is coming to
CHICAGO
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ONE NIGHT SPECIAL EVENT
(Wine reception after the show with Angeliki Giannakopoulos)
Saturday, September 15th @ 8:00 pm
Greenhouse Theater Center
Greenhouse Theater Center
Produced by:
(Antiope) Tobie Loomis
Kathy Roupas
"Nick The Greek" is a One Woman Show written, produced, and performed by Angeliki Giannakopoulos and directed by Amy Chaffee. It tells the true story of Nick, an illegal Greek immigrant, who grew up in a world where his ambitions were greater than what his country could offer him.
We see this story unfold over the course of 40 years. His journey begins in a small village, close to Kalamata, Greece, where he was born. Nick survived WWII, became a tailor by trade, got married and had three children. One day, he brings a suitcase home and tells his wife to pack it. He was leaving for America to create the life he always dreamed of since he was a little boy. He had heard that in America, dollars grow on trees.
Nick's daughter, Angeliki, puts her 29-year experience of theater and storytelling into the most emotional, personal, funny, and heart-wrenching performance of her life. Every item on stage has a personal meaning for her. Every suit she wears, are suits that her father, Nick, made with his own hands 50 years ago. This is an immigration story that provides a personal perspective of a young man chasing the "American Dream" as so many millions of people have done before him and continue to do today. Now, more than ever, the dialogue surrounding this topic is evolving, which is why the story of "Nick The Greek" is one that needs to be told, and needs to be told now. It's also a way for the children of immigrants to understand and appreciate the sacrifices their parents endured to give them a better life, and to ask the question "Who do they want to become?"
We see this story unfold over the course of 40 years. His journey begins in a small village, close to Kalamata, Greece, where he was born. Nick survived WWII, became a tailor by trade, got married and had three children. One day, he brings a suitcase home and tells his wife to pack it. He was leaving for America to create the life he always dreamed of since he was a little boy. He had heard that in America, dollars grow on trees.
Nick's daughter, Angeliki, puts her 29-year experience of theater and storytelling into the most emotional, personal, funny, and heart-wrenching performance of her life. Every item on stage has a personal meaning for her. Every suit she wears, are suits that her father, Nick, made with his own hands 50 years ago. This is an immigration story that provides a personal perspective of a young man chasing the "American Dream" as so many millions of people have done before him and continue to do today. Now, more than ever, the dialogue surrounding this topic is evolving, which is why the story of "Nick The Greek" is one that needs to be told, and needs to be told now. It's also a way for the children of immigrants to understand and appreciate the sacrifices their parents endured to give them a better life, and to ask the question "Who do they want to become?"
A VERY SUCCESSFUL CLOSING NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES, JUNE 3, 2018:
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