Ransacking Troy
An epic reimagining of the Trojan War
Maev Beaty, Irene Poole, Photo by Ted Belton
Maev Beaty, Irene Poole, Yanna McIntosh, Sara Topham, Helen Belay, Sarah Dodd, Ijeoma Emesowum, Caitlyn MacInnis, Marissa Orjalo; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Maev Beaty, Irene Poole, Yanna McIntosh, Sara Topham, Helen Belay, Sarah Dodd, Ijeoma Emesowum, Caitlyn MacInnis, Marissa Orjalo; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Sara Topham, Helen, Caitlyn MacInnis, Marissa Orjalo; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Maev Beaty, Irene Poole, Yanna McIntosh, Sara Topham, Helen Belay, Sarah Dodd, Ijeoma Emesowum, Caitlyn MacInnis, Marissa Orjalo; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Irene Poole, Sara Topham; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Maev Beaty, Irene Poole, Yanna McIntosh, Sara Topham, Helen Belay, Sarah Dodd, Ijeoma Emesowum, Caitlyn MacInnis, Marissa Orjalo; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
Maev Beaty, Yanna McIntosh, Helen Belay; Set/Costumes by Judith Bowden; Lighting by Michael Walton; Photo by David Hou
“The women standing beside you possess a bravery the world has never seen.”
Everyone knows the story of the Trojan War: Trojan boy elopes with married Greek girl; angry husband tracks the lovers to the boy’s hometown; 10 years of siege warfare later, the angry husband and his posse reduce Troy to rubble. But did it have to end that way? In Ransacking Troy, playwright Erin Shields imagines a less testosterone-fuelled conclusion, in which the women of Greece—tired of waiting for their husbands to return from war—stage an intervention of historical proportions.
Drama - 2 hours, 20 minutes / Cast: 9 f (possible non-binary)
Production History:
Ransacking Troy was directed by Jackie Maxwell and commissioned by the Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada - Antoni Cimolino, Artistic Director and Anita Gaffney, Executive Director.
Stratford Festival - Tom Patterson Theatre: August 6th - September 28th, 2025
Reviews
“Another canonical classic successfully ransacked for gold by Shields.”
— The Globe and Mail
“Shields’ writing is clever on multiple levels and often very funny.””
— Intermission Magazine
