Helen in her Homeland: a reflection in three rooms by Alexandra Haddad at Loft Story

A reflection on the power and pain of beauty, Helen in Her Homeland shares how Helen of Troy and Paris met, fled, started, and ended a war. Themes of sex, gender, identity, immigration, and violence, all explored by a woman who, throughout history, has remained voiceless. What is a home–the place we were born, or what we make of it? A modern poetic and mythological retelling of what the face that launched a thousand ships might have seen, and said, in Troy.

This play depicts violence. Gendered violence, sexual violence, racialized violence, homophobia, hatred, warfare, colonialism, suicide, and death.

Cast

Helen - Amina King 

The Girl - Jamie Feidner

Paris - Matthew Pitman

Helen*/The Girl** Swing - Chisom Awachie

Paris* Understudy - Daniel Baesler 

*Helen Swing and Paris Understudy are performing on October 26th at 2:30pm

**The Girl Swing will perform on October 22nd at 7:00pm

Creative

Writer - Alexandra Haddad

Director - Jessica Wastchak

Associate Director - Walker Schneckenberger

Stage Manager - Gabriella Cain

Composer - Chelsea Melnick

Costume Design - Octavia Washington

Lighting Design - Elizabeth Redding

Intimacy Coordinator - Safwa Ozair

Fight Director - Bailey Van Schepen

Marketing Coordinator - Blaise Hewlett, Frayed Knot Collective

Producers - Alicia Steinman, Jessica Wastchak, Frayed Knot Collective