A festival of staged readings, music and dance, celebrating the first season of EllinikoTheatro at La Mama in New York City. Performed by the Amy Berkman, Carl Arnold, Isidore Sideris and EllinikoTheatro music, dance and theatre ensembles.
Song of the Dead Brother (in Greek)
Book, music & lyrics by: Mikis Theodorakis
Directed by: Tony Zoulis
Musical direction by: Carl Arnold
Antistasi /Resistance – dance piece inspired by the resistance of the Souli women
Choreographed by: Amy Berkman
He Who Must Die – based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ Greek Passion
Written by: Michael Antonakes
Directed by: Peter Rosenberg
Otan oi Atreides – scenes from an adaptation of Aeschylus’s Agamemnon (in Greek)
Written by: Vassilis Katsanis
Directed by: Yannis Simonides
Performed by: Olympia Dukakis, Nicholas Kepros
Chorika – modern dance pieces
Odes
Gioconda’s Smile
The Birds
Choreographed by Isidore Sideris and associates
Thesmophoriazousae
Written by: Aristophanes
English version by: William Arrowsmith
Directed by: Stefan Rudnicki
Rococco
Written by: Harry Kondoleon
Directed by: David Kaplan
Theatrika production by La Mama ETC and The Greek Theatre of New York (EllinikoTheatro)