Maria Panourgia

Maria Panourgia could have been a painter but chose to be an actor, director and stage designer instead.

Born in Corinth, she studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and Acting at Akis Davis’ studio.

As an actor, she has worked with directors including Akis Davis, Ploutarchos Kaϊtatzis, Yorgos Kakanakis, Anna Dimitriadis, Albrecht Hirche, Elena Penga, Dimitris Mavrikios, Yorgos Lanthimos, Michael Marmarinos, Dimitris Nakos, Akyllas Karazisis, Sofia Vgenopoulou, Sotiris Hatzakis, Dimitris Karantzas, Thanassis Sarantos, Angela Brouskou, Michalis Konstantatos, Elli Papakonstantinou, Filippos Kanakaris, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Haris Fragoulis and Yannis Skourletis.

She was one of the leads in the Russian director Konstantin Bogomolov’s production of Dostoyevsky’s "The Demons", which received its world premiere at the Onassis Stegi in 2017.

“Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is the fourth play she has directed and her first at the Onassis Stegi. The three plays she has directed previously are “Minion, a Christmas Story” (Bios, 2013–2014), “The Master and Margarita, a picnic with the devil” (National Theatre of Greece Experimental Stage, 2016) and “The legend of Saint Kartak and the little flower ” (Athens Festival, 2017).