Follow the fates of the women of Troy in Euripides’ tragedy, The Trojan Women on Wednesday and Thursday, April 23 and 24 at noon and on Saturday, April 26 at 3 p.m. at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) Greek Theatre.

General admission tickets are $10 each and student tickets are $5 each. For more information or to order your tickets, contact Dr. John Marlin, professor of English at CSE and producer of this year’s play, at (973) 290-4316 or e-mail at jmarlin@cse.edu. In the event of rain, the performance will be held in the Dolan Performance Hall in Annunciation Center on campus.

Euripides’ The Trojan Women is a play about the consequences of war and the fate of both those defeated in war and their victors. Though many are familiar with the story of the Trojan War (most recently presented in the 2004 movie blockbuster “Troy”), the play picks up after the war is over when audiences are introduced to a band of women waiting to hear their future – a future without husbands or children, a future of slavery to the Greeks.

Dr. Marlin points out theater-goers will recognize parallels between contemporary society and the decisions made by each character. “The play gives us a view of war from the perspective of its victims, and offers a poignant vision of those victims struggling to hold on to their human dignity while undergoing great suffering,” he said. “Since the play empathetically shows the plight of the people the Greeks defeated in the Trojan War, it reminds us of the common humanity we share with those we call our enemies.”

Adjunct Instructor of the CSE English Department John DeBenedetto directs this year’s theatrical production which has been performed five times in nearly eight decades in the College’s outdoor Dionysian theater, an acoustically sound, authentically Greek amphitheater believed to be the only genuine one of its type in the United States.

The College of Saint Elizabeth features a cast of 14, and includes Sarah Vanderbok, ’11, Hamburg, as Hecuba, Queen of Troy; Katy Hume, ’10, Hamilton, as Cassandra, her daughter; Elli Lima, ’09, West Orange, as Andromache, the wife of Hector; Amanda Drewes, ’09, Maplewood, as Helen; Seton Hall student Angelo DeFazio, as Helen’s husband, Menelaus and the god Poseidon; Michael Zimmerman, a junior attending Somerville High School, as the Greek herald Talthybius; David Scholl of Somerville, as Hector’s son, Astyanax; and Melissa Mills, ’08, Toms River, as the goddess, Athena.

Members of the chorus include Jacqueline Agzigian, ’11, Intervale; Susanna Fernandes, ’11, North Brunswick; Michelle Morel, ’10, Weehawkin; Dana Solis, ’11, Wayne; and Alison Williams, ’11, Dayton. Angelica Goodman, ’10, Orange; and Laura Nicolette, ’09, Cedar Grove are soldiers.

Serving as stage manager is Alison Mary Dowling, ’09, Byram. Lauren La France, ’09, Neptune is the chorus leader.