Past production · April 2026 · Bramble Arts Loft
The Trojan Women
by Caroline Bird after Euripides · Directed by Rachel Sledd Iannantuoni
A blisteringly relevant modern-day version of Euripides’ anti-war play, The Trojan Women has been rewritten and is set in a mother-and-baby unit of a prison.
The war is over. Beyond the prison walls, Troy and its people burn. Inside the prison, the city’s captive women await their fate. Stalking the antiseptic confines of its mother and baby unit is Hecuba, the fallen Trojan queen, whilst the pregnant Chorus is shackled to her bed.
But their grief at what has been before will soon be drowned out by the horror of what is to come, as the Greek lust for vengeance consumes everything — man, woman and baby — in its path.
This caustic and radical new version of Euripides’ classic tragedy comes from one of the UK’s most exciting young poets, Caroline Bird. It is an intense, gripping look at what happens when the world collapses.
Source: Publisher — Oberon Books
The company
Cast
HecubaAshway Lawver (she/her) 
ChorusMorgan Lavenstein (she/her) 
TalthybiusBen Page (he/him) 
CassandraLiliana Mastroianni (she/they) 
AndromacheJazmine Mazique (she/her) 
Helen of TroyMorgan Burkey (she/her) 
MenelausMarcus Castillo (he/him) 
PoseidonBrian Weddington (he/him) 
AthenaRachel Sledd (she/her)
Photos by Steven Townshend | Distant Era
On film
The production
Artists
- Director
- Rachel Sledd
- Set Designer
- Shayna Patel
- Light Designer
- Garrett Bell
- Costume Designer
- Rachel Sledd
- Sound Designer
- Mason Absher
- Stage Manager
- Michael Lesko
- Fight Choreographer
- Thomas Russell
Information
Parking
Plentiful paid meter parking through the Park Chicago app is available directly in front of the theater on Clark Street (payment not required on Saturdays or Sundays). Free street parking can also be found on surrounding neighborhood streets (please read all posted signs).
Refund/exchange policy
Patron seat fee and patron credit card fee are non-refundable. Please email boxoffice@eostheatre.org with questions regarding exchanges on your order.
No late seating
As a reminder, there is no late seating at any of our performances. If you are running late on the day of the performance or wish to exchange your ticket for another date, please email the Eos Theatre House Manager at boxoffice@eostheatre.org for further assistance.
Content advisory
Please be advised this production contains strong language; discussions and descriptions of rape and/or sexual assault; abuse (physical, mental, verbal, sexual, and harm of pregnant persons); self-harm; stage violence, non-firing prop gun; pregnancy and childbirth; blood; war.
No photos or videography
Photography and videography during the show is strictly prohibited.
Run time
Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.