Troy Too

Troy Too

Crafted in the heat of the momentous year 2020, from language found on the streets of the protest marches, in the hospitals during the Covid lock-down, and from the mouths of endangered fish in the sea, Troy Too is a contemporary dialogue with Euripides' The Trojan Women, the apocryphal play of mourning, out-rage and the dignity of lamentation. Greece’s finest classical actress, Lydia Koniordou, brings a modern and ancient Hecuba to life in English and ancient Greek. Greek director, Avra Sidiropoulou, known for her innovative multimedia stagings of modern and classical texts, bridges the divide to bring Troy Too formally and shockingly alive in an international production that cuts across languages and cultures. We are still there and there has as yet been no artistic reckoning. Troy Too by Karen Malpede, produced by Athens-based Persona Theatre Company and New York legendary Theater Three Collaborative, is an enraged and poignant play of what we have survived, and a poetic elegy for those who did not. This angry yet beautiful communal lament has been lacking in public life.

Directed by Avra Sidiropoulou, Troy Too reimagines Euripides’ war tragedy of displacement by creating a context where our century’s recent calamities are being dictated and supervised by mythical figures that have landed on our wounded earth to teach us a lesson.

The production brings together a multicultural, and highly acclaimed ensemble of creative professionals from the U.S. and Greece, including the renowned Greek actress Lydia Koniordou.

The production is dedicated to the memory of George Bartenieff, actor, producer, activist extraordinaire

About the Campaign

We need your support to make it happen! The funds you donate will be used for our production at the DOT theatre of HERE in May 2023.

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Performance schedule:

Creative Team & Cast:

Playwright:

Karen Malpede

Director:

Avra Sidiropoulou

Set Consultant-Lighting Design:

Tony Giovannetti

Costume Designer:

Sally Ann Parsons

Composer:

Vanias Apergis

Director of Photography- Video art:

Michael Demetrius

Assistant Director: Elena Vannoni

Production Team (Athens):

Maria Hadjistylli

Tzoulia Kogkou

Katia Makrycosta

Production Manager:

Jee Duman

Performers:

Lydia Koniordou

Ilia Pappa (on film)

Anthi Savvaki (on film)

George Bartenieff (audio)

Shona Tucker

Tommie J. Moore

Abigail Ramsay

Najla Said

Ilker Oztop

Di Zhu

Chorus: T.B.A.

Artwork Illustrated By: Biba Kayewich