lisa kirazian
Lisa Kirazian is a writer with nearly twenty scripts and numerous articles and fictional works to her credit. Five of her plays have been produced across California, and her play Armenian Voices has received readings in Los Angeles, Bulgaria, and New York.
Her articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Performing Arts Magazin,e and the San Diego Union Tribune. She has also been interviewed by KPBS Public Radio. Her screenplays have won awards or honorable mentions at the Telluride Indiefest Festival Screenplay Contest, the Script Magazine and Writer’s Digest competitions, the New Century Writer’s Awards, and the San Diego Film Festival.
Ms. Kirazian was born and raised in San Diego and attended Stanford University (BA English with Honors, ’92), where she was mentored by playwright/actress Anna Deavere Smith. Ms. Kirazian resides with her husband, Steve Kradjian, in La Jolla, California, where she is currently at work on her second novel and a new screenplay. She serves on the board of Playwrights Project and is a member of The Dramatists Guild, the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance, Stanford Alumni in Entertainment, and Women in Film.