25/10/26
by Fani Gemtou
The Interrogation of a Being
Have you ever considered how closely theatrical performance under the beam…
GREEK PLAY PROJECT
83 playwrights. 716 plays. New voices. International collaborations. Theory. Criticism. Interviews.
And we keep on going.
The Greek Play Project is being renewed and enriched, while remaining firmly an open meeting place for contemporary Greek playwriting: a space that documents and showcases plays and their creators, opens up discussion around playwriting, and facilitates its connection with audiences both in Greece and abroad.
More than ten years after its creation, GPP continues to expand its network of playwrights and to seek out new voices and different forms of playwriting. Today, 83 playwrights and 716 plays make up a dynamic record of contemporary Greek playwriting.
New Voices at GPP
Five new playwrights, with distinct writing voices and different trajectories, themes and aesthetics, are joining the platform: Giannis Aposkitis, Sofianna Theofanous, Katerina Louvari-Fasoi, Konstantinos Markellos and Dimitris Foutsias.
Collaborations Across Borders
The Greek Play Project is steadily developing its international network of collaborations, creating more opportunities and opening up new channels of communication between Greek playwriting and playwrights, theatre professionals and audiences in other countries.
A new collaboration is beginning with the Playwrights Guild of Canada, as part of Craft Bites International – Connecting Playwrights Across Borders, the international series of online readings and discussions that brings Canadian playwrights into dialogue with playwrights from other countries. On 26 November 2026, Giannis Aposkitis meets Canadian playwright Amanda Samuelson, while on 14 January 2027, Sofia Kapsourou meets Canadian playwright Norman Yeung. Short readings of plays and an open dialogue with the active participation of the audience open up a channel of communication between Greek and Canadian playwriting.
At the same time, the Greek Play Project’s collaboration with the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute continues and expands, with the consistent aim of promoting contemporary Cypriot playwriting. In the coming period, two more Cypriot playwrights will join GPP: Costas Mannouris and Michalis Papadopoulos, strengthening the connection between the playwriting of the two countries.
GPP also follows and highlights the journeys of Greek-language playwriting beyond national borders. From 20 to 22 November 2026, the first Greek Theater Festival Berlin (GTFB) in Berlin, under the artistic direction of Elena Sokratous and with the support of the Greek Play Project, brings contemporary Greek and Cypriot playwriting to the forefront. Performances, discussions with playwrights and parallel activities introduce plays and their creators to Greek-speaking, German-speaking and international audiences, strengthening exchange and encounters between different theatrical cultures.
Everyone Has the Right to Write
For the Greek Play Project, support for playwriting knows no boundaries. This is why we created Greece’s first Playwriting Coach service, giving playwrights, whether they are taking their first steps or already have experience, the opportunity to gain meaningful interlocutors for their work.
More here: https://greek-theatre.gr/new/everyone-has-the-right-to-write/
And Even More…
The renewed Greek Play Project continues with interviews, theoretical texts, reviews, book presentations, news from the Greek and international theatre scene, festivals, collaborations and new initiatives.
Because GPP is a living and constantly evolving network of people, texts and ideas. A team of theatre scholars and dramaturgs follows theatrical creation, writes, researches and showcases plays and their creators: Irene Moundraki, Angeliki Poulou, Vasiliki Misiou, Katerina Dimitrakopoulou, Moschoula Kyri, Magda Stergiou, Stella Papakonstantinou, Sofia Stathatou. Maria Chandra writes theatre reviews and Maria Karananou reviews theatre for children. The photographs for the renewed Greek Play Project are by Elina Giounanli. Together, we are shaping a space where Greek playwriting is documented, read, discussed, explored, translated, encounters other theatrical cultures and travels.
83 playwrights. 716 plays. And we keep on going.