Woman of Troy

…and the Men of the Future

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Rhapsode longs to write the songs in her head, about men and gods and a war on Troy.  But female poets are illegal in archaic Athens, her husband is plotting a coup, and no one west of Phoenicia knows how to write. 

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If only Rhapsode lived in Lesbos, like that lucky hack Sappho.  Or if only Rhapsode realized her slave is Phoenician….

Upstart Creatures, 2017

Workshop Production

Resonance Ensemble, 2014

Reading

National Playwrights' Conference

Finalist, 2014