Premiere: 7 November 2008
Author: Antonina Grzegorzewska
Title: Iphigenia
Original Title: Ifigenia
Reżyseria: Antonina Grzegorzewska

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 1 hour 5 min

Iphigenia

author of sculptures and director: Antonina Grzegorzewska
set design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Stanisław Radwan
lighting design: Wojciech Puś
video: Michał Jankowski

supervision of the performance: Barbara Hanicka, Stanisław Radwan

Scene 14 (A soldier pulling Iphigenia on the ground) is a quote from the performance He. The second comeback of Odysseus directed by Jerzy Grzegorzewski.
The choir's song contains excerpts from an original text of Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.

Cast:

Iphigenia Anna Gryszkówna
Clytemnestra Aleksandra Justa
Agamemnon Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Menelaus Arkadiusz Janiczek
Artemis Magdalena Warzecha
Achilleus Marcin Przybylski
Patroclus Robert Jarociński
Medea / Corypheus Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Chorus Joanna Gryga (guest actress), Lidia Sadowa (guest actress) / Izabela Gwizdak (guest actress, from February 2, 2010), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actress), Anna Ułas
Soldier Jacek Mikołajczak

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Anna Gryszkówna
  • set designer's assistants: Dorota Chojecka, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Janusz Kuczyński, Zbigniew Magdziarski
  • sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

Gallery:

Ewa Konstancja Bułhak (Medea / Corypheus) and the Company. Phot. Robert Jaworski

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