Adirondack Theatre Festival RELEASE…June 29, 2005
Contact David Turner 518-798-7479

Adirondack Theatre Festival’s eleventh season continues with Leslie Ayvazian’s HIGH DIVE
July 6 – July 16


The Adirondack Theatre Festivals eleventh season continues with the one-woman-show HIGH DIVE, by Leslie Ayvazian, July 6-16 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 and can be ordered by calling 518-798-9663.† NOTE:† The July 6 performance is a preview.† Press are invited to attend any performance beginning July 7.

Standing on the high dive in Greece three weeks before her fiftieth birthday, Leslie clings to the railing afraid to let go, afraid to take the plunge. In her trepidation, she ponders the various comic disasters of her life: frozen fish during a cold snap in Florida, tornadoes, earthquakes in Mexico, a hurricane on her honeymoon in Hawaii, and a boating accident on Saranac Lake. Called “well worth the the plunge….engaging and hilarious from beginning to end,” by the New York Daily News, HIGH DIVE was conceived with the idea of giving the audience the opportunity to take the plunge into the play as well. Thirty minutes before the show starts, Ms. Ayvazian makes her way through the lobby looking for volunteers to play the various roles from her adventures once the play begins.

Leslie Ayvazian wrote and performed FOOTLIGHTS, MAMA DRAMA, and HIGH DIVE , the latter having a workshop production at the Long Wharf Theatre in 2000.† It was then produced by The Play Company, in collaboration with the Manhattan Class Company, in New York, with David Warren as director.† HIGH DIVE was published by Samuel French .
Other writing credits include, a film for HBO, called EMMA IN CONCERT with playwright Richard Greenberg, NINE ARMENIANS, SINGERS BOY, and ROSEMARY AND I. Leslie has also written five one act plays: PRACTICE, directed by Elinor Renfield, PLAN DAY a one woman show performed by Leslie, DEAF DAY, a one woman show written for deaf actress Kaitlynn Kenny, TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, and most recently HI THERE MR. MACHINE.†††Leslie wrote the short film EVERY THREE MINUTES for Showtime (2003) which was directed by Michael Pressman and starred Olympia Dukakis.† It was awarded a Telly Award for excellence.

The Adirondack Theatre Festivals eleventh season will continue July 6-16 with HIGH DIVE and then conclude July 20-30 with MADAGASCAR at the Charles R. Wood Theater in downtown Glens Falls.† Full price tickets for HIGH DIVE and Madagascar are $25.† Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 518-798-9663 or by going online at www.atfestival.org.



ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE PRESS!
High-quality digital photographs from ATF productions can be downloaded directly from our website throughout the season! Photos of Leslie Ayvazian from HIGH DIVE are now available at www.ATFestival