Athena Stourna is a scenographer, theatre maker, and researcher. She is the author of the monograph La Cuisine à la scène: boire et manger au théâtre du XXe siècle (2011). Athena has presented her work nationally and internationally, notably at The World Stage Design (Cardiff, 2013) and the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (2015), among other venues. She teaches scenography and other theatre-related courses at various universities in Greece and Cyprus. She has been a visiting fellow at the Casa de Velázquez (Madrid) and at the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton.