LOS ANGELES – The Lady of Ro, starring the acclaimed Greek actress Fotini Baxevani will be presented on January 31 and February 1, 2020, in Los Angeles. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Art of Performance (CAP) at UCLA and the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, the performance is also held under the auspices of the Secretariat of Greeks Abroad, which supports remarkable initiatives addressed to the Greek diaspora.
This rare theatrical experience casts a new light on a woman who became a Greek folk legend through hope, courage, and exquisite tenderness. The story is inspired by the life of Despina Achladioti, the Greek widow known as the Lady of Ro, after the deserted island where she took refuge during the two world wars. After the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the Lady of Ro became a hero and folk legend. Told with compassion and humor to spare and infused with Baxevani’s striking performance, The Lady of Ro is a transcendent production that evokes a specific time and place yet movingly describes the universal human condition. Through these performances, audiences are invited to consider current events in the Eastern Mediterranean and to reflect on the power that a single woman can have in asserting Greek sovereignty.
The Lady of Ro opened in Athens to great acclaim in October 2017 and garnered an enthusiastic response from audiences on its two-year tour in Greece, Cyprus, and in Perth, Western Australia. Both UCLA performances will take place at the historic Freud Playhouse, 245 Charles E Young Drive East in Los Angeles.
Tickets are available at: https://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/the_lady_of_ro2.
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