A Trojan Woman
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Description
In a flash of modern warfare (Ukraine? Afghanistan? Vietnam? Poland? Hiroshima? Israel? Gaza?), a mother loses her child. She becomes a Trojan woman, compelled to embody every iconic character in Euripides’ classic play.
Production Info
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Press Quotes
“[A TROJAN WOMAN] puts a modern spin on Euripides’ anti-war tragedy … It is a timeless cry echoing across 3,000+ years — with no end in sight — to our great detriment and woe. When will such aggression end?” —Jay Lustig, njarts.net
“[A TROJAN WOMAN] is a play that in its simplicity and imagination brings home hard truths that, sadly, have been repeated from conflict to conflict for over two millennia … Words on paper cannot begin to describe the effect this play will have on those who see it. Its message may be as old as time but it is one that repeats down through the ages. I cannot urge you more strongly to see A TROJAN WOMAN.” —Allen Neuner, Out In Jersey
Author
Sara FarringtonPlaywright, co-founder of Foxy Films theater co. with Reid Farrington. The mind behind the "Theater Is Hard" Substack. MFA in Playwriting Brooklyn College with Mac Wellman. Sara's plays have been called "dazzling" by The New Yorker and "brave, almost foolhardy" by The New York Times. Publications include "The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde" (53rd State Press), LOOK OUT, A TROJAN WOMAN, MICKEY & SAGE (all @ Broadway Play Publishing, Inc), LEISURE, LABOR, LUST (Next Stage). A TROJAN WOMAN has toured to Mixed Blood Theater, Minneapolis, Magic Theater, San Francisco, Powerhouse @ Vassar, Luna Stage, Katina Paxinou Theater in Athens, Greece, The MAC Theater, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Kings Head Theater, London. Sara wrote the book & lyrics for DR. UNCANNY PRESENTS: MOREAU '96, a musical composed by David Van Tieghem, directed by Reid Farrington, adapted from "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau." Sara's multi-media play CASABLANCABOX was commissioned as part of HARP @ HERE Arts Center and nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. Sara's LOOK OUT was developed as part of NaCL's Deep Space Residency, Sept 2026 and was a 2026 Finalist for The Henley Rose Playwriting Prize. Sara's DORA MAAR, about the surrealist and the making of "Guernica," is in development, with workshops at Luna Stage. Sara constructed and performs in CARELESS PEOPLE, based on a 100-year-old transcript from Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Other plays: BRANDOCAPOTE (Tank, Art House), MENDACITY (Official selection NYCITFF), LEISURE, LABOR, LUST (The Mount, Lenox MA & Tank) THE RETURN (commissioned by & performed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Venetian Sculpture Gallery & Grace Rainey Rogers Theater) MICKEY & SAGE (Incubator Arts Project), NEAR VICKSBURG (Incubator Arts Project), THE RISE & FALL OF MILES & MILO (FringeNYC Award: Outstanding Playwriting). Sara's been an artist-in-residence at The Mercury Store, NaCL's Deep Space, New Ohio, Luna Stage, Great Plains, MacDowell and others, with support from NYFA, NYSCA, Venturous Fund, Axe-Houghton, NJCOA & others. For more: www.ladyfarrington.com & subscribe to Theater Is Hard: https://substack.com/@theaterishard
EuripidesEuripides (c. 480 – 406 BCE) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He became one of the best-known and most influential dramatists in classical Greek culture; of his 90 plays, 19 have survived. His most famous tragedies, which reinvent Greek myths and probe the darker side of human nature, include MEDEA, THE BACCHAE, HIPPOLYTUS, ALCESTIS, and THE TROJAN WOMEN.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 6/28/2024 |
| Pages | 59 |
| ISBN | 9798888560129 |
Special Notes
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com
Production Notes
I originally wrote A TROJAN WOMAN as a solo performance for one female actor. However, the play functions beautifully as a multiplayer piece, too.
Your company is free to perform the show with as few as 1 or as many 10 actors, even more if you consider the Chorus.
The multiplayer version is self-explanatory in the script, and the rules are pretty much embedded in the text and stage directions. So as long as the text, meaning, characterization, context, and world itself remain intact, feel free to stage the multiplayer version as creatively as you want. And I’m always here to consult if you want to reach out.
I created the “trash” markers (laundry basket/shower curtain, water bottle, umbrellas, etc.) as a way to guide the audience through the solo performer’s character shifts. With multiplayer version, I lean toward still using them as Ancient Greek symbols and to deepen the visual.
—Sara Farrington
