The Night of Penelope

I was born in Athens in March 1960. I did everything with difficulty, because few people knew about dyslexia at the time, so I was rushed to the ophthalmologist every now and then. Then they easily called me lazy and kept quiet! Later they admired me for my interests, the theater studies I did, but also journalism. I wanted to be a war correspondent, maybe to die gloriously! I prepared for the National Theater on my own. Taking the exams, I passed and graduated in 1984. I became a mother of twins via IVF and left the theater to raise them. To live every day of their lives. In 2015 I was a candidate for parliament in the national elections, while I have returned to the theater more than five years now, giving performances on the off-Broadway stages of Athens, because I did not want to become known through television. Well-known big theaters don't want unknown actors. That's what they told me! The cycle, in any case, was a vicious one. Inside, however, I am full of images with colors and light... If you want to know more about me and my artistic activities, this is my website: www.pstavropoulou.gr