Born in Piraeus in 1953, Panagiotis Mentis studied theatre in Pelos Katselis’ Drama School, and has been a theatre actor since 1976.

He has collaborated with important theatre companies and leading figures of the Greek theatre. He has worked for the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Northern Greece, and a number of Municipal Regional Theatres.

He has received two awards from the Ministry of Culture for his work as a playwright, for Playmobil (1989) and Anna, I said! (1994). In 1997, his play Save won him an honorary distinction in the first International Cultural Competition organized by the Onassis Foundation. In 2001, in the second Competition organized by the Onassis Foundation, Mentis’ play Foreigners – staged in the National Theatre’s New Scene – won the third international award.

Panagiotis Mentis is a board member of the Greek Playwrights’ Association, and has also been a board member of the National Theatre of Northern Greece.

Currently, he is the artistic director of the Municipal Regional Theatre of Serres.

PLAYS

Roza, 2012

Mao (adapted from C. Economou’s novel of the same title), 2011

.gr, 2009

Sinful Country, 2006

Red Women, 2006

Away, 2003

To Alexandroupolis, 2003

Women at Sea, 2002

Les Miserables (adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel), 2002

National Gallery, 2000

Don Quixote, 2000

Foreigners, 1998

Boxer Shorts & For Rent, 1998

La Cumparsita, 1997

Reality and Show, 1996

Alas and some ‘Ohs”, 1994

Save, 1993

Anna, I Said!, 1992

Playmobil, 1989