The show, which is described as a “work in process,” was developed from the book ‘My Mother’s Voice,’ written by Kay Mouradian, a story about a family’s ordeal during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)