*performance in English (with Greek subtitles)
Two one-act plays by Susan Glaspell, “Trifles” and "The People," presented for the first time in Cyprus and Greece, adapted for a staged reading, in English with Greek sub6tles, at Flea Theatre in Nicosia on October 24, 25, and 27, 2025, with live-streaming of the performance on October 25, 2025, followed by a discussion with members of The International Susan Glaspell Society via the Zoom platform.
Susan Glaspell (July 1, 1876–July 28, 1948), one of the pioneers of the American feminist movement and one of the most important literary and theatrical figures of the 20th century, was a playwright, novelist, journalist, and actress. Co-founder of the Provincetown Players, which brought to prominence playwrights who are well known today, most notably the "discovery" of the great Eugene O'Neill, she first became known for one of the one-act plays to be presented (Trifles), which is perhaps the most frequently performed one-act play in America. Her play, Alison's House, won her the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Trifles
John Wright is found strangled in his sleep. His wife, Minnie, is held in jail as the person responsible for the murder. The play begins the next day, when the County Attorney, the Sheriff and his wife, and a neighboring farmer and his wife arrive at the empty house. While the men go to the bedroom and barn to look for evidence that Minnie murdered her husband, the women are left alone in the kitchen. What will happen next?
The People
The play begins with the staff of a publishing house that publishes “The People” magazine waiting for their publisher to return from a trip to California, where he has gone in an attempt
to secure funding for the magazine. The fate of the magazine depends on whether the publisher manages to return with the money or not.
CREATIVES
Writer: Susan Glaspell
Adaptation, direction: Angela Constan6nidou
Cast:
Chrissie Andreou Maroulli
Christos Grozos
Stavros Hachatryan
Christina Marouchou
Stavros Patsias
Light and sound design and operation: K.S. ICHOTECHNIKI EVENTS LTD
Live streaming design and operaEon: Eventechpro Cyprus
Performances:
24 (Friday) | 25 (Saturday) | 27 (Monday) October 2025
at Flea Theatre (2 Yiannis Koromias Street, Kaimakli, 1028 Nicosia)
*25 OCTOBER 2025 - ALSO LIVE-STREAMED WITH A TALKBACK
Tickets: €15
Reservations: 97638710
Production: |(w)in the margins|
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