IPHIGENIES RACHE Eine feministische Neubearbeitung des antiken Mythos

In the organizer's words:

IPHIGENIES RACHE
A feminist reworking of the ancient myth

Author Lilly-Marie Vogler | Tour partner, assistant director, stage manager & stage manager Mira Knaupe | Production & music Nils Strunk | Dramaturgy Maxi Ratzkowski | Set & video Christiane Hilmer | Lighting Martin Stevens, Wanja Ostrower | With Lilly-Marie Vogler

Duration 95 minutes | Languages German, some English

International invitation as the only European production to the FIT RIO PRETO Festival in SãoJosé do Rio Preto (Brazil) and multipleaward-winning, including at the 30th Week of Young Actors, the Heidelberger Theatertage and the Monospektakel Festival

Locked up in her nursery, Iphigenia awaits her execution. In several attempts, she tries to tell us her story and how it came about: It all started with her great-great-grandfather Tantalus and a family curse. Two generations later, her father Agamemnon instigated the Trojan War by allegedly stealing Helen and angered the goddess Artemis by killing a sacred hind. As punishment, she sends him a calm so that his ships cannot sail any further towards Troy. According to the seer Kalchas, Artemis' wrath can only be appeased if Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia. And that is exactly what is about to happen.

In her captivity, Iphigenia searches for ways to avert her fate. Can the father's heart be softened? Can the masses outside the dungeon be mobilized for a revolution? Is there a way out of the narrative that only recognizes women as victims, saints or witches? Who is Iphigenia beyond patriarchal myths and imposed identities?

Actress and author Lilly-Marie Vogler pulls back the curtain on the ancient myth and opens a new, feminist chapter in the 2,400-year history of its reception. She reflects on images of women, comments on expectations and attributions of patriarchy and mercilessly settles accounts with a world dominated by men.