Dramatic Musings
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EDITORIAL Carlos Morton has over one hundred theatrical productions, both in the U.S. and abroad. His professional credits include the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Denver Center Theatre, La Companía Nacional de México, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and the Arizona Theatre Company. He is the author of The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales and Other Plays (1983), Johnny Tenorio and Other Plays (1992), The Fickle Finger of Lady Death (1996), Rancho Hollywood y otras obras del teatro chicano,(1999), Dreaming on a Sunday in the Alameda (2004), and Children of the Sun: Scenes for Latino Youth (2008). |
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My name is Amalia Balanou and I am a fourth year student of English Language&Literature at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. My undergraduate studies on the department can be characterized as a journey of self exploration and discovery, through the analysis of English and American literature, emphasizing on theatre. Writing works as a means of expression through which I attempt to capture the ambiguity and the fluidity of the world, as well as, to dive in the depths of the human mind and psyche. In the future, I aspire to be actively engaged with theatre and drama education. |
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My name is Vitanopoulou Anastasia and I am a graduate of the English Department of the Aristotle University. My interest in writing started as a form of expression of personal thoughts and acquired more specific form throughout my years of study. Having attended a variety of courses and seminars regarding drama, I had the chance to focus on what excited me most as being a challenge, that is experimental theatre and performance. Writing my diploma thesis on Beckettian theatre and modern performance art helped me gain insight into the ways in which theatre can surpass any convention and how I could implement such a challenge in my own writing. |
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Elena Liapopoulou Adamidou is from Thessaloniki, Greece and she has recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is currently studying for a master's degree in Creative Writing in the University of Western Macedonia. Her writings have previously appeared in Echoes Online Journal, on the website of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies and others. |
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Foteini Toliou is a graduate of the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is currently a postgraduate student at the School’s M.A. program titled “English and American Studies”. Her interests include Comparative Literature, Ethnic Studies, Chicana/o Studies, academic and creative writing. |
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My name is Georgia Gaidatzi. I’m an undergraduate student at the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. I’m a fan of cinema and theatre (being myself a member of a drama club called Kaina Daimonia) and I’m interested in screenplay writing and film production. My favorite book is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and I’m currently working on completing a research essay on the book’s interplay of justice, morality, and race. I also love reading and exploring well-crafted literary worlds in fantasy and mystery novels. |
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My name is Magda Barouta and I am a graduate of English Language and Literature at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. I was drawn to multiple forms of artistic expression both as viewer and participant from a young age but I soon realized that writing was the form of art that allowed me to fully express myself. Exposure to works of multiple writers and participation in creative projects during my studies further substantiated my appreciation of literature and fueled my passion for creative writing, including poetry, prose, script and playwriting. I am particularly interested in works of art that explore the experience of living in postmodern societies through a dystopian or absurd lens. My short play Generation P deals with love, self-destruction, betrayal and tragedy in an attempt to capture the raw and unrefined reality of the youth in contemporary Greece. |
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My name is Nina Christou and I was born and educated in London, England and completed my BA in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at London University before moving to Thessaloniki in 1994 to further my studies in the Greek language. In the following year, I started teaching English to Greek teenagers at evening school, fell in love with the profession and have been teaching ever since. I completed a distance learning MA course in TESOL from Birmingham University and I am currently studying for a BA in English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the city I now call home with my husband and daughter. |
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My name is Petroula Stefanidou and I hold a BA from the School of Philosophy and Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Moreover, I have recently graduated from the School of English of Aristotle University and I teach Greek and English as foreign languages. Throughout my studies in the School of English I was introduced to the amazing world of theatre and I was fascinated by the way it reflects and depicts life itself as well as by its power to condense even a lifetime in a few pages. Writing has always been liberating for me and writing for the theatre is a means to express myself through art and a way to come to terms with my own life and existence. |
