The AGBU Satamian Theatre Company was founded in 1979 by Krikor Satamian and Haig Messerlian with the purpose of staging plays in English and Armenian by modern, classical, and Armenian playwrights. Ben Manookian was the first artistic director of the company. Since 1980, Satamian has staged 43 plays, seven one-man shows, and three operas in the Greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, Fresno, and San Francisco, as well as in Boston, New York, Montreal, and Toronto.

For more information, please contact: Western Region office at wrinfo@agbu.org.