Sophocles' Electra at Symphony Space

ONE NIGHT ONLY | U.S. SCREEN PREMIERE | GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | DIRECTOR Q&A

On October 11, a filmed production of Sophocles’ Electra comes to Symphony Space for a one-night U.S. screen premiere. Directed by Dimitri Tarlow, it premiered at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus in 2025 and was later reimagined it for an intimate indoor stage. 

Electra has traveled from Epidaurus to New York before.

In 1938, Epidaurus reopened with Sophocles' Electra, its first play since antiquity. Dimitris Rontiris directed Katina Paxinou. The production toured Egypt, Britain and Germany in 1939. Rontiris revived it with Paxinou in 1952, and it played Broadway’s Mark Hellinger Theatre.

Tarlow sets his production in the aftermath of a party. The palace is now a decaying European cabaret, where a family lives with the memory of murder. In this setting, Electra’s demand for justice raises a difficult question: what will it cost to answer violence with violence?

At its center is the confrontation between Electra and Clytemnestra. Loukia Michalopoulou plays Electra with fury and fracture, opposite Aglaia Pappa's commanding Clytemnestra. Their struggle gives the ancient tragedy an immediate human force: a daughter who refuses silence, a mother who refuses judgment, and a household where every claim to justice carries a cost.

The cast also includes Konstantinos Zografos as Orestes, Grigoria Metheniti as Chrysothemis, Konstantinos Avarikiotis as the Pedagogue, Dimitri Tarlow as Aegisthus, Periklis Siountas as Pylades, Ioanna Lekka and Eleni Vlachou as the Chorus Women, and Tasos Mysirlis as the onstage musician. Sets and costumes are by Paris Mexis, music is by Fotis Siotas, and lighting is by Alekos Anastasiou.

Q&A with Dimitri Tarlow

Director Dimitri Tarlow will join the audience in person for a Q&A following the film. The conversation offers a rare chance to hear how this Electra traveled from Epidaurus to an indoor stage and then to the screen, and why Sophocles' questions about justice, revenge, power, and resistance remain so urgent.

Event information

Greek Theater on Screen: Sophocles' Electra
Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.
Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025
Presented in Greek with English subtitles
Q&A with director Dimitri Tarlow following the screening
Tickets: $22 members, $24 seniors, $25 non-members, plus service fee

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“The production truly explodes with the arrival of Aglaia Pappa.”
— Inferno Magazine

“Loukia Michalopoulou is impulsive and heartbreaking - like a taut string.”
— Το Ποντίκι

“The production does not imitate antiquity. It translates it.”
— All About Arts

“Redesigned for the indoor theatre—with impressive results.”
— Documento

“An outstanding reimagining of Sophocles’ classic.”
— News 24/7

“A modern, stylized production with a noir aesthetic and a deeply atmospheric ‘dark cabaret’ universe.”
— Monopoli

“The production transforms the ritual weight of the tragedy into a contemporary, refined experience.”
— Athinorama