After the Trojan Women

Theatre
Backstage Theatre
  • Jan 31, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM (Preview)
  • Feb 01, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM (Opening)
  • Feb 02, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM
  • Feb 04, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM
  • Feb 05, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM (ASL Interpreted)
  • Feb 06, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM
  • Feb 07, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM (ASL Interpreted)
  • Feb 08, 1:30 PM – 3:45 PM
  • Feb 08, 7:30 PM – 9:45 PM (Closing)
2 hours 15 minutes (incl. intermission)
TICKETS

An Alma Theatre production presented by Common Ground Arts

Written by Amena Shehab and Joanna Blundell
Directed by Liz Hobbs

Age Recommendation: 16+

ABOUT AFTER THE TROJAN WOMEN
A chorus of women across cultures, identities, and generations gather in a threshold where time collapses, where worlds collide, where women stand. This epic new work inspired by Euripides’ classic meets three modern Syrian women after a wild storm brings them to the shores of Turkey – as the ancient Trojan Women prepare for their voyage to Greece. 

Thrilling, heartbreaking, and inspiring, After the Trojan Women will sweep you across millennia and cultures of women in times of war and perseverance.

ASL Interpretation available Wednesday February 5 and Friday February 7.
Interpreters: Andrea Konowalec, Deanna Brouet, Jody Morrison

Preview with co-playwright Amena Shehab: “A story lives forever.” -12thnight.ca

Content Warnings

Technical Warnings: Haze, loud sounds simulating bombing/war,

Content warnings: Suicidal ideation, murder of an infant (offstage), descriptions of children drowning, descriptions of rape, accidental stabbing death on stage

CREATIVE TEAM
Director Liz Hobbs
Playwrights Amena Shehab & Joanna Blundell
Dramaturg Aksam Alyousef
Stage Manager Marian Brant
Production Manager Kat Evans
Technical Director Chris Kavanagh
Set & Lighting Designer Alison Yanota
Costume Designer Rebecca Cypher
Sound Designer Ashley Weckesser
Fight Choreographer Cliff Kelly
Assistant Director Rahaf Fasheh
Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Yorke
Photography Brianne Jang

CAST
Goddess Tatiana Duque
Huriya Michelle Todd
Manar Monica Gate
Sumaya Kristi Hansen
Hecuba Annette Loiselle
Andromache Julia van Dam
Cassandra Stephanie Bessala
Chorus Autumn Strom
Chorus Jasmine Hopfe

Meet the Team

Amena Shehab

Playwright

Joanna Blundell

Playwright

Liz Hobbs

Director

Marian Brant

Stage Manager

Kristi Hansen

Performer – Sumaya

Annette Loiselle

Performer – Hecuba

Michelle Todd

Performer – Huriya

Jasmine Hopfe

Performer – Chorus

Stephanie Bessala

Performer – Cassandra

Julia van Dam

Performer – Andromache

Monica Gate

Performer – Manar

Tatiana Duque

Performer – Goddess

Autumn Strom

Performer – Chorus

Chris Kavanagh

Technical Director

Kat Evans

Production Manager

Alison Yanota

Set and Lighting Designer

Rebecca Cypher

Costume Designer

Ashley Weckesser

Composer/Sound Designer

Sarah Yorke

Assistant Stage Manager

Rahaf Fasheh

Assistant Director

Cliff Kelly

Fight Choreopgrapher

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