Crexton Publishers is pleased to announce the publication of Jessie Holder Tourtellotte's new stage adaptation of The Trojan Women. The script revisits Euripides' ancient tragedy through an expanded cast and driving plot, while retaining and honoring the poetic text and the conventions of Greek Tragedy. New choral chant, original music, movement storytelling opportunities, and extended dialogue scenes draw in audiences and create a powerful theatrical experience. Written by a playwright local to the DC area, the play’s world premiere in 2025 at the Lake Braddock Theatre won Best Play at the Cappies of the National Capital Area.
Set on the beach outside fallen Troy, the narrative follows surviving royal women as Greek soldiers patrol their prison encampment. Queen Hecuba, the prophetess Cassandra, Helen of Sparta or of Troy, and the widowed princess Andromache await their fates alongside the myriad huddled women of the decimated city.
Holder Tourtellotte’s development process utilized text from Gilbert Murray's rhyming verse translation, expanding classical references into full onstage confrontations between the captives and Greek leaders Agamemnon, Menelaus and Odysseus. The script adds focus to the moral burden placed on lower-ranking soldiers who execute wartime commands, showing how personal choices accelerate destruction. Production notes call on artists to use specific visual elements to connect the ancient tales with modern day warfare across the centuries. Drawing on documentation from Amnesty International regarding violence against non-combatants and specifically women in conflict zones, the adaptation uses the deeply personal losses of individual characters to expose painful universal truths about war, patriarchy, sexual violence, and the cycle of violence itself.
"This play is an expansion of Euripides' episodes into a cohesive story that demands of its audience and its characters that they do more after the lights dim than bear witness to suffering," Holder Tourtellotte said. 
In addition to the expanded cast of characters, this version of the story enlarges the role of Talthybius, taking its cues from the ways that Euripides’ original already altered the messenger trope in the text. “When Euripides placed empathy for the women of fallen Troy in the heart and words of a footsoldier messenger, he opened the door to expand upon what he created," said Holder Tourtellotte. This version deepens its focus on the impending tragedy awaiting Andromache and the change that witnessing her experience causes in the soldier tasked with taking her infant from her arms in one central, devastating sequence.
The performance soundscape invites creativity, combining vocal chants, backstage wind instruments and foley percussion, with original compositions available for licensing. Production notes specify flexible ensemble casting and offer the ability to expand the ensemble or use double casting to create a leaner company. The sacking of Troy itself plays out in movement, the generals argue for their atrocities, and forces of immense power face off in expanded scenes between Hecuba and Helen, Agamemnon and Odysseus.
“This is a play that begs to be heard aloud, on the biggest stage possible. Broadway works. So does a bombed out amphitheatre in the middle of a war zone. The Trojan Women is a symphony made for the gods, which is to say that it is a play for us, today.” wrote Nicole Starrett of Jubilee Productions in her review for the script, featured on its back cover.
The script received its world premiere at Lake Braddock Theatre under director John Tourtellotte, starring Murphy Finnegan as Andromache, Nathaniel Howard as Talthybius and Sofia Terpak as Hecuba. The playwright herself served as movement director and acting coach. That staging earned 16 nominations and six awards at the Cappies of the National Capital Area, including Best Play and individual honors for acting, costume design and special effects. Subsequent productions include stagings at the Bay School Theatre of San Francisco last year and the VCU Arts Shafer Alliance Laboratory Theatre. Rights to produce are available.Available at Barnes &amp;&nbsp;Noble, Amazon, and more. 



Website: crextonpublishers.com, authorjessieholdertourtellotte.com 
Digital review copies, high-resolution cover artwork, production photos and interview requests with playwright Jessie Holder Tourtellotte are available upon request.

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We are honored to once again offer free haircuts to U.S. military members and veterans at our two local Great Clips salons on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Our two local Great Clips salons are veteran-owned and proud to honor those who serve. US. military members and veterans who visit on November 11 can receive either a free haircut that day or a free haircut card redeemable November 12 through December 4, 2026. Please show your military or veteran ID at checkout to validate your free haircut.
Check in online or walk right in—we’ll be glad to see you. Salons are open 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
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McLean Community Center

Discover a treasure among the thousands of quality antiques at this 50th Anniversary of the show! You'll discover fine art, mid century modern, fine jewelry, vintage couture clothing, silver, porcelain, rugs, furniture and decorative accessories. Join us Saturday morning for a special presentation by noted Interior Designer Josh Hildreth "Decorating with Antiques" at 10am or "Muffins &amp; Mimosas" at 9am. Advance purchase required for Muffins &amp; Mimosas at www.dfshows.com The show runs Saturday November 14 from 10-5 &amp; Sunday November 15 from 11am-4. Visit website www.dfshows.com for more details.

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Join us at the Fredericksburg Convention Center&nbsp;on November 14, 2026 for the Honey Teas and Sweet Treats Festival!All Tickets Include A Premium Experience!

General Admission (9:00am - 6:00pm)
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Come see local authors and artists, including Fairfax Station Resident Lisa Pell, author of The Savory Survivor Cookbook: A Survivor's Guide to Reclaiming Your Health with Tasty Recipes Free of Added Sugar, Salt, and Migraine Triggers. The cookbook is receiving rave reviews on Amazon. Pell is also the author of 3 novels and is a juried artist. Her artwork and holiday ornaments also will be available for sale.

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Northern Virginia Fairfax Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) cordially invites you to attend and support our upcoming World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims.<a href="https://novasafestreets.org/world-day-of-remembrance-for-road-traffic-victims-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">novasafestreets.org/world-day-of-remembrance-for-road-traffic-victims-2026/</a>World Day of Remembrance is an annual event where we honor those whose lives were prematurely ended after being struck by a person driving. This year is particularly painful and sad as we think about the recent death of a 13-year-old Frost middle school student who was struck and killed by a person driving a truck on Pickett Road. We will also honor the more than 25 other people (as of today’s date) who have been killed on Northern Virginia streets while, walking, biking, or rolling since last year’s day of remembrance.The event will conclude with calls to action for our elected officials and policy-makers. Crashes are not accidents - they can be prevented.

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On Sunday, November 15 at 4:00 PM, the St. Andrew the Apostle Concert Series proudly presents The Catholic University of America Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Simeone Tartaglione, for a free afternoon of orchestral masterworks at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Clifton.
Program: 
• Paul Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, best known from
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• Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor 
Soloist: Vasily Popov, cello 
• Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor, “Organ Symphony” 
Organist: Michael Murphy
The centerpiece is Saint-Saëns’ thrilling Organ Symphony, performed on our magnificent St. Andrew Pipe Organ of the Holy Archangels
— a French Romantic instrument with 2,891 pipes. 
This concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be collected during intermission to support the Concert Series, and you’re invited to a complimentary reception with light refreshments afterward to meet the artists.
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6720 Union Mill Road, Clifton, VA
📅 Sunday, November 15 | 4:00 PM 
🌐 Details: <a href="https://www.st-andrew.org/concerts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.st-andrew.org/concerts</a> 
📞 703-817-1770
Bring friends and family for an unforgettable afternoon of live symphonic music in a beautiful sacred space!

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Johnson Center, George Mason University, Fairfax Campus

Presented by The Northern Virginia Mineral Club and the Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences at GMU
Approximately 20 dealers with Gems, Minerals &amp; Fossils for sale. Demonstrations, Exhibits, Kids Activities and Door Prizes.&nbsp; Silent Auction on Sunday.

Show Dates: Nov 21 &amp; 22, 2026 Place: Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center, George Mason University Campus Directions &amp; Parking: 
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Hours: Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4 Website: <a href="https://novamineralclub.org/events/2025-show" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">www.novamineralclub.org/show</a> Admission:
<ul><li>Adults $6</li><li>Seniors (65+) $5</li><li>Teens (13-17) $4</li><li>Children 12 and under accompanied by a parent are FREE.</li><li>GMU Students &amp; Faculty are FREE.</li><li>Scouts in uniform are FREE.</li></ul>
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