SILVA SEMERCIYAN is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Her plays include Playthings, Filibuster, and Down the Packhorse. Reality, a musical for which she wrote the book and lyrics, premiered in the United Kingdom at Bristol’s Olympus Theatre. In 2007, she made the long list for the King’s Cross New Writing Award. She currently teaches singing and drama in South West England.

ANOTHER MAN'S SON
In Another Man’s Son, an Armenian family is forced to confront the hidden consequences of genocide. Set in Beirut, 1958, the play explores the themes of love, loyalty, and filial duty. Lucine is an ambitious young nurse with a tyrannical father, five younger sisters, and a mother who refuses to leave her bedroom. When she falls pregnant out of wedlock, she must choose between her future and the welfare of others.