NEW YORK – Eclipses Group Theater New York (EGTNY) presents The Greek Play Project New York – Greek Theater Travels to the U.S., a weekend of staged readings of contemporary Greek plays at New York University. In its second year, The Greek Play Project New York continues to be an important initiative for the promotion of modern Greek dramaturgy, in collaboration with The Greek Play Project (www.greek-theatre.gr). Three plays by contemporary Greek playwrights will be presented in the United States for the first time, in English, featuring American and Greek-American actors.
The plays being presented:
Babies Are Delivered by the Stork by M. Reppas-T. Papathanasiou, translation by Anthony Burks, directed by Ioanna Katsarou; Lebensraum by Thanasis Triaridis, translation by Hara Syrou, directed by Katerina Alexaki; The Threat by Artemis Moustaklidou, translated and directed by Demetri Bonaros.
The Greek Play Project New York is a production of Eclipses Group Theater New York (EGTNY), a New York-based nonprofit organization that serves as a cultural bridge between Greece and the United States, in artistic collaboration with Dr. Irene Mountraki, Head of Dramaturgy and International Relations at the National Theater of Greece and creator of The Greek Play Project, an important platform cataloguing modern Greek plays and promoting Greek playwrights. The Greek Play Project New York is presented at New York University thanks to a generous space grant by the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU and its director, Dr. Liana Theodoratou.
Creative Team: Katerina Alexaki (member, EGTNY), Demetri Bonaros (member, EGTNY), Ioanna Katsarou (artistic director, EGTNY), Alexandra Skendrou (member, EGTNY)
The Greek Play Project New York – Program
- May 4, 7:00 PM
- Lecture-presentation by Dr. Irene Mountraki,
- “Greece, Home of Drama, in Real Time.”
- May 4, 8:00 PM
- Lebensraum by Thanasis Triaridis
- Translation by Hara Syrou
- Directed by Katerina Alexaki
- May 5, 2:00 PM
- Babies Are Delivered by the Stork by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou
- Translation by Anthony Burks
- Directed by Ioanna Katsarou
- May 5, 4:30 PM
- The Threat by Artemis Moustaklidou
- Translation by Demetri Bonaros
- Directed by Demetri Bonaros
Cast to Be Announced.
On Sunday, May 5 at 6 PM, there will be a reception in the lobby of the KJCC Auditorium.
About the plays:
1. The Threat, 2009
by Artemis Moustaklidou
A married couple living isolated in its apartment is terrified when an immigrant family moves in next door. As husband and wife lock themselves in the apartment, time passes, their supplies dwindle, and their paranoia increases.
2. Lebensraum, 2014
by Thanasis Triaridis
A two-person, modern-day theatrical experiment that poses questions regarding the Nazi theory of Lebensraum—the vital space—takes an unexpected and dangerous turn.
3. Babies Are Delivered by the Stork, 2002
by Michalis Reppas – Thanasis Papathanasiou,
Thessaloniki, 1943. A young Jew runs away from the Dachau death trains and returns home to hide. But in his supposedly empty house (following the persecution of Thessaloniki’s Jews) now live two Greek couples, whose homes have been bombarded. The Greeks will hide the Jew, but their German and Greek friends are out for blood.
A production of Eclipses Group Theater NY (EGTNY) in artistic collaboration with Dr. Irene Mountraki, professor in the Theater Studies Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, creator of The Greek Play Project, and Head of Dramaturgy and International Relations at the National Theater of Greece.
Under the Auspices and Sponsorship of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Under the Auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in New York, the A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies at NYU, and The National Theater of Greece.
Location: KJCC Auditorium, NYU: 53 Washington Square South, Ground Floor, Room 113, New York, NY 10012 Tickets and information: www.egtny.com; 917-648-8343, 718-581-6285 Tickets: $15
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