Trojan Women opens at AUK

The Theater Program at the American University of Kuwait is proud to announce the opening of Trojan Women by Euripides on January 21st, 2009.The theatrical performance, based on the famous Greek tragedy, highlights the complex relationships among women, the implication of war and interplay of personal experiences in a conflicting, chaotic world.

The play sheds light on the agony and horrors that take place as an aftermath of war and armed conflict. It focuses on the shared sentiments of loss of freedom and privileges, bereavement of loved ones and the displacement and cruelty of human kind. The depth of emotion and experience portrayed throughout this stage production touches on the lives of millions of women spanning centuries. It is as current and felt today as it was thousands of years ago. "The goal of this play is to tell a powerful story that has endured for thousands and thousands of years that still holds a lesson that we can all relate to," said Trojan Women Director, Professor Christopher Gottschalk.

This is the Theater Program's second production, but the first to be staged at the Black Box Studio Theater at the American University of Kuwait, Salmiya Campus. The first was an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Dar Al-Athar Cultural Center in Spring of 2007. 

Trojan Women includes an all female cast and crew and will be performed in front of an all female audience. The decision to restrict the play to women is a reflection of the theme played out in the storyline and to create an atmosphere of shared experiences and understandings. 

Members of the cast and crew are all undergraduate students currently enrolled at the American University of Kuwait. The play is directed by Professor Christopher Gottschalk who has extensive experience in classical theater. Professor Gottschalk is a faculty member and Head of the Drama Department on campus.

Performances will start on January 21st and the production will close on January 24th. Ticket sales will be on-campus beginning Wednesday, January 14th and again on Thursday, January 15th.

Written by Maryam Al Shatti and edited by the AUK PR & Marketing Department