Torange Yeghiazarian
Golden Thread Theatre Founder and Artistic Director Torange Yeghiazarian is an Iranian-born theatre artist of Armenian heritage. She writes, directs and performs for the company that is dedicated to the theatre that explores Middle Eastern culture and identity as represented throughout the globe.
Her plays Call Me Mehdi, Waves, Dawn at Midnight, Behind Glass Windows and Abaga reflect the perspective of the culturally displaced in tackling today’s world of contradictory realities and values.
As a teaching artist, Yeghiazarian has reached at-risk youth through playwriting as part of the Each One Reach One program. She also has incorporated theatre into social studies in Richmond’s Washington Elementary School as part of East Bay Center for Performing Arts’ Learning Without Borders program and lead acting and play development workshops for Golden Thread Productions.
Yeghiazarian holds a master’s degree in theatre arts from San Francisco State University. A trained scientist, Yeghiazarian is a licensed clinical microbiologist and is proud to have contributed to improving human health during her 20-year career in the diagnostics field.