SBCC Theatre Arts Department Presents TROJAN BARBIE

SBCC Theatre Arts Department will present a student showcase production of TROJAN BARBIE by Christine Evans, directed by R. Michael Gros as the fall production in the Interim Theatre.

Past and present violently collide when Lotte, an English tourist who repairs dolls, is captured while on a tour of current-day Troy and flung back into the ancient camp of Euripides' Trojan Women. Lotte Jones, a doll repair expert, needs a vacation. She books herself on a cultural tour for singles and travels with them to modern-day Troy, where she finds more of a change of scene than she'd bargained for- she's in the midst of an attack by the Greek army threatening to destroy the last fragments of a mighty civilization. When the camp is torched, the women are enslaved and Lotte is rescued by the British Embassy. Her life returns to normal - until a revenge-obsessed Hecuba claws her way up through the centuries into Lotte's doll shop, in search of her murdered children's bodies.
Part contemporary drama, part homage to Euripides' Trojan Women, Trojan Barbie recasts the legendary fall of the city of Troy against the vivid reality of modern warfare. Poetic, compassionate, and tinged with great warmth and humor, Trojan Barbie is an epic war story with a most unlikely heroine, who always looks on the bright side even as past and present collide about her.

Trojan Barbie is the winner of the 2007 Jane Chambers Award, the Playwrights First "Plays for the 21st Century" Award, and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship.

Note: Trojan Barbie contains adult language and situations and may not be appropriate for young audience members.

Performances will be October 12-29, 2011 in the Interim Theatre on SBCC's West Campus. Thursday through Saturday @ 7:30pm* (Note new early evening start time), Sundays @ 2pm, Previews October 12 & 13 @ 7:30pm. The Sunday, October 16, 2pm performance will be live-captioned for the hearing-impaired. The Interim Theatre is wheelchair accessible and parking is free and near the Theatre. Call 965-5935 for reservations and information.