EFFEA Jury

Katerina Evangelatos is an acclaimed stage director for Τheatre and Opera and has been appointed Artistic Director of the Athens Epidaurus Festival initially with a three-year tenure which was renewed until 2025 (2019-2025). Under her direction, the Festival focuses on large scale international co-productions and world premieres, as well as on innovative dramaturgic approaches to ancient greek drama, enlarging audiences and attracting young spectators.

She has directed over 20 Theatre and Opera productions at major cultural organisations in Greece and abroad, including the National Theatre of Greece, the Athens Epidaurus Festival, the Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in Russia, and the State Theatre of Augsburg in Germany.
For her productions she has received numerous awards. Her opera production The Tales of Hoffmann (Perm Opera Theatre, 2015) was nominated for 9 Golden Mask Awards, the most prestigious award in Russian theatre, including those for Best Opera Production and Best Director.
Evangelatos is consistently active in theatre education with a focus on ancient drama and has been invited to give seminars and lectures both in Greece and abroad (NYU in New York, University of Athens, Harvard University in Athens, National Theatre of Greece, etc).