Shakespeare Theatre Company & The Embassy of Greece to Present THE TRIAL OF LYSISTRATA, 11/24
The Shakespeare Theatre Company Bard Association and the Embassy of Greece present the Trial of Lysistrata at the Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh Street NW, at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 24, 2014. The trial will be followed by a cocktail reception at Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, with Christos P. Panagopoulos, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.A.
Under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece, a special session of the Supreme Court of Athens will convene to hear the case of the People v. Lysistrata. Often called the first feminist, Lysistrata rallied the women of the enemy against her own city, and organized her fellow women against their own men, all in order to stop a war that she thought unjust. She even took possession of the state treasury. Traitor or Heroine? The questions are just as timely today as they were in the 5th Century BC. On November 24, 2014, at the Lansburgh Theatre, you will hear arguments from her and from the City of Athens. You will then decide her guilt or innocence, voting alongside some of the most distinguished judges in the land.
Justice Samuel Alito will preside and be accompanied by Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Counsel for Lysistrata, the Defendant, will be Lori Alvino McGill of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and Christina Guerola Sarchio of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Counsel for Athens will be Stewart Baker and Pantelis Michalopoulos of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. The argument and discussion will be moderated by Abbe D. Lowell of Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Ambassador in Attendancewill be Christos P. Panagopoulos, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.A.
The event is sponsored by the Embassy of Greece and the Bard Association, STC's affinity group for Washington's legal community.
Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, October 22 to STC Bard Association members; Wednesday, October 29 to STC Subscribers and Donors; and Wednesday, November 5 to the General Public. Tickets range from $20-$125, and can be purchased through the Box Office at 202.547.1122 or online at ShakespeareTheatre.org. For information on VIP tickets including a post-show cocktail reception with the Ambassador, please contact Sara Conklin at SConklin@ShakespeareTheatre.org.
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