Smaranda Ciceu as “Cassandra”
Photo: J Elissa Marshall
A New Adaptation by Meghan Kennedy & Kimber Lee
Directed by Halena Kays
Performances: October 30*, 31 & November 3, 4, 5, 6 at 8:00 PM
October 31 & November 1, 8 at 2:00 PM
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Tickets: $20 adults, $17 UT faculty & staff, $15 students available online at www.texasperformingarts.org or by phone at 477-6060.
*Join us October 30th for an Opening Night Reception immediately following the performance. Guests will be able to mingle with the cast, crew, and director of The Trojan Women while enjoying an assortment of light snacks and desserts.
Media and Resources:
- Cast List
- Director Information
- Synopsis
- Costume Renderings by Alison Heryer
- Lighting Design Renderings by Cheng-Wei Teng
- Press and Reviews
Synopsis:
The war is over. A great city has fallen.
Among the rubble, women wait to hear their fate at the hands of the victorious army, struggling to survive, refusing to give in, and somehow finding hope in the most unexpected places.
Halena Kays is a second year MFA director and most recently conceived and directed 101 Ways to … for the 2009 University Co-op presents the Cohen New Works Festival and directed Lidless for UTNT. Halena is from Chicago were she was the co-founder and artistic director of Barrel of Monkeys for whom she directed their long-running hit shows. She is a Northwestern grad, a member of The Hypocrites Theater company and a former member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care unit. Halena is equally proud to have worked with many other respectable and disreputable theater companies in Chicago over the years; she was most recently seen on stage in Mud and 4.48 Psychosis (The Hypocrites), The Children's Hour (Timeline), The Golden Truffle (Redmoon), and Fair Use and Theatrical Essays (Steppenwolf Garage). In Chicago she directed the critically acclaimed Fake Lake for the Neo-Futurists. Halena has been nominated for a Jefferson Citation for Best Supporting Actress, achieved the Presidential Fitness Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 and received a signed letter from Mr. Rogers saying she was “special” in 1978.
- Xochitl Romero as Athena
- Kate deBuys as Hecuba
- Smaranda Ciceu as Cassandra
- Lesley Gurule as Andromache
- Verity Branco as Helen
- Keenan Zarling as Poseidon
- Emilio Banda as Talthybius
- Rodney Richardson as Menelaus
Chorus:
- Marlane Barnes
- Sofia Ruiz
- Davina Ugochukwu
- Kelli Schultz
Soliders:
- Diego Medellin
- Joshua McGowan
Press and Reviews:
