Written by Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by MFA student Jit Yang Tung
About the show: Troy has fallen, her women reach out to each other, outward to us. The classical Greek tragedy of Trojan Women tells the story of the survivors of the mythic war of Troy – a war won by invasion and a gift of a Horse. “Perhaps the greatest anti-war play ever written” – Ellen McLaughlin’s compact version of the Euripides follows Queen Hecuba and a chorus of Women, of gods, queens, mothers, daughters, wives, citizens and sisters of a city now fallen to ruin. An ensemble of “the most extraordinary roles for women in theatrical literature” as they endeavor to “transcend even the most terrible pain.” How will they attempt to comprehend, apprehend, and reflect on these tragic consequences of war? How will we? A play and communion around the question: “Why after all this tragedy, do we keep going to war?”