Pleiades Theatre
and Canadian Arabic Orchestra - Maple Arts
present a public reading of
AFTER THE TROJAN WOMEN
by Amena Shehab and Joanna Blundell
Dramaturgy by ASH KNIGHT
"Women have been leading laments since before the war began;
after the soldiers are back in the dark earth, now the women remain.”
This new full-length play After the Trojan Women is inspired by Euripides’ ancient play, The Trojan Women. This new work plays on the strange coincidence that modern Syrian women and the Trojan Women both find themselves on the west coast of Turkey, the site of ancient Troy, about to cross the Mediterranean Sea to a new life in Greece or beyond.
Part of
Pleiades Theatre's 2023/2024 Artistic Season and
Canadian Arabic Orchestra - Maple Arts' Festival of Arabic Music and Arts '23
OCTOBER 28th (at 7:30PM) & 29th (at 6:00PM), 2023
at the Unitarian Congregation, Mississauga, ON
NOVEMBER 8th and 9th, 2023 at 7:30PM
at Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto, ON
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Pleiades Theatre acknowledges the generous support of our donors, the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation, The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation, The McLean Foundation and our Season Sponsor BMO.
Playwright
Amena Shehab
Huriya
Roula Said
Andromache
Roselyn Kelada-Sedra
Playwright
Joanna Blundell
Sumaya
Saja Kilani
Hecuba and CAO Producer
May Tartoussy
Director
Rahaf Fasheh
Manar
Hiyam Mahrat
Goddess
Basima Takrouri
Stage Manager
Cristina Hernandez
Cassandra
Zaynna Khalife
Chorus
Liana Bdewi
Translator
Aksam Alyousef
Dramaturg and Mentor
Ash Knight
CAO Assistant Producer
Kody Poisson