The Hellenic Laboratory, a collection of works of Greek drama, poetry, and philosophy, continues for one-night only!

 

Monday, June 25th @ 7:30pm, Tickets only $5

The Kitchen 512 West 19th St (btw 10/11 Ave)

To reserve tickets call 212-255-5793 x11

(more) MEZE, an evening of five short pieces to whet your appetite

 

featuring...

 

[The Most Important of Which Is...] The Nine (9) Lyric Poets

of Classical Greece As Identified by the Scholars of

Hellenistic Alexandria: A Lecture (On Loneliness)
See Above.

 

Created by Jake Hooker

Assistant Director Mallery Avidon, Sound by Beck Henderer-Pena

 

An excerpt from Statius’ THEBAID, Book XII

A re-enactment of what happens off stage in Sophocles’ Antigone and Euripides’ Suppliants,

on the aftermath of Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes.  

 

Created by Magdalena Zira

with Chrysanthi Baveka, Tereza Grimani, George Kolias, Areti Palouki

Choreographed by Irina Constantine Poulos, Musical Direction by George Kolias

 

THE GREAT CALYDONIAN BOAR HUNT

Girl gets Boar. Boy gets…

A Ten-Minute Western

 

Created by Sherrine Azab

with William Burke, Alan Lason, Julia Sirna-Frest, Stephanie Weeks, Merlin Whitehawk

Boar construction by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin

 

TECMESSA

Disgraced, the great warrior Ajax kills himself, leaving behind a concubine and son.

Their fate was a mystery, until now. A short play with footnotes.

 

written by Ken Urban

directed by Jose Zayas

with Matt Huffman, Joseph Raik, Amanda Sisk

Costumes by Mel Haley

 

TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM
A wry, bittersweet exploration of the unwilling martyrdom that is at the core of the story of Iphegenia.

 

This performance combines original words and music in a series of short works

created by Michael Kraskin and JoAnna McFadden

 

 

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