A Trojan Woman
adapted
Trojan Barbie
by Christine Evans
Highlights
90 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Synopsis
A Car-Crash Encounter with Euripides' Trojan Women .
Past and present violently collide when Lotte, an English tourist who repairs dolls, is captured while on a tour of current-day Troy and flung back into the ancient camp of Euripides' Trojan Women .
Part contemporary drama, part homage to Euripides' Trojan Women, Trojan Barbie recasts the legendary fall of the city of Troy against the vivid reality of modern warfare.
Poetic, compassionate, and tinged with great warmth and humor, Trojan Barbie is an epic war story with a most unlikely heroine, who always looks on the bright side even as past and present collide about her.
Press Reviews
"You will not find a better play. Anywhere. Anytime."
— The Signal Tribune
"Playwright Christine Evans melds contemporary art and culture with an ancient, mythical war in her explosive new work, Trojan Barbie...an imaginative, time-warped view of the ongoing challenges women have faced since foreign conflict first raged thousands of years ago."
— Talkin' Broadway
"Based on Trojan Barbie, Christine Evans should be on the radar of anyone who cares about contemporary American theater."
— OC Weekly
"Daringly conceived...As hard-edged and eloquent as slam poetry."
— The Edge
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Hecuba - Queen of Trojans; widow of Priam. |
| Polly X - Hecuba’s youngest daughter, age 15. |
| Cassandra - Hecuba’s prescient daughter; late teens. |
| Andromache - Hecuba’s daughter-in-law; Hector’s widow; early 30s. |
| Clea - Woman in the camp; CHORUS. Age can be flexibly cast. |
| Esme - Woman in the camp; CHORUS. Age can be flexibly cast. |
| Zoe - Woman in the camp; CHORUS. Age can be flexibly cast. |
| Ayla - Woman in the camp; CHORUS. Age can be flexibly cast.The Others |
| Helen - The face that launched, etc. Ageless. |
| Lotte - An English tourist and doll repair expert. Age 35-50. |
| Mica - Camp guard; also assigned to local spin. 30s. |
| Jorge - Soldier from the conquering army. 20s. Latino. |
| Max - Soldier from the conquering army. 20s. African-American. |
| Menelaus - Helen’s slighted husband; led the army that destroyed Troy. 30s or 40s. |
| Clive - Lotte’s fantasy partner (actually a waiter.) Ageless and perfect. |
| Officer In Blue - Deus Ex Machina from the conquering army. |
| Talthybius - Diplomatic African gentleman; messenger from the conquering army. Age can be flexibly cast. |
| The Trojans |
Publication
Trojan Barbie is a play written by Christine Evans and published by Samuel French .
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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