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'Trojan Women’ to Examine Impact of War on Women Involved

Gonzaga University Theatre Arts will present the “The Trojan Women,” a play that addresses the timeless struggles of war and what the women of Troy faced after the destruction of their city and their lives.

The play, by Euripides as translated by Edith Hamilton, opens at Gonzaga’s Russell Theatre on Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m., and continues at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 and Feb. 2-4 with a closing matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 for students, and $8 for GU faculty, staff and students. Tickets are available at the Russell Theatre Box Office, located on the first floor of the GU Administration Building, Monday through Friday from 2-5 p.m., or by calling (509) 323-6553.

“The author gave us brilliant characters that challenge the talents of our actors, grand ideas that may inspire our audiences and savage emotions that will enhance our knowledge of the human condition,” said Janis Waley, the play’s director. For more information, please contact Summer Berry at (509) 323-3606 or via e-mail at berry@gonzaga.edu
or Jeanine Dellinger at (509) 323-6501 or via e-mail at jdelling@gonzaga.edu.

Fun Facts about ‘Trojan Women’

*The cast of 19 represents 10 different GU majors – including Spanish, psychology, political science, and theatre arts.

*Director Janis Waley performed in this play as a student at Western Washington University.

* This show represents each of GU’s undergraduate classes: six freshmen, three sophomores, six juniors, and four seniors.

* “Trojan Women” will be tied together with a series of lectures titled “The Other Side of War: Conversations about America’s War on Terror” held in conjunction with the GU English department. The first event of that series will take place from noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25 in the Jundt Art Museum Auditorium. That event, also free and open to the public, features lecturers GU religious studies Professor Patrick Hartin addressing “War and the Illiad” and GU English Assistant Professor J.D. Thayer discussing “Those Bloody Vikings: Terror of the Middle Ages.”