NICK THE GREEK: A ONE WOMAN SHOW Gets West Coast Premiere

Angeliki Giannakopoulos' timely, immigrant drama about her father NICK THE GREEK: A ONE-WOMAN SHOW, directed by Amy Chaffee begins its worldwide tour in an exclusive Los Angeles run on February 10, 2018, at the Waco Theater Center in N. Hollywood. After its debut, the production will move to another venue with additional shows through the summer.

Giannakopoulos recently premiered the production at United Solo Theater Festival in Manhattan to standing ovations. She wrote and performs all the characters - her mother, grandmother and even the infamous Nick - in a one-hour personal stage play about her father's journey to the United States. From 'illegal' immigrant to a thriving entrepreneur, Giannakopoulos' homage to her family struggle and father's 40-year search for more is as pertinent today as the story that played out so many decades ago.

"Nick's story is one that needs to be told. It goes behind the politics of immigration to the searing reality of the impact on those who leave and those who are left behind. The American Dream still exists for many but at a great personal cost in the pursuit." Adds Giannakopoulos

In the late 1960's, Nick left Greece, a wife, and three young children to immigrate to America. We follow him through childhood, poverty, WWII, getting married, and sacrificing his life in search for "trees that grow dollars on them." Written & performed by his daughter.

Giannakopoulos and Chaffee will be touring the production in additional U.S. cities and abroad at the completion of the West Coast run.

Amy Chaffee (Director) is a director, playwright, producer, singer and actress. Classically trained in NYC, London and California's Old Globe Theatre, she has appeared in films, TV and regional theatre, in addition to being a founder and former Artistic Director of Door Shakespeare in Door County, WI. Her most recent comedy which she wrote and directed, "Your Mother's Vagina," was produced on three continents in the past year. She is a dialect coach for film/tv and her clientele have included Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Orlando Bloom, Patricia Clarkson, Melissa Leo and James Gandolfini, among others. She is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Tulane University in New Orleans. www.amychaffee.com

Giannakopoulos has had a 30-year career as a writer/actor/producer. In 1994, she established Artemis Productions and the Greek-American Theater Company of Los Angeles. Her award-winning documentary My Child - Mothers of War, introduced by Susan Sarandon, aired on PBS. It was then adapted into a stage show and premiered at the Hudson Theater in Los Angeles.

Tickets for the February 10 premiere at the Waco Theater Center are now on sale on It's My Seat.

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