Sidiropoulou, Avra: - Avra Sidiropoulou is Associate Professor of Contemporary Theatre Theory and Practice at the Open University of Cyprus, and Artistic Director of Persona Theatre Company. She is the author of Directions for Directing: Theatre and Method (2018) and Authoring Performance: The Director in Contemporary Theatre (2011). She was nominated for the 2020 Gilder/Coigney International Award by the League of Professional Theatre Women in New York.