Trojan Women -Sound Designer
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Creative Team:
Director Jan Wood Set Design Matthew Wilkerson Costume Designer Sasha Lazin Lighting Designer Jaxun Maron Sound Designer Logan Swain Movement Director Treena Stubel Stage Manager Bethany Bendall |
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FEBRUARY 14 – 23, 2019
Phoenix Theatre @ UVic, Victoria, BC By Euripides Translation by Alan Shapiro Director Jan Wood This Greek tragedy is the first play written about the brutal aftermath of war. Set against the background of the epic tale of the Trojan War, Euripides shifts our focus away from the conquering heroes. Instead, he tells the story from the perspective of the wives, mothers and daughters of the defeated Trojan warriors. These vanquished women have lost their families, their dignity and their sense of place in the world. They struggle with their grief and uncertainty as the victors decide their fate. This powerful and timeless play reminds us that the casualties of war are not abstract concepts but living, breathing, suffering people. Although written in 415 BCE, this play’s message continues to resonate today. |
Cast:
Helen: Georgia Duff Poseidon: Brendan Elwell Hecuba: Sarah Hunsberger Cassandra: Emma Newton Talthybius: Ted Angelo Ngkaion Andromache: Joy Peters Athena: Una Rekic Menelaus: Ciaran Volke
Male Soldiers:
Davey Bastin-DeCoste Chris Gaines Glen Shafer |
Reviews
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“Wood and her team have updated Trojan Women, pulling it ahead a few thousand years to a modern-day war zone. Matthew Wilkerson has designed a fine set … dominated by a ruined two-story building with bombed-out concrete walls, torn plastic tarps and a defective light that flickers ominously. Occasionally, we hear a jet fighter tearing through the sky.”
-Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist |
“Pitting endless tragedy against everlasting hope, measuring the importance of loyalty for the living and for the dead, and demonstrating how even the powerless have strength: UVic’s Phoenix Theatre’s cast and creative team have reincarnated Trojan Women to its proper contemporary form. The play proves not only the severity of women’s struggles after war, but also their prevalence.” -Nate Downe, NEXUS
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“Apart from Wood and movement director Treena Stubel, who is both a Phoenix alumna and current instructor, this production of Trojan Women is firmly in the hands of the next generation of theatre artists, thanks to the 27-person all-student team of cast, crew, and designers. “They know what’s happening in the world. They’ve seen the images and they’ve incorporated the power of that loss into the piece.” says the director.” -John Threlfall, The Ring