Written By: Gary Owen
Directed By: Rachel O'Riordan
Performed by: Sophie Melville
Drunk, dazed, disoriented, and stumbling down Clifton Street at 11:30
a.m., Effie is the kind of girl you'd likely avoid eye contact with
while silently labeling a drifter or a delinquent. You'd probably pass
judgment, assuming you know her - but you don't know the half of it. As
Effie's life spirals through a mess of excess, drama, and addiction
plaguing her at every turn, she has nothing to look forward to but a
hangover worse than death itself each morning. Until one night gives her
the chance to become something more.
In this powerful new adaptation of the enduring Greek myth of the
ill-fated Iphigenia, playwright Gary Owen, director Rachel O'Riordan,
and actress Sophie Melville (who received a Drama Desk nomination for
her stunning, furious solo performance) construct a modern day probe
into the ostracized corners of society--and those who live there,
victims of our own negligence. A New York Times Critic's Pick that
received both the James Tait Black Award and UK Theatre Award for Best
New Play, Iphigenia in Splott was first produced by Sherman Theatre,
Cardiff, UK. The Stage raves, "...Rachel O'Riordan captures the play's
many tonal changes in her production, which is fluid and textured."
