The Trojan Women Project and LadyM – Rachel Hynes – FESCH.TV

The Trojan Women Project and LadyM – Rachel Hynes & FESCH.TV:

****The Trojan Women Project, Directed by Rachel Hynes, Devised by Rachel Hynes and the ensemble.

The Trojan Women Project is a devised adaptation of Euripedes‘ The Trojan Women, devised by Rachel Hynes and the ensemble. We transpose this Greek classic to a gentrifying street in Washington DC, where the residents discuss whether or not women are winners or losers in the American Dream.

This clip is the opening section of the show, showing a timelines of “women’s” history from the ancient Greeks to the 21st century, with a fashion show of American women.

Originally produced by Brave Spirits Theatre, Alexandria, VA
Charlene V. Smith, Producing Artistic Director
www.bravespiritstheatre.com

As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival
January 31 – February 25, 2018
Directed by Rachel Hynes
Assistant Directed by Amber Smithers
Set Design by Brian Gillick
Costume Design by Kristina Martin
Lighting Design by Peter Caress
Makeup Design by Briana Manente
Fight Choreography by Casey Kaleba
Original Music by Karen Lange
Stage Managed by Kaylin Peachey

Original Ensemble
Jenny Suzy Alden
Regan Renea S. Brown
Jessica Francesca Marie Chilcote
Betty Lisa Hill-Corley
Sarah Karen Lange
Lolly Nancy Linden
Willow Ruthie Rado
Maya Diana Gonzalez Ramirez
Nefertiti Nicole Ruthmarie
Kimberly Claire Schoonover
Devin Ezra Tozian
Alexis Allison Turkel
Maria Claudia Rosales Waters

Workshopped with Suzy Alden, Sandra Atkinson, Elliott Bales, Greta Boeringer, Francesca Marie Chilcote, Debora Crabbe, Peter Danelski, Gwen Grastorf, Lisa Hill-Corley, Nancy Linden, Chloe Mikala, Lilian Oben, Risikat Okedeyi, Fatima Quander, Otis Ramsey-Zoe, Ruthie Rado, Diana Gonzalez Ramirez, Charlene V. Smith, Alison Talvacchio, Stephanie Tomiko, Ezra Tozian, Allison Turkel, and Claudia Rosales Waters.

Additional text by Euripides, translated by Edith Hamilton

***LadyM, devised by Rachel Hynes, Anastasia Wilson and Francesca Chilcote

Double, double, toil and…tampons?
An absurd comedy from the minds of menstruators, inspired by witches, banshees, shrews, power-suits, internet trolls, and all others with blood on their hands.

Based on interviews with DC menstruators about their attitudes toward menstruation, LadyM pits these stories against the themes, characters, and language in Shakespeare’s Macbeth to explore blood, ambition, sorcery as power, and violence. Delving into the deep, dark, and bloody traditions of menstruators stigmatized bodies, we push these difficult issues through the lens of grotesque comedy in this highly stylized, absurdist, and radical bloodbath.

Lead Producing Playwright of the Welders: Rachel Hynes

Devised by: Rachel Hynes, Francesca Chilcote, Anastasia Wilson and Vanita Kalra, with outside eye, Claudia Rosales-Waters

Performed by Rachel Hynes, Francesca Chilcote and Deidre Staples

Costume Design: Julie Cray Leong
Assistant Costume Designer: Kyla Carney
Sound Design: Aaron Finkelstein and Cresent Haynes
Lighting Design: Jon Medley
Shadow Puppets: Colin Connor
Special Props: Alex Vernon
Design Consultant: Deb Sivigny

Production Management: Ryan Musil
Stage Manager: Isabel Simoes deCarvalho
Technical Director: Calder Brannock and Mike Salmi
Master Electrician: Isabel Simoes deCarvalho

Period Pop-Up Market and Community Engagement Manager: Kaylin Peachey
Assistant Period Pop-Up Manager and Sunday Market Manager: Mel Harper
Audience Engagement and Immersive Experience Intern: Kayla Schultz
Audience Outreach and Dramaturg Intern: Elizabeth Morton
Co-Designer of LadyM Period Dress: Meredith Johnson

Video by Sharon Crissinger

Performed at Joe’s Movement Emporium, July 8-27, 2019