NEW YORK CITY PREMIÈRE
DEC 5-9 2023 Sheen Center NYC
Play by Lisa Schlesinger (Greece/USA)
Music by Kinan Azmeh (Syria/USA)
Film by Irina Patkanian (Russia/USA)
Choreography by Hussein Smko (Iraq/USA)
Directed by Marion Schoevaert (France/USA)
Produced by Nilou Safinya (Iran/USA)
Artist Kevork Mourad (Syrian/Armenia)
Starring as Iphigenia Layale Chaker (Lebanon/France)
IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK: The Story of the First Refugee is an immersive theatre experience fusing together documentary film, live music, theatre and dance. This work is a culmination of a multiyear collaboration between award-winning artists from Syria, Lebanon, Greece, France, Russia, Iran, Iraq and the USA.
Iphigenia is excavated from Euripides’ plays and the ancient Greek laments, emerging as a refugee of all wars, from the Trojan War to the wars of today.
Iphigenia - the first refugee depicted in western drama - confronts the current refugee crisis and demands to change the ending of her own story.
Time: Trojan War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Syrian War
Place: Aulis, Taurus, refugee and military camps in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Greece
20% of Ticket sales will benefit Medecins Sans Frontieres
