{"id":10849,"date":"2024-11-01T05:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T05:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/new\/greek-play-project-new-york-volume-3\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T06:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T06:41:46","slug":"greek-play-project-new-york-volume-3","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/new\/greek-play-project-new-york-volume-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GREEK PLAY PROJECT NEW YORK Volume 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GREEK PLAY PROJECT NEW YORK 3 ON LINE\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

25-27 JUNE 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

www.greek-theatre.gr<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

www.egtny.com\/greek-play-project-ny<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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With the Support of National Theatre of Greece\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Auspices of the Greek Consulate in New York,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

& the Greek Critics Association<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Greek Play Project NY is an important platform that promotes Greek Theater in the United States and introduces the work of contemporary Greek playwrights to a broader American audience since 2018. \u00a0Modern Greek dramaturgy has a powerful voice that needs to be heard outside the borders of our country and we strongly believe that Greek Play Project New York contributes to this effort.<\/p>\n

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This year our program includes a series of readings of contemporary Greek plays by women playwrights (Women\u2019s voice in Greek Theater), live and recorded Greek plays, and a series of lectures about the Greek theater. All the plays and lectures will be presented in english or with english subtitles.<\/p>\n

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The production is a collaboration of Eclipses Group Theater New York, a nonprofit organization that serves as a cultural bridge between Greece and the United States (www.egtny.com), and\u00a0The Greek Play Project, an important platform, cataloguing modern Greek plays and promoting Greek playwrights, (www.greek-theatre.gr<\/a>) founded by\u00a0Dr. Irene Mountraki, dramaturg, Head of the International Relations Department of the National Theater of Greece.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Production Team<\/strong>: Irene Moundraki, Ioanna Katsarou, Maria Karananou, Demetri Bonaros, Aggeliki Poulou, Alexandra Skendrou<\/p>\n

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Live Performance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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IN CHORUS<\/span> by Dimitris Dimitriadis <\/strong>directed by Ioanna Katsarou, original music by Kamala Sankaram.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cast: <\/span>Demetri Bonaros, Erin Despanie, Anthoula Katsimatides, Mercedes Long, Alkis Sarantinos, Gabrielle Scott, Alexandra Skendrou, Chrysi Sylaidi, Lazaros Theodorakopoulos<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Musicians: accordion\/ Mary Knapp, percussion\/ Thodoris Tsinias.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Translator: Theodora Loukas<\/span>
\nCostume and set designer: Marina Gkoumla<\/span>
\nMusic directors: Demetri Bonaros & Alexandra Skendrou<\/span>
\nExecutive producers: Demetri Bonaros, Ioanna Katsarou<\/span>
\nStage manager: Vasiliki Ioannou<\/span>
\nGraphic Designer: Polyvios Serdaris<\/span>
\nSocial Media: Alexandra Skendrou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In Chorus is a new play by renowned Greek playwright Dimitris Dimitriadis (Greek National Literature Award), with live music composed by acclaimed composer Kamala Sankaram (<\/span>www.kamalasankaram.com<\/span><\/a>) and directed by Eclipses Group Theater NY co-artistic director Ioanna Katsarou.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The play tracks the civic awakening of a previously passive Greek tragic chorus. A group of women and men are summoned to the palace, but they don’t know why. The leaders are gone, and the gods are silent. In this political and existential void, the chorus members take action for the first time, redefining their roles as fully engaged members of the state and the stage.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Readings<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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HELEN OR SOULA<\/span> <\/span>by Despina Kalaitzidou performed by Amanda Baxter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Soula, a hairdresser from Kokkinoplos, a village on Mount Olympus. An alter ego of Beautiful Helen, a fantasy, or a woman who lived a different life. It doesn\u2019t matter. These two women, in “parallel lives”, show not only their faces, but also the faces of Greece itself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The play <\/span><\/span>has been awarded by the Greek Play Project in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despina Kalaitzidou<\/span> is a playwright, director and teacher. In recent<\/span> years she has been dealing with the therapeutic aspects of theater and creative writing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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SPLINTERS<\/span> <\/span>by Nina Rapi, directed by Adam Martin, produced by Team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cast: Ella Rivers, Chrysi Sylaidi, Hebert Benjamin, Damien Boykin.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Splinters<\/em> is “what gets under your skin. The small details in communication that reveal the latent gaps. What you find in desire, intimacy, love, when you scratch the surface\u2026 Seven key moments capturing dynamics between friends, lovers, genders and tribes. A story that cannot be said with words. It evolves in a subterranean way, matures and then explodes: in between the words, behind the faces, underneath the roles. This is the kind of writing that understands deeply and subverts her characters’ language. It gives space to pleasure and allows pain. Seven short plays that make up a synthesis, a complete play. A journey from urgency to maturity. From social convention to a conscience of freedom.”<\/p>\n

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Nina Rapi\u2019s<\/span> plays include: <\/span>Angelstate <\/span>(published in English, Greek, Slovakian and Italian),<\/span> Splinters <\/span>(produced in Athens, Thessaloniki and University of Oxford),<\/span> Un\/Certainties, Wild Beats, Kiss the Shadow, Reasons to Hide, Edgewise<\/span>, the libretto <\/span>Raven Revisite<\/span>d and many shorts. Her plays have been produced or presented as staged readings in Athens (e.g. National Theatre, Theatro Technis, Onassis Cultural Centre, Theatre of Piraeus) and in London (e.g. Southbank Centre, Riverside studios, Soho Theatre Studio). Essays by her on aesthetics and sexuality and by academics on her work have been published by Oberon, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, et all.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>She has taught Playwriting at Birkbeck, University of London and University of Greenwich.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE PASSAGE<\/span> <\/span>by Delina K. Vasiliadi directed by Miriam Mikiel Grill<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cast: John D. Haggerty, Manoli Ioannidis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The play <\/span>Passage<\/span> is an existential farce. Action takes place in Peter\u2019s dirty, filthy apartment. Open boxes and suitcases are everywhere… Peter, who is about to move to a bigger and better \u2013as he believes- house, is extremely busy packing. His friend, Lazarus, has come to help, but shows no interest in packing or even keeping Peter some company. In addition, time is not on Peter\u2019s side, because very soon the moving truck will come and, yet, there is too much left to do\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Passage<\/span> is the procedure that one has to go through in order to reach maturity. It\u2019s the \u201cpassing\u201d from childhood to adulthood, from immaturity to maturity, from pain and trauma to being healed. Of course, one can only walk this road that leads to self awareness and freedom, if he\/she is truly determined to do so and, inevitably, pay the price.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Delina Vasiliadi<\/span> is a Greek painter, playwright and children\u2019s books writer.\u00a0 She studied Economics, Finance and Accounting, Stage and Film Acting and Directing. Six children\u2019s books and four plays have been published in Greece, while three plays will soon be published in Great Britain in English.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Delina has exhibited several times in Greece and abroad, writes theatrical reviews and articles for cultural magazines and has won several literary awards. Many of her fairytales, plays and stories have been presented on the radio in Greece and abroad and have been published in literary magazines.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information please visit: <\/span>www.delinavasiliadi.gr<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Walk on Air PRESENTS a preview of <\/span>Medea Redux<\/span>, a conversation with Euripides’ Medea – investigating the political, cultural and social context of Medea’s decision to destroy the House of Jason. Written and Directed by Helen E. Richardson, the play was originally workshopped at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, <\/span>Medea Redux<\/span> has metamorphosed into a digital music\/theatre video production with the formation of Walk on Air, an ensemble focused on the convergence of digital and live performance. Walk on Air and other performers appearing in Medea Redux are associated with Brooklyn College and the Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA, www.pima-brooklyncollege.info. This project is made possible through a grant from Brooklyn College’s Bernard H. Stern Professorship in Humor.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Walk on Air: <\/span>Deborah Latz, jazz vocalist, composer, actor and teacher, www.deborahlatz.com, NYC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Mason, composer, musician, audio engineer, actor and singer, www.a-mason.org, SC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inkyoung Bae, video art, interactive performance, and illustration artist, www.ikbae.com, Seoul and NYC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Adrian D. Cameron, theatre, performance, and media artist, www.adriandcameron.com\/about, NYC.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Helen E. Richardson, theatre director, playwright, visual artist, and former director of the Performance and Interactive Media Arts, Brooklyn College, www.pima-brooklyncollege.info \/team-3\/helen-e.-richardson, (NYC).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Performers: Leda Maniatakou as Mariika-Medea, Leda Maniatakou | <\/span><\/span>Actress, Musician, Composer, Multimedia Artist<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Deborah Latz as the Nurse Betty, and vocalist. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Andy Mason as the Servant Vlad, and vocalist.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Zach Rothman-Hicks as the Tutor Alexander as Creon, and vocalist. www.zachrothmanhicks.com, (NYC).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kilusan Bautista as J. Every, radio host, www.kilusan1898.com, (NYC).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrea Sabariego as Pythia A\u2019Delphi, psychic, https:\/\/andreasabariego.wixsite.com\/sabadesabariego, (Spain).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Voices: <\/span>Garance Bonno-Dugor (France), R\u00e9ka Csaba (Hungary), Mia Gao (Montreal\/China), Andrea Sabariego (Spain), Priya Sathiyam (India), Jeanine Shama (New York), and Eleni Papachristopoulos (Greece).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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RECORDED GREEK PLAYS\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Deep Red Sky\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By Loula Anagnostaki\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Direction<\/span>: Manos Karatzogiannis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Set: Yiannis Arvanitis\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Music: Antonis Papakonstantinou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Light Design: Alexandros Alexandrou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Costumes: Vassiliki Syrma<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photos: Panos Yiannakopoulos<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Make Up Lab by Yiannis Marketakis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Set Designer: Zoes Economou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Director: Andreas Andreou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Graphic Design: Konstantinos Georgantas\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Head of Production: Dimitris Koukas\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Production: People Entertainment Group \u0391.\u0395. (www.people.gr)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meet Sofia Apostolou; born in an urban family, once a French teacher working in the public sector. Sofia has studied philology and is a speaker of English and Russian. She is the widow of a handsome communist and was fired from her job as a result of her alcohol addiction. She lives across the Korydallos Prison Complex, where her somewhat ugly and \u201cslow\u201d son is now imprisoned. This is a monologue filled with the powerful thoughts of a strong woman about life, hope and dreams that were shattered along with her principles and ideologies. It is a monologue of a mother who saw her child and herself getting involved with suspicious transactions that involved the illegal trafficking of women coming from former communist countries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Loula Anagnostaki <\/span>was born in Thessaloniki. She is considered one of the most renown female playwrights in Greece. Her plays were performed in major theaters of Greece such as The National theater and the Art Theater Karolos Koun.\u00a0 Her plays have also been performed by theatre companies in Athens and municipal regional theatres, and produced abroad (France, Italy, England, Germany, Cyprus, Spain, USA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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FOR HELEN <\/span>by<\/span> <\/span>Manos Karatzogiannis\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Direction: Manos Karatzogiannis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Set: Yiannis Arvanitis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Costumes: Vassiliki Syrma\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Light Design: Katerina Marangoudaki\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Music: Yiorgos Poulos\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Music Composition of the Play: Aris Vlahos\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Verses: Manos Eleftheriou\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photos: \u039aarol Jarek<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Production: \u0391rt Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cast: Maria Kitsou, Marios Makropoulos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"HELEN<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The famous Greek actress Eleni Papadaki – victim of the civil war in Greece (1946-1949) – returns to her place, on the theatrical stage, to narrate the \u2018\u2019civil\u2019\u2019 power of theater, of her country, of her time.<\/span><\/p>\n

But one thing is for sure: Papadaki was not the average.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Manos Karatzogiannis is a graduate of the G. Armenis School. He has worked at the Athens Festival, at Municipal theaters., At the National theater among others. Since 2015 he has been directing for the National theater, the Athens Festival, the Art theater, the Municipal of Piraeus, the IMK, the Vasilakou Theater, the DI.PE.THE Patras, etc. He was a playwright in the exhibition for L. Anagnostaki Memory Rooms, in the context of his dissertation (HULL UNIVERSITY). He has written: In the City of L. Anagnostaki<\/em>, For Eleni<\/em>, Witnesses of Athens<\/em>. He wrote and directed the film Melina Stop Frame<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He has worked in television and film and has received awards as an actor and director. He teaches in drama schools. He is the art director of\u00a0 Stathmos Theater.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Echo and Narcissus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Opera<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Medea Electronique (Athens, Greece)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Adapted & Curated by: Medea Electronique<\/span>
\nMusical Direction:\u00a0 Manolis Manousakis<\/span>
\nSound Design: Alexandros Drymonitis, Manolis Manousakis<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Live Coding:\u00a0 Alexandros Drymonitis<\/span>
\nLive Visuals: Vicky Bisbiki<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Song: Katerina Maniou (soprano), Marios Sarantidis (bass-baritone)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dramaturgy: Angeliki Poulou<\/span>
\nScript: Panagiotis Goubouros<\/span>
\nVideo: Kleopatra Korai<\/span>, <\/span>Michael Tebinka<\/span>
\nChoreography – Movement: Yannis Nikolaidis<\/span>
\nSet Design: Christos Laskaris<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Technical Directors: S19st_Vassilis Koundouris, Tim Ward<\/span>
\nSound engineering & Mix mastering audio: S19st\u00a0 _Costas Bokos<\/span>
\nAssistant Sound Engineer: Konstantina Thanopoulou<\/span>
\nCostumes: gaffer & fluf (Katerina Vamvaka)<\/span>
\nLight design: Melina Mascha<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hair Design: Chronis Tzimos<\/span>
\nMake up artist: \u039dabil Salame<\/span>
\nGraphic Design: Yannis Lolis<\/span>
\nChorus (video movement): Ioanna-Ilektra Apostolou, Sesil Mikroutsikou, Maria Fountouli<\/span>
\nChorus (video voices): Eleni Karakasi, Marietta Sarri, Eirini Sgouridou<\/span>
\nProduction Design: Manolis Manousakis<\/span>
\nProduction Services: Telekinissi SA<\/span>
\nProduction Management: Iro Akrivou<\/span>
\nProduced by Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens (First presentation 19<\/span>th<\/span><\/span> April 2018, Borderline Festival)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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From the myth of Echo and Narcissus, where the concept of video and audio is first captured, to the 21st century of digital technology. The \u2018new age\u2019 Narcissus is mirrored on screens in the screen city where he lives. Modern Narcissus does not fall in love with himself but with the image. The narcissistic self, unlike the individualized ego of modernity, is getting more and more empty, without content, while Echo continues the play of heterogeneity and reflective mimesis.<\/span>\"\u0397\u03a7\u03a9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The story of Ovid, adapted through the innovative and recently evolving practice of live coding, real-time programming on stage. The features of the opera are transcribed to their digital equivalents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From the third book of the Transfigurations of Ovid, a myth of love about Narcissus, who enchanted by his reflection, remains staring his reflection in the lake. When he understands the impossibility of his desire, he freezes out of despair, a wonderful eternal statue next to which Echo will eternally wander. A story the about intense relationship between audio, video and image, sound. The legend hints at the power of the image absorbing the eidolon. Narcissus attempts an impractical and tragic entrance to the picture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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With a creeping pun between Medea and Media (the new media), Medea Electronique was founded in 2006 and consists of creative people who share the mood for innovation, moving in the greater field of contemporary art. Active in fields such as music, animation, multimedia, art installations, interactive technologies, and multimedia event production, the members of the group merge separate research and practice fields in an effort to develop a particular style.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The activity of Medea Electronique includes contemporary theatre performances, experimental audiovisual performances and installations, site specific works, electro acoustic music compositions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, since 2009 the Medea Electronique organises the 10-day artistic residency Koumaria, in Sellasia Sparta, considered to be one of the best, at an international level in the field of new media art and improvisation practice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Its work has been presented at the Onassis Cultural Center Athens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Benaki Museum, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, the French Institute of Athens, Booze Coopearativa and numerous festivals and events.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Medea Electronique Website: <\/span>http:\/\/medeaelectronique.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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A dog\u2019s diary\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Direction, dramaturgy, music, original text, narration, songwriting: <\/span>Violet Louise<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In mother\u2019s role: <\/span>Aglaia Pappas<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photography, camera, montage video editing, and multimedia programming: <\/span>Vassilis Kountouris (Studio19st)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sound design, recordings, sound mixing, video, montage: <\/span>Violet Louise<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sound Recording, Mastering: <\/span>Konstantinos Bokos (Studio19st)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Teem in technical production: <\/span>T.P.T. (The Perfect Team)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Translation: <\/span>Annie Kousoula<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Press:\u00a0 <\/span>Evaggelia Skrobola<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Violet Louise \u00a9 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the narration, we hear passages from poems by Giannis Ritsos, Georgios Souris, Nikos Karouzos, Konstantinos Cavafis, George Seferis . The text for the Operation PANTHIRAS is from\u00a0 the book by Dimitris Konstantinidis (Operation Panther \u2013 The Germans invade and set fire to Pindos.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The project is sponsored by Greek Ministry of Culture.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u0391 dog\u0384s diary<\/span> is an audiovisual narration by <\/span>Violet Louise<\/span><\/a>, about a woman searching in the internet for traces of her dog who passed away: Pictures from places she traveled, videos, music, photos, material from the internet compose her digital diary. From the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 til today, we follow the journey of this woman in a world between dream and reality. With the use of technology, computers, analogue and digital musical instruments, she sets up a time-capsule-like mechanism and revives memories and \u00a0stories of her past.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u0399n a world that changes dramatically, everyday life seems less painful, through human \u2013 animal bond. A dog\u2019s diary is the diary of a woman who renegotiates her losses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Violet Louise<\/span><\/a> (Louiza Kostoula)\u00a0is a director, performer, musician, writer, vocalist and multimedia artist\u00a0whose research is on the field of multimedia narration. She graduated from Law School of Athens and studied classical piano and harmony at the National Conservatory of Athens. She took her diploma in performing arts by the Greek Ministry of Culture and worked as a performer <\/span>at the National Theatre of Greece, the Experimental Stage of National Theatre of Greece, the Athens Festival etc.<\/span>\"dogs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since\u00a02012, Violet Louise has been experimenting on multimedia narration,<\/span> creating every part of her multimedia synthesis (music, sound, visuals, scenery). <\/span>Some of her projects have been presented at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival\u00a0, Festival Vie, Festival Delle Colline Torinesi, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia within the framework of events for the Olympic Torch Lightning Ceremony, Archaelogical Site of Delphi, Roman Conservatory of Nikopolis, Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation etc. She writes music for films, theatre and other projects.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Conception\/Direction: Tatou Dede<\/span>
\nWritten by \/ dramaturge: Anastasia Tzellou<\/span>
\nPerformers : Rodia Vomvolou (actress), Alexandra Rogovska (dancer) Set idea: Melanie Thewlis<\/span>
\nSet construction: Thomas Marias, Tatou Dede<\/span>
\nCostume design: Athina Kyriakakou<\/span>
\nLighting design: Alexandros Alexandrou<\/span>
\nOriginal Music: Minas Emmanouil<\/span>
\nVideo art: Melanie Thewlis<\/span>
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Project \u201canti gone2\u201d is a performance that explores the adversities Greek contemporary women face in their struggle to remain in their motherland during a period of deep financial and humanitarian crisis. Their fight to remain and their resilience needed to support their choice echoes the fight and resilience displayed by the tragic heroine Antigone. Their journey is one of personal discovery. It entails an inward quest, the coming of age: a presses that requires freeing herself of the restrictions imposed by her \u201cgender\u201d in order to discover the true identity. It is a journey from the present to the past, to a logical space where Antigone stand still. So renounces her House and city and stands into the light, a radiant everlasting presence that no power on earth can shake. She is never gone .\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tatou Dede <\/span>is a pianist, dancer, choreographer, actress and the last 3 years is working mostly as a performing arts director. Degrees:\u00a0 \u00a0Department \u201cMusic Science and Art\u201d of the University of Macedonia – Specialization on Piano performance. \/ \u00a0Conservatory \u201cAthens Music Association\u201d – Piano Diploma with Distinction and First Prize. \/\u00a0Professional Dance School \u201cRallou Manou\u201d- Dancer \/ \u00a0Drama School \u201cAthinaiki Skini\u201d- Actress. She has attended numerous workshops in Piano, Dance and Theatre. She is an active member of IETM, the multimedia art festival SCHMIEDE and the Greek MENSA. <\/span>
\nShe runs the nonprofit company \u201cTATOU\u201d with which she has produced 6 performances: <\/span>Lilith?<\/span> 2011, <\/span>The return of Iphigenia<\/span> 2012 (also presented at the United Solo Theater Festival in New York\/2014), <\/span>Seven7<\/span> 2013, <\/span>Modern and Topical<\/span> 2015, <\/span>anti gone<\/span> and <\/span>anti gone2<\/span> 2014\/ 2017, <\/span>EN (SE RES)SEMBLE<\/span> 2019, <\/span>If I am late, go to sleep…<\/span> by Akis Dimou 2020. <\/span><\/span>
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Constellations in Exile<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A phone call: \u201cHello, what\u2019s going on?\u201d A short film inspired by the communication with the salespeople of Shedia street magazine and by the search for a new space dedicated to companionship and coming together. When galaxies merge, cosmic phenomena force stars, planets, and black holes to move to other areas. Beyond their galaxy. So, some stars are exiled. As of Saturday, November 7, due to the second lockdown that was imposed, the people working for the street magazine \u201cShedia\u201d withdrew from the streets and found themselves cut off. For some, such a condition is \u201cself-isolation.\u201d For others, exclusion. A phone call. A voice on the other end. And the space is now redefined. A simple \u201cHello\u201d, a \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d The unknown often frightens people. It makes them feel lost. Alone and insecure. Still others find their curiosity is piqued, making them feel like part of something bigger than themselves. Someday there will be other worlds, filled with other beings, made of the same material as us, to be born from the ashes of a dead star. We are all stardust and one day we will return to the stars. We need more Space!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With: Fotis Adamopoulos, Giannis Panagopoulos, Stathis Papanastasiou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Direction \u2013 Dramaturgy: Yiannis Panagopoulos<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Video Direction \u2013 Editing: Dimitris Zahos<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Director of Photography: Vasilis Christodoulou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Musical Composition: Mikes Glykas<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Collaboration \u2013 Support: Shedia Street Magazine \/ Diogenes NPO<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Production: Mind the fact Festival 2020, Polyplanity Productions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Aimilia Douka<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Yiannis Panagopoulos. <\/span>Born and raised in Athens, graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business, the Drama School of the National Theater and the MA; “Theatre and Society: Theory, Staging and Didactics” of the University of Peloponnese (Faculty of Fine Arts). Since 2009, he has been working as an actor and director. He was also the artistic curator of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2011 Special Olympics and the deputy artistic director for the city of Mesolongi\u2019s bid for Cultural Capital of Europe 2021. Alongside his performing path, he has been a part of several projects that worked towards a greater social solidarity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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R<\/span>einventing ancient greek drama as contemporary texts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Georgina Kakoudaki<\/span>,\u00a0Director,\u00a0theatrologist, dramaturg. She is a director in professional theatre performances for adolescence\/\u00a0young\u00a0audiences since 2009 (in theatre venues and inside Secondary Schools) such as Vivid Film\/After the foam (devised), Jack Thorne\u2019s Burying your brother in the pavement,\u00a0\u0391ristophanes The birds, Shakespeare Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, Frank Wedekind X-Press Spring, Goethe Faust, Sophocles Antigone, Aristophanes The clouds, Euripides Helen and\u00a0site specific walking and site specific performances\u00a0such as\u00a0\u201cTraces\u201d\/ Swharz Foundation, Samos, \u201cPublic Signal: an old dilemma in contemporary times\u201d\/ Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Ancient Keramikos Cemetery, \u201cOn the way\u201d\/ Municipality theatre of Corfu,\u00a0 as well as theatre walks under the tittle \u201cA walk in the park\u201d with various topics and artists inspired by the park of Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.\u00a0\u00a0Has collaborated as a dramaturg in dance and theatre productions since 1994 with artists such as\u00a0SineQuaNon dance co. (France), Siamese Cie dance co. (Belgium)\u00a0etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

She has worked as a visiting professor in graduate and postgraduate courses in Greek Universities. Has taught drama and theatre education in Primary schools, Athens Art High school and professional drama schools since 1993 as well as in a series of workshops for the Net for the theatre in Education, Greece.\u00a0Author of books:\u00a0Theatre Education\/course book for Adult Education\/KEE, Teaching History through Drama\/Kedros pbl., High school Textbook \u201cTheatre Direction\u201d,\u00a0 \u201cFilm\u00a0Direction and Cinematic Aesthetics\u201d for\u00a0Institute of Higher Education.\u00a0\u00a0He has worked in the Achive\/ library and has created relevant educational programs for National Theatre of Greece (1997-2004).\u00a0\u00a0Co-curator of educational programs in the Athens and Epidaurus Festival\u00a0and Artistic director of the international school for actors in Ancient drama \u201cLyceum Epidaurus\u201d\u00a0(2016- 2019).\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Since 2021 she is the artistic and educational director of the ancient drama research programme of Municipality Theatre of Ioannina\/Dodoni \u201cSummer oracle\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Modern Greek Play at the basement of Lincoln Center Theater: Reflections on\u00a0 a Directing Workshop<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Menelaos Karantzas<\/span> is a theatre director and dramaturg. He holds a BA(Hons) in Theatre Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece, and an MFA(Merit) in Theatre Directing from East 15 Acting School of the University of Essex, UK. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the Theatre Studies Department of the NKUA and his research focuses on fragments of ancient Greek drama and their use in contemporary performances. He has directed more than 20 full productions and stage readings of plays in Athens and in London and he teaches Acting, Dramaturgy, and Directing at various drama schools in Athens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Constructing a haunted building into a (non) theatrical stage<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leonidas Papadopoulos<\/span> was awarded his doctorate from Kings College London\/UK in 2016 (Scholarship by Onassis Foundation and the Greek State Scholarship Foundation). He taught Theatre History at the Department of History, Ionian University\/ Greece, Theatre Directing, Ancient Greek Drama, and Performance Analysis in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He participated as a dramaturge in National Theatre of Greece\u2019 history project <\/span>It happened in Greece<\/span> (2016-2018) and in Contemporary Greek Play Festival at Municipal Theatre of Piraeus (2018-2020). He was a member of the organizing committee of the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama\/ Arc-Net (2009-2017). His main research interests focus on ancient Greek drama and stage directing. His credits, as a director, include a string of critically acclaimed productions such as <\/span>Endgame<\/span> by Samuel Becket, <\/span>Little Eyolf<\/span>\u00a0 by Henrik Ibsen, <\/span>The Double Bass<\/span> by Patrick Suskind, <\/span>Bury the Dead<\/span> by Irwin Shaw, <\/span>The Thrill of Love <\/span>by Amanda Wittington, <\/span>Sofia<\/span> by Ignacio Garcia May, <\/span>Donna abbandonata or You really disappointed me Mr George<\/span> by Glikeria Basdeki, <\/span>The Building <\/span>by Panagiota Phylaktaki, <\/span>Bakersfield Mist<\/span> by Stephen Sachs, He also worked as an actor with directors as Robert Sturua, Nikita Milivojevic, Slobodan Unkovski and Michalis Kakogiannis. He is artistic director of Athens-based <\/span>In-Between Art Theatre Company<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rethinking Greek Theatre: The Day After<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Savas Patsalidis<\/span>, Professor of theatre and performance history and theory in the School of English (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki),\u00a0the Hellenic Open University, the Drama School of the National Theatre\u00a0\u00a0of Northern Greece, and also regular lecturer on the Graduate\u00a0\u00a0Programme of the Theatre Department at Aristotle University. He is the\u00a0\u00a0author of fourteen books on theatre and performance criticism\/theory\u00a0\u00a0and co-editor of another thirteen. His two-volume study, Theatre,\u00a0\u00a0Society, Nation (2010), was awarded first prize for best theatre study\u00a0\u00a0of the year. His latest book-length study <\/span>Theatre & Theory II:<\/span> <\/span>About\u00a0Topoi, Utopias and Heterotopias<\/span> was published in 2019 by University\u00a0\u00a0Studio Press. In addition to his academic activities, he writes\u00a0\u00a0theatre reviews for the ejournals parallaxi and thegreekplay project.\u00a0\u00a0He is currently the president of the Hellenic Association of Theatre\u00a0\u00a0and Performing Arts Critics, member of the curators\u2019 team of Forest\u00a0\u00a0Festival (organized by the National Theatre of Northern Greece) and\u00a0\u00a0the editor-in-chief of Critical Stages\/Sc\u00e8nes critiques, the journal\u00a0\u00a0of the International Association of Theatre Critics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Dimitri Bampili, Angeliki Poulou and Ioanna Valsamidou\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dimitris Bampilis<\/strong> is a stage director working exclusively in the realm of the \u201creal\u201d. Combining documentary theater with performance, he places a dramaturgy of violence at the heart of his theater practice, highlighting his performers\u2019 uncertainties, weaknesses and shortcomings, with the aim of creating theater that demands a politics of the gaze, dialog and debate in the public sphere. He studied Theater Studies at the University of Patras, and Theater Direction at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has collaborated with Documenta 14, the National Theater of Greece, the National Theater of Northern Greece, Eleusis 2021 \u2013 European Capital of\u00a0CULTURE<\/a>, the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, the Patras Municipal and Regional Theater, Semio Theater, and a series of theater companies \u2013 Noiti Grammi, ODC ensemble, Per-Theater-Formance, and the BelleVille Collective \u2013 on a series of performances in various roles, thereby putting his opposition to all hierarchical divisions of labor into practice. Select collaborations with such artists as Vasilis Papavasileiou, W\u0142odzimierz Staniewski, La Pocha Nostra, Marina Abramovi\u0107, and Rimini Protokoll have to date helped shape his perspective on theater.He is a co-founder of APAR\u00c4MILLON, a new space in\u00a0ATHENS<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to the performing arts and research.<\/p>\n

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Angeliki Poulou<\/span> is curator and theorist of Media & Performance Art. Dr. in New Media & Performing Arts (2017, Co-direction: University Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III & National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). She is a member of Medea Electronique Art Collective, focusing on curation and dramaturgy.\u00a0 Currently she is adjunct lecturer (academic fellow) at the Departments of Digital Arts & Cinema and of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, delivering lectures on digital performance, transmedia storytelling & New Media Dramaturgy. As curator and dramaturge she has collaborated with independent artists and art institutions in France and Greece. She is founding collaborator of Greek Play Project.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ioanna Valsamidou<\/span> graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business, from the Athens Drama School G. Theodosiadis and holds a master of science degree from Panteion University of Political & Social Sciences. Today she follows the postgraduate program \u2018Dramaturgy & Performance\u2019 at the Department of Theatrical Studies in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, while in parallel she is a PhD. candidate at the European University Viadrina, Germany. She has been working in Germany and Greece as a dramaturg and theatre researcher.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She collaborated with the German collective Rimini Protokoll on several projects. She also collaborated with the directors Prodromos Tsinikoris and Anestis Azas, Nada Gambier and Mark Etchells, Lola Arias, Barbara Ehnes, Sophia Marathaki, Yolanda Markopoulou. Since 2012, she has been actively involved in applied theatre, having worked with theatre groups of homeless, refugees, prisoners, addicts. She co-directed Choros Drasis (Space for Action), in collaboration with the actress Stella Rapti, a co-production by the National Theatre of Greece and KETHEA Therapy Center for Treatment of Addiction, initiating and applying theatre workshops with vulnerable groups. She co-founded with Yolanda Markopoulou the artistic initiative and festival mind the fact, while they directed the performances: I\/The Gamber and Rouletenburg.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She designed and directed the audio walk Stories from a parallel reality.\u00a0 She directed the inter-disciplinary project on the digital spatial Allothroe Europe:\u00a0 Polyphony, Echo, Solidarity (www.allothroe.com), with the collaboration of international artists. She is the chief editor of the digital magazine about theatre ACT II (www.act2mag.com).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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GREEK PLAY PROJECT\u2019S NEW YORK CURATING TEAM\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Irene Moundraki<\/span> obtained a BA, a MA and a PhD in Theatre Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Faculty of Theatre Studies).\u00a0She also studied Arts at the University of Milan, Italy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is head of Drama, Library, Archive and International Collaborations Departments of the National Theatre of Greece. She is visiting professor at the Departments of Theatre Studies of the Universities of Athens and Peloponnese. Since 2015 she teaches History of Theatre and Dramaturgy at the Piraeus Society Drama School.\u00a0She taught Theatre in the Army (SAN) for five years and has directed several plays with her students.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is the founder and head of the Greek Play Project (www.greek-theatre.gr) a dynamic platform in greek and English for the promotion and study of contemporary Greek theatre. Is a dynamic network of collaborations and activities; the annual Greek Play Project New York is part of it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is a theatre critic and her texts, critiques and essays have been published in various editions, theatre programs and magazines in Greece and abroad. She has participated and lectured in many conferences about theatre, in Greece and abroad.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her books\u00a0 \u00abCarlo Goldoni. His life, his work and its reception in Greece\u00bb (2019) and “Entos, Ektos kai Epi ta afta” (2021) are published by Egokeros Editions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She has translated various texts and plays from Italian. In 2019-2020 National Theatre performed\u00a0The New House\u00a0by Carlo Goldoni translated by her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She has been a member of several Committees; She is President of the Consultative Committee on the Theatre Grants of the Ministry of Culture (2017-present). She is Vice President of the Hellenic Association of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Maria Karananou <\/span>was born in Athens. Graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Athens (2001) and of the Faculty of Early Childhood Education (2007). MA in Applied Drama ((Theatre in Education and Theatre as Social Intervention), University of Exeter, UK (2003 \u2013 2004).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She has attended various workshops on \u201cTheatre and Drama in Education\u201d. She worked for the creation of a Contemporary Map of Greek Theatre, a program funded by the National Center for Theatre and Dance. She is a Member of the Committee for the State Prize of Theatre Plays for Children. She has worked as a theatre teacher in primary education. Since 2002 she has been working in the National Theatre and she is Head of Publication\u2019s Department.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\nECLIPSES GROUP THEATER CURATING TEAM\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Demetri Bonaros <\/strong>is an actor\/singer, director, writer\/translator and composer with a keen interest in the classical, the musical and the whimsical. He is co-artistic director of Eclipses Group Theater NY and previously co-founded the Hipgnosis Theatre Company.<\/p>\n

Selected Eclipses credits:\u00a0The Government Inspector<\/em>\u00a0(original adaptation in Greek of Nicolai Gogol\u2019s satirical comedy; writer, director, actor);\u00a0Hercules: In Search of a Hero<\/em>\u00a0(original piece based on two Euripides tragedies, at Abrons Arts Center and LaGuardia Performing Arts Center; actor, producer, translator\u2014ancient Greek to English);\u00a0Agamemnon<\/em>\u00a0(at La MaMa; Chorus Leader, dramaturg);\u00a0Marriage \u00e0 la Russe!<\/em>\u00a0(three Chekhov one-act plays; actor, director, producer); Dario Fo\u2019s\u00a0We Can\u2019t Pay, We Won\u2019t Pay<\/em>\u00a0(actor); and\u00a0The Princess Goes to War<\/em>\u00a0(original fairytale with music; actor). Demetri also co-produced Eclipses\u2019 Greek Play Project New York festivals at NYU in 2018 and 2019, also serving as actor in various play readings, director in two, and translator (modern Greek to English) in three.<\/p>\n

Other selected theater credits:\u00a0Measure for Measure<\/em>,\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>, and the NYIT-nominated, best production (2008)\u00a0The Caucasian Chalk Circle<\/em>\u00a0(Hipgnosis Theatre Co, as actor, producer, composer);\u00a0Barefoot in the Park<\/em>\u00a0(Two River Theatre);\u00a0Secrets<\/em>\u00a0(Marvell Rep);\u00a0Burt Dow, Deep Water Man<\/em>\u00a0(musical, Stonington Opera House);\u00a0If You Can Get to Buffalo<\/em>\u00a0(Incubator Arts Project);\u00a0Opa! the Musical<\/em>\u00a0(Queens Theatre);\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>,\u00a0The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>,\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u00a0(Hudson Warehouse); and the original operas\u00a0Dinner and Delusion<\/em>\u00a0(Cell Theatre\/Center for Contemporary Opera) and\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>\u00a0(Orvieto, Italy).<\/p>\n

Demetri has also been featured as a soloist in numerous concerts in such venues as The Kaye Playhouse, Tony Bennett Concert Hall and Queens Theatre.<\/p>\n

Film:\u00a0Esther<\/em>\u00a0(winner, best short film\u2014Athens, OH, International Film Festival; supporting),\u00a0Vestibule<\/em>\u00a0(feature; supporting), and\u00a0The Shuffle<\/em>\u00a0(short; lead).<\/p>\n

Studies\/training: theatre and mathematics (Swarthmore College, Villanova University), piano and music theory\/harmony (Athens Conservatory), classical voice, Commedia dell\u2019Arte and Lecoq.<\/p>\n

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Ioanna Katsarou<\/strong> is an actor, director, producer and theater educator. She is a co-founder and co-artistic director of the Eclipses Group Theater NY and a founding member of the former Aktis Aeliou Art Theater, honored as \u201cThe Best Regional Theater in Greece\u201d by the Greek Critics Association for the year 2006.<\/p>\n

She is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors\u2019 Lab (2017).<\/p>\n

Recent directorial credits include: Hercules in Search of a Hero at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and Abrons Arts Center, which was awarded with a double grant by the Queens Council on the Arts, the play\u00a0Farewell,<\/em>\u00a0which was awarded as The Best Poetic Monologue at the international Solo Festival (NY), The Trojan Women<\/em>\u00a0and \u00a0Bacchae <\/em>at the\u00a0 American Academy of\u00a0Dramatic\u00a0Arts.<\/p>\n

She has worked as an actor at La MaMa E.T.C., Classic Stage Company\/Ashes Company, Cell Theater, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Greek Cultural Center NY, New Theater Thessalonikis, Aktis Aeliou theater, and at the National Theater of Northern Greece (Athens Festival, Herodion Atticon).<\/p>\n

Some of her leading roles include: Clytemnestra<\/em>\u00a0at the Classic Stage Company (off-Broadway),\u00a0Cassandra<\/em>\u00a0at the Ellen Stewart stage of La MaMa,\u00a0Goddess Demetra at the Cell theater (off-Broadway), Queen Atossa<\/em>\u00a0at La MaMa, G.C.C of NY and St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival,\u00a0Phaedra<\/em>\u00a0at the international Delphi Festival for Ancient Greek Drama,\u00a0Board Member No 4<\/em>\u00a0(La Guardia Performing Arts Center and Cairo International Theater Festival),\u00a0Catherine<\/em>\u00a0in Suddenly Last Summer, and\u00a0Medea<\/em>\u00a0in Medea\u2019s Trilogy by Heiner Muller (Aktis Aeliou theater).<\/p>\n

She has directed several plays at Eclipses Group Theater NY, Greek Cultural Center in NY, and Aktis Aeliou theater (plays by Chekhov, Pirandello,T. Bernhard, D. Dimitriadis, P. Fylaktaki, Reppas-Papathanasiou, G.Dialegmenos, among others)<\/p>\n

She has studied theater at the National Theater of Northern Greece, computer studies at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki and music studies at the Municipal Conservatoire of Thessaloniki<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Skendrou<\/strong> is a singer, actor, educator, producer and dancer of traditional Greek folklore dances. A native of Greece is involved with several Greek-American organizations that promote Hellenic culture in the US.<\/p>\n

She has performed in opera, operetta, musical theater and in recitals in Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Miller Theatre, La Guardia Theater, Amato Opera, Kaye Playhouse, National Greek Opera House etc. She is a member of the prestigious Archdiocesan Cathedral Choir of the Holy Trinity in NY.<\/p>\n

Theater credits include: full productions of N. Gogol\u2019s \u201cThe Inspector General\u201d by EGTNY, P. Fylaktaki\u2019s \u201cThe Spitting image of the Departed\u201d by Greek Cultural Center in NYC, I. Katsarou\u2019s \u201cHercules: In Search of A Hero\u201d at LPAC & Abrons Arts Center by EGTNY, A. Chekhov\u2019s \u201cMarriage a La Russe\u201d by EGTNY, Y. Kalavrianos\u2019 \u201cSons and Daughters\u201d by Greek Cultural center, Dario Fo\u2019s \u201cWon\u2019t Pay? Can\u2019t Pay\u201d by EGTNY.<\/p>\n

Staged Readings include: The Greek Play Project New York at NYU by EGTNY (2018-2019) Reppas- Papathanasiou \u201cBabies are delivered by the stork\u201d, Y. Mavritsakis \u2018 \u201c Blind Spot\u201d, D. Dimitriadis\u2019 \u201cIn Chorus\u201d; J. Merlo\u2019s \u201cAthens in the Half Shell\u201d by LPAC.<\/p>\n

Production credits include (intern, production assistant, creative team): Shelter in Love production in progress, The Greek Play Project New York at NYU (2018-19); Hercules: In Search of a Hero at LPAC & Abrons Arts Center; Agamemnon at LaMaMaETC by EGTNY; Between the Seas Festival at Wild Project-NY and at Baumstrasse \u2013Athens;<\/p>\n

Tribute to Maria Callas at Queens Theater in the Park; Songs for the Rain and the Clouds at St Marks at the Bowery; Timarete Festival for the Arts; National Theater of Greece; The Bolshoi Theater; Moscow Art State Theater – Stanislavsky.<\/p>\n

Alexandra is the Social Media and Communication coordinator of the Eclipses Group Theater New York. She is the music teacher and the coordinator of the Music School at the Academy of Hellenic Paideia. She holds degrees from\u00a0Atheneaum- Maria Callas Conservatory, Athens- Greece, Mannes College\/ New School University, USA as A.S Onassis Scholarship recipient, the Theatrical Technical School for\u00a0the Arts in Moscow-Russia. Currently is a member of the Music Educator\u2019s Workshop of Carnegie Hall and at the educators\u2019 professional development workshops of Museum of Modern Art in NYC.<\/p>\n

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