NHP alum Leslie Ayvazian will premiere a solo show at New York Theatre Workshop, running from May 5 to June 14 as part of The Bricks 2026 Festival. Mention My Beauty is a one-woman performance piece by playwright and performer Leslie Ayvazian who speaks candidly about navigating the anti-war movement, the women’s movement, and the sexual revolution. There’s also the heartbreak of the expectations of Armenian parents still reeling from the Genocide of 1915. Leslie tells decidedly unsentimental, often hilarious stories of her life as a young woman surviving the cultural revolution without a plan.
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