Widows (Larnaca)

THOC’s central stage presents Ariel Dorfman’s political thriller that tells the story of the women in a village during a period of dictatorship.

Former Chilean exile Ariel Dorfman's sorrowful play Widows, adapted from his 1983 novel, begins with a group of peasant women in a wartorn village in an unnamed country, washing laundry by the river. "There's something wrong with the water today," says one, cryptically. And, indeed, it's not long before a man's faceless corpse floats to the surface, triggering a struggle among the women about who should bury the body: Each believes the man to be her missing loved one (all of the men in the village had "disappeared" years ago under a corrupt regime). Meanwhile, an optimistic new army captain, determined to do right by the women, promises to return the vanished men if the women "behave." But an old grandmother tired of behaving incites the women to protest against the regime.

Heartbreaking and tragic, the play is a poignant reminder of the atrocities that often go unnoticed in the world.

Translation/Adaptation/Direction: Maria Mannaridou Karsera
Sets/Costumes: Lakis Genethlis
Music: Larkos Larkou
Movement: Elena Antoniou

Cast: Elena Efstathiou, Christina Christofia, Niovi Charalambous, Mara Konstantinou, Ermina Kyriazi, Loukia Protopapa, Katerina Loura, Giorgos Mouaimis, Lea Maleni, Annita Santorineou, Andreas tsouris, Christodoulos Martas, Neoklis Neokleous, Andreas koutsoumbas, Andreas Vassiliou, Ioanna Kammenou

(in Greek)