Rhapsode longs to write the songs in her head, about men and gods and a war on Troy. But:
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female poets are illegal in archaic Athens,
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her husband is plotting a coup, and
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no one west of Phoenicia knows how to write.
If only Rhapsode lived in Lesbos, like that lucky hack Sappho. Or if only Rhapsode realized her slave is Phoenician….
Woman of Troy
…and the Men of the Future
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.
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