‘A Trojan Woman’: A Conversation with Sara Farrington
Episode 184:
Today’s episode is part of my summer run of guest episodes and feels very special as rather than talking about a long dead playwright I got to talk to a living one. Sara Farrington is a New York based playwright who has written an adaptation of ‘The Trojan Women’ by Euripides, called ‘A Trojan Woman’, which has had several productions in Europe and Nort America and Sara kindly agreed to come onto the podcast to discuss her interpretation of Euripides.
Sara Farrington is a New York based Playwright and co-founder of Foxy Films Theatre. Her plays include: ‘Mickey & Sage’, ‘Leisure, Labor, Lust’, ‘A Trojan Woman’, ‘CasablancaBox’, which was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards and ‘The Rise & Fall of Miles & Milo’, which won the award for outstanding playwriting @ FringeNYC. She also works as a script supervisor and costume designer.
Link to ‘A Trojan Woman’ published Edition: https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/the-plays/a-trojan-woman
Link to Sara’s Substack ‘Theatre Is Hard’: https://substack.com/@theaterishard
Sara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladyfarrington/
Link to Sara’s website: https://www.ladyfarrington.com
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Sara Farrington
SARA FARRINGTON (Playwright) NYC & NJ based playwright, co-founder of Foxy Films theater co. w/ Reid Farrington. MFA: Brooklyn College w/ Mac Wellman. Publications: The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde (53rd State Press), A Trojan Woman, Mickey & Sage (both @ Broadway Play Publishing, Inc), Leisure, Labor, Lust (Next Stage Press). Sara’s plays have been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards, called "dazzling" by The New Yorker and "brave, almost foolhardy" by the NY Times. Upcoming: Book & lyrics for Dr. Uncanny Presents: Moreau '96, a musical adaptation of the documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, (dir David Gregory, courtesy of Severin Films) is directed by Reid Farrington and composed by David Van Tieghem, which will be workshopped Fall 2025. Recent work includes: Look Out, A Trojan Woman, Dora Maar, Lucky Breaks, CasablancaBox (2 time Drama Desk nominated), BrandoCapote, Leisure, Labor, Lust, The Return (commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Near Vicksburg, Honduras, The Rise & Fall of Miles & Milo (Winner: Award for Outstanding Playwriting @ FringeNYC) Film: Mendacity, dir: Reid Farrington, official selection of 2023 New York Indie Theater Film Festival @ New Ohio Theatre. Residencies: NaCL Artist-in-Residence, The Mercury Store, HARP @ HERE Arts, Now-In-Process @ New Ohio Theatre, AFO Solo Collective, Dragon’s Egg. Work as script supervisor, costume designer & co. manager for Foxy Films include Tyson vs. Ali, Gin & “It,” A Christma… Read More