Stratos Eletheriou – Upcoming actor and playwright awarded for his playwright debut at New York Theater Festival for his dark comedy play LAUGHTER THERAPY

Stratos Eleftheriou is an actor and playwright based in New York. Born and raised in Athens Greece, he trained professionally as an actor at East 15 Acting School in London. Ever since he was a child his passion for comedy was evident. He enjoyed memorizing the jokes his grandma would tell him and later discovered the world of sitcoms, slapstick humor, and dark comedies. His ongoing passion for comedy led him to train for clown comedy at Philippe Gaulier’s clown school in France. As an actor he has starred in several short films which are currently being screened at Festivals worldwide;he was last seen at Olga Malea’s series Maria: The Unknown Callas which was nominated at Valencia International Film Festival for Best Series. As for his stage acting credits he is to perform again this September in the second run of Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Errors (Stairwell Theater Company) at ShowBox Battery Park, NYC.

Stratos Eleftheriou

As a writer, his first dark comedy pilot episode “SCARY TOUCH”, in which he starred was awarded at London’s Horror Film Awards Festival for Best Pilot in the summer of 24’. His playwright debut was this summer of 2026 with his dark comedy short play “LAUGHTER 

THERAPY”. The synopsis of the play is: “A group of repressed New Yorkers join a Laughter Therapy Group as a last resort to regain their joy.”. It was performed and produced at the New York Theater Festival and was successfully awarded for BEST SHORT PRODUCTION. The play was directed by Emma Garner and starred Danae Vasilopoulos, Arden Carethers, Maira Bondre, Carlos Bravo, Kai Farr (also was the script doctor) and Stratos Eleftheriou who also produced it.

Having two awards as a writer, Stratos is artistically curious, grateful and eager to write more so be ready to giggle!

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