What are we fighting for?
The war has lasted seven drawn-out years. Few illusions remain about the glory of armed conflict—or anything else for that matter, including love. Caught in the chaos is a traitor’s daughter whose romance with a prince is doomed as a casualty of wartime politics. Set during the Trojan War, Shakespeare’s cynical and bitterly funny in-dictment of the futility of war is made more immediate in OSF’s production, placed against the backdrop of the U.S. conflict in the contemporary Middle East.
Audience notes: theatrical mist, fog and strobe lights are used in this production. There is the sound of gunfire and explosions.
This production of Troilus and Cressida is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national theatre initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.