GEESE

“Geese”
Written and directed by Stella Zafeiropoulou

In a small provincial town, nothing stays hidden for long. Sofia is a young woman adopted by Kyriaki. Her ancestry constantly becomes a source of conflict between them, while the comments and interference of those around them further destabilize their fragile balance. As Kyriaki secretly struggles with questions surrounding the management of her property and her inheritance, Sofia experiences love and believes she has finally found happiness. However, the revelations that follow will overturn everything, leading them toward unpredictable and tragic developments.

Geese, the award-winning play by Stella Zafeiropoulou (Greek Screenwriters’ Union Award, 2017), is presented for the first time on stage at PLYFA Theatre from February 11, 2026. It is a story that dares to confront deeply rooted prejudices about parenthood, biological lineage, fear of the foreign and the different, the difficulty of integrating it into our culture — as well as an insatiable love of money.

Stella Zafeiropoulou, one of the most dynamic representatives of the new generation of Greek playwrights, who was recently nominated for the “Karolos Koun” Award for Greek dramaturgy for her play Fly (2025, Olvio Theatre), directs the play herself this time. Presenting her first directorial work on the Greek theatrical stage, she notes about Geese:

Geese is a story of selection. Of children in institutions, of the children who were chosen and those who stayed behind. But there’s more than that. It is also the story of a mother and daughter who never truly saw one another as such, as well as the ongoing narrative of a segment of people who make up small communities and who hypocritically and quite unorthodoxly preserve the old roots of these societies in barren soil when it comes to welcoming the foreigner into their “ancestral lands.” I consider it important that my works originate from real events and engage with a reality that I construct using theatrical terms. The same applies here:  Geese is based on a story that came to me and served as a starting point for creating images. This is also what I want to do with my direction — to highlight the images of the text, and why not, to create new ones. And as time passes and I study Geese from the outside, no longer as their creator, I increasingly feel my detachment from the text and my connection to it under different terms. What I know for certain, however, is that whether in one way (as a writer) or another (as a director), what I need to do is place it on tracks along which it can move smoothly and without obstruction.

Duration: 85 minutes