The Women of Troy

These ladies won’t go down without a fight. Among those local theater companies who remain dedicated to content that’s challenging, political, and thought provoking and yes, still great fun Frank Theatre is at the top of our list. In its past two seasons, this freewheeling company has mounted two of the best Minnesotan productions in recent memory: Marc Blitzstein’s folk opera (The Cradle Will Rock) and Suzan-Lori Parks’ (Brechtian The A Play) (as it was euphemistically called in gentler publications such as ours). With (The Women of Troy), artistic director Wendy Knox marries two Greek tragedies, The Trojan Women and Hecuba. Both are by Euripides, and both concern widowed Trojan women who await their fates at the hands of the Greeks after the fall of their city. No doubt a big part of the treat here will be the show’s original blues-funk-opera score, which includes a great new ditty to backdrop Cassandra’s madness. “A” Mill Complex, 300 Second St. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-724-3760; www.franktheatre.org www.franktheatre.orgu