Zareh Artinian (he/him), M.F.A.,
Dramatists Guild Member, is an award-winning playwright and published author who has had three shows produced in and around Boston, Mass. Zareh’s most recent work, a two-act musical called
Shattered! (formerly The Glassblower’s Daughter) (music and lyrics by Kelvyn Koning), was just awarded first place in the
33rd Annual Jackie White Memorial Playwriting Contest and will be produced in the Columbia Entertainment Company’s upcoming 2024 – 2025 season. His script for his current work-in-progress,
América Jonze, was named a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival 2023 and received an Honorable Mention in the Big Apple Film Festival 2023. He also created an original translation and adaptation of The Canterbury Tales: A Childe’s Tale as a commissioned piece of children’s theatre for the Revels of Watertown, Mass., and wrote the book for Beneath the Skin (music and lyrics by Melissa Carubia), a musical commissioned by Athena Louise Hyacinth Productions to tell the story of a woman dealing with mental illness and the de-stigmatization of asking for help.
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