There has been an explosion of feminist retellings of classic texts in recent years. We’ve gobbled up The Penelopiad, Circe, Song of Achilles, Lore Olympus, Hadestown, and countless more.
But even in this reckoning with flawed narrators and male-focused stories, we have yet to see young Helen given the privilege of a loving rewrite. She remains (even in these retellings) the reviled, vain mean girl that lead countless men to their deaths with her wantonness.
Seeing the way certain female celebrities and public figures remain susceptible to this sort of public flogging, we’ve been interested in revisiting the world's first "mean girl" and asking just why we hate her so much.
In the year of the Barbie Movie, it seems like a decent time to ask.
Join us for a brand new devised work around the story of Helen of Troy.
Videos
Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Theatre Raleigh (7/17 - 7/28) | ||
& Juliet
DPAC (10/1 - 10/6) | ||
Some Like It HOt
DPAC (6/17 - 6/22) | ||
Open House
PlayMakers Repertory Company (8/24 - 8/24) | ||
Paint Me This House of Love
Burning Coal Theatre (1/30 - 2/16) | ||
Back to the Future: The Musical
DPAC (5/20 - 5/25) | ||
TR In Concert: Seth Rudetsky - Seth's Bit Fat Broadway Show
Theatre Raleigh (6/22 - 6/22) | ||
Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Orange Community Players (7/25 - 7/28) | ||
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