Golfo's Monologues
“Golfo’s Monologues” emerged from the Playwriting Workshop of the Department of Theatre Studies as a creative dialogue between young writers and Spyridon Peresiades. Through the lens of the monologue, these writers reached across time to encounter Golfo—both as she once was and as she might exist today.
Yanna Roilou, Head of the Playwriting Workshop, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras.
Texts by: Nikoletta Maltezou, Panoraia Balafa, Maria-Aliki Christodoulopoulou, Sophia-Kleopatra Neou, Angeliki Kourtesopoulou, Myrto Karavousanou, Kyriakos Nassos-Americanos, Angeliki Pitt
Direction: Anna Gourzi, theatrologist-director
Music by: Christos Magalioulis (guitar, vocals), Eleni Seferi (piano)
Actors (Theatre Group - IONIOS QUINTA): Despina Doulgeraki, Katerina Karvela, Vasiliki Karveli, Michalaki Fai, Roumeliotis Giannis, Patrinelli Anna.
Director's note
Eight monologues bring the myth of Golfo into the present, illuminating the inner worlds of both women and men as they grapple with memory, longing, and regret. In this reimagining, Golfo is no longer confined to a romanticized past; she becomes a shared voice—of all who mourn a love betrayed, a love lost.
Rather than dismantling the myth, our contemporary setting rebuilds it with a modern pulse: bold, raw, and honest. Live music flows with the text, echoing the emotional rhythm of the characters and emphasizing the enduring resonance of their feelings.
Our minimalist set design centers on emotional symbolism. A few carefully chosen objects evoke memory and internal struggle, allowing the actors’ voices and physicality to take center stage. The performers’ bare feet represent a conscious return to the ground—to truth, pain, and presence, stripped of societal masks.
With our amateur theatre group IONIOS - Kouinda, operating with the dedication and integrity of professionals under the auspices of the Association of Kefalonians and Ithakians of Aegialia - Kalavryta, we have created a theatrical space where the personal becomes universal, and the lament of lost love becomes a call for honesty, accountability, and transformation.
We hope our Golfo does not only speak of what has been lost—but of what might still be saved.
ANNA GOURZI
Theatrologist – Director
