Greek theater roaring back to life

'We saw a kind of "multipurpose" artist emerging during the economic crisis,' says the Greek National Theater's Irini Mountraki, creator of the Greek Play Project.

One of the predominant trends in this already successful theater season is the appeal of Greek plays. Plays by new and established writers, of all stripes and styles, based on novels, narratives, testimonies, compositions and monologues, are selling seats in theaters big and small.

If there is one person who has a finger on the pulse, that's Irini Mountraki. The head of the Greek National Theater's drama, library, archive and international relations departments, creator of the Greek Play Project - an initiative for studying, strengthening and promoting the local scene - and professor of theatrical studies at master's level at the universities of Athens and Thessaloniki, Mountraki says that the blossoming of Greek theater is not new but has been evolving over the past few years.

"We saw a kind of 'multipurpose' artist emerging during the economic crisis and after...

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