Original Review

The Prenzie Players' presentation of Euripides' The Trojan Women, adapted by Richard Lattimore, runs just over an hour, and I can't imagine who would want it to last longer than that. There's so much anguish and grief on display, and the material appears so deeply felt by director Jill Sullivan-Bennin's cast, that the production leaves you not just haunted, but shaken; it's questionable whether either the actors or the audience could endure two hours of such extreme emotional states.

The great city of Troy has fallen, her men slaughtered by the crafty Greeks. Thrown into a make-shift prison, along with their surviving children, the women who lived through the massacre mourn their loss and dread their future as slaves, concubines, and forced brides to the conquering Greek soldiers.

Friday, May 22—Post show discussion immediately after!
Saturday, May 23
Sunday, May 24—Matinee only 2pm!
Friday, May 29
Saturday, May 30
Sunday, May 31

Prenzie Players will be holding a Verse Workshop in conjunction with Auditions for the March production of "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare and May's production of "Trojan Women" by Euripides. The workshop will examine selected text from both shows and introduce a few tidbits on how to successfully prepare for auditions.

Verse Workshop
December 1, 2008: 7-9pm

Auditions for "Much Ado About Nothing" AND "Trojan Women"
Readings from the scripts with other actors.
Feel free to bring a prepared monologue, but not necessary.
Wednesday and Thursday, December 3, 4: 6-9pm