A group of American artists arrive in Greece during the 2012 debt crisis to participate in a residency program focused on art and community activism - however their trip quickly turns into a breeding ground for their own competing traumas. Athens On the Half Shell reflects on protest culture and how citizens engage with politics, nationalism, anger and fear; threading ties between the reactions of Trump’s election in the United States and Greece’s political state in 2012. (LPAC)

Directed by Handan Ozbligin 
Written by Joey Merlo
Featuring: Nelson Patino Jr, Alicia Waikousi, Ino Badanjak, Faanis Gkikas, Sierra, D Leverett, Nancy McArthur

Collaborators: Tuçe Yusak (lighting design), Dan Daly (set design), Mark Bruckner (sound design) Sinan Eczacibasi (assistant director), Cassandra Lynch (stage manager)

Performed at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center October 11-15 2018