It would seem that man's inhumanity to man knows no bounds: not of time or means of torture. Among the most shocking of these are the attempts of one race to exterminate another. On April 24, 1915, a dictatorial Turkish government took the first step in their plan to eradicate the Armenian people by gathering together hundreds of Armenian leaders under false pretenses -- and then massacring them. Afterwards, Armenians were systematically murdered, raped, tortured, forced into death marches, and more.

That shocking piece of history is the centerpiece to Alexander Dinelaris' ambitious
Red Dog Howls, which is being given its word premiere at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. One wishe[...]