The Deree Drama Club has just taken its bows after the premier of Oscar Wilde’s play, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Nicole Kalogeropoulos, who played grumpy Lady Bracknell, the mother of Gwendolyn, stands outside the Black Box Theater cradling bouquets of flowers in her arms. Every time she starts walking towards the entrance of the Communication building, spectators who want to congratulate her on her performance stop her.

Nicole owns a room the minute she enters it. Several months after the last performance of the play and far away from the stage and applauding crowd, she sat in room 705 wearing a denim shirt and beige pants – and the aura of a star. But the Miami-born Nicole may end… Continue reading →

The huge theater adorned in beautiful red hues and wood captivate me as I walk down the aisle. I sit in one of the soft seats and wait for the show to begin.

The Pierce College theater, with a 730-person capacity, is one of two theatres on the American College of Greece campus. The other, a black box theatre with moveable seats and set in the Communication building, has a capacity of around 250 people.

The College holds a host of cultural events every year: ballets and other dance performances, concerts, film previews, plays. Several concerts are scheduled for this November and December (see below for details).

“We always try to organize quality events and we expect students to attend,”… Continue reading →

It’s 6:15 p.m. on a Monday and the Deree Drama Club is gathered outside the Black Box Theater, getting ready for its regular rehearsal. “It’s time to go in guys,” shouts the director, and the production moves into the dark Box.

They kick off their shoes and start with their exercises, inhaling and exhaling always from the stomach. A couple of minutes later, they all take their up scripts and start reading their parts out loud. But this is no ordinary rehearsal. Along with the script, each actor has a piece fruit in his hand. The task is to learn how to talk and eat at the same time.

The Deree Drama Club decided in the spring of 2004 to… Continue reading →

Straight black hair, flirtatious gaze, hands crossed in anticipation. Thewoman that is constantly staring at you. Is she the woman every mandreams to have?

Only if that man is into going out with a 500 year-old lady who goes by the name Mona Lisa. Yes, Mona Lisa, the famous Renaissance painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, painted between 1503 and 1505.

But is it her looks or her smile that brought the fame? Whichever it is, one thing is certain: something mysterious is going on with Mona Lisa and her famous smile.

On Mona Lisa’s 500 th birthday, we found out at last what it is. We know why her smile appears and disappears while our eyes concentrate on different parts… Continue reading →