In Parentheses and Lailou Productions current IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK, a thought-provoking and well timed manufacturing that weaves collectively the age-old fantasy of Iphigenia with the modern-day refugee disaster via music, movie, theater and dance, December 5-9, at The Sheen Heart for Thought and Tradition. This highly effective efficiency, 20 years after the Iraq warfare, challenges the justifications for and mechanisms of warfare, providing audiences a chance to bear witness to the staggering affect of conflicts and displacement on a worldwide scale, all narrated via the eyes of the primary refugee, Iphigenia.

Right this moment, as we witness an unprecedented wave of displacement, with a staggering 65.6 million folks worldwide compelled from their properties, together with 22.5 million kids, IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK emerges as a artistic response to this ongoing disaster, whereas drawing inspiration from Euripides’ iconic performs, “Iphigenia in Aulis” and “Iphigenia in Tauris.” Using these historic narratives as central metaphors, the manufacturing provides a contemporary twist to the poignant custom of historic Greek ladies’s laments who turns into the topic of a divine battle when her father, Agamemnon, should select to sacrifice her to safe favorable winds for the Greek troops en path to the Trojan Conflict. This timeless story sheds gentle on the immense struggling skilled by refugees caught within the ongoing Center Japanese battle and the arduous journeys they undertake to flee violence.

Lisa Schlesinger’s IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK is a3-part journey that includes varied creative components to convey its highly effective message. Syrian composer Kinan Azmeh blends classical and fashionable Western and Arabic music to create a wealthy polyphonic rating, whereas Irina Patkanian’s documentary movie offers uncut glimpses of on a regular basis struggles within the lives of refugees, capturing their tales over three years together with footage from a refugee camp in Lesvos.