Trojan Women: A Love Story

The first, set immediately after the Trojan War, centers around
the women of Troy as they are confronted by the men of Greece and
stripped of any agency and power over their lives that they once held.
Some are taken as slaves; others killed. Attempts by Queen Hecuba to
secure some semblance of dignity for her family are met with sheer,
uncompromising disempowerment. Finding strength to fight in this
post-war society results in the women creating the same forms of
oppression they have been subjected to all their lives.

The second piece of the story takes place in Carthage, a world
created and built by women, who refused to be defeated by the effects of
war. This society, led by Queen Dido, strives to rid their community of
patriarchal oppression. This society is loving, beautiful, filled with
music, and peaceful. However, over time we learn that the oppressive
cycles the city of Carthage vowed to keep out are not so simply broken.