From left: Michalis Sarantis, Christos Loulis, Nikos Karathanos and Aris Servetalis in “The Birds,” by Aristophanes at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, May 1, 2018. These winged gunslingers show up in the Greek director Nikos Karathanos’ rowdy riff on Aristophanes’ play, the 2,500-year-old comedy about the quest for utopia. (Richard Termine/The New York Times)