NEW YORK CITY PREMIÈRE
DEC 5-9 2023 Sheen Center NYC
https://www.iphigeniapointblank.com/program
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
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TO DATE
2017-2019
2017, Iowa City: 4-week Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship for Key Artistic Team ($25,500 Grant).
2019, Work In Progress Staged Reading and Live Concert at The Martin Segal Center, CUNY (January 4). “Made in NY” Women’s Film, Television and Theater Fund Grant ($37,000). 2020 PREMIERE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF COVID.
2023
NYC dpt of Cultural Affairs ($10,000). Premiere Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker street, NYC December 5-9 2023