IPHIGENIAS

IPHIGENIAS
Georgia Karlatira

4 Iphigenias stand before the sacrificial altar …
A minimal austere stage, as befits Death.
Their starting point is a fantasy of the future ; one that is denied,collapsing under the weight of maintaining power and prestige.
Lives exiled, trapped beneath their own skin,
an inescapable sacrifice….

A theatrical performance based on excerpts from Euripides, Goethe, Yiannis Ritsos and from the monologue Iphigenia/Prey by Vivian Stergiou.

Directing approach
An archetype.
The daughter.
Her sacrifice.
How marriage becomes the sacrifice of the daughter?
How many daughters are sacrificed on this altar, to maintain social balance?
Αnd, how 4 different writers handle this sacrifice?
I break, I divide Iphigenia into 4  faces and Ι still have 1…

Duration: 60 minutes