Locked away in her childhood bedroom, Iphigenia awaits her execution. In several attempts, she tries to tell us her story and how it all came to this: it all began with her great-great-grandfather Tantalus and a family curse.
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Two generations later, following the alleged abduction of Helen, her father Agamemnon instigates the Trojan War and incurs the wrath of the goddess Artemis by killing a sacred doe. As punishment, she sends a calm, preventing his ships from sailing any further towards Troy. According to the seer Calchas, Artemis’s wrath can only be appeased if Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia. And that is precisely what is now set to happen.
In her captivity, Iphigenia searches for ways to avert her fate.
Can her father’s heart be softened? Can the masses outside the dungeon be mobilised for a revolution? Is there a way out of the narrative that knows women only as victims, saints or witches? Who is Iphigenia beyond patriarchal myths and imposed identities?
Actress and playwright Lilly-Marie Vogler tears down the curtain on the ancient myth and opens a new, feminist chapter in its 2,400-year history of interpretation. In doing so, she reflects on portrayals of women, comments on the expectations and attributions of patriarchy, and mercilessly settles scores with a male-dominated world.
“With a standing ovation lasting several minutes, the audience at the very well-attended Parktheater expressed their gratitude for a superb acting performance as well as for a play that addressed fundamental questions about society.” (7 March 2025, Bensheim)
By: Lilly-Marie Vogler
