Slaying Holofernes
Recommended by
- Nora Louise Syran:23 Oct. 2023“ McClain deftly weaves together two stories, one set in the modern day and the other, the past and yet the parallels are disturbingly real. Progress is disturbingly absent. Both stories are equally compelling. Brava, playwright. Timely ...and timeless...? With work like McClain's being produced on stage to bring this subject matter to light, hopefully not. ”
- Christopher Soucy:22 Dec. 2022“ Beautiful, well constructed, a tour de force of storytelling. Amazing roles, inspired parallels of injustice, and top notch theatricality. It is also infuriating. The kind of infuriating that stories like these deserve. They need to be told. We need to be outraged. Emily McClain has crafted an amazing art history lesson/dynamic tale of the continued mistreatment of women. I distinctly remember seeing the titular painting in Florence when I was a child and being amazed by its brutality. McClain has done Gentileschi and her art a great service in this tale. ”
- Chelsea Frandsen:14 Feb. 2022“ A beautifully interwoven story of two amazing women that delivers a message that resonates as loudly today as it did in the past. An unflinching look at sexual harassment and assault, this play that hits you right in the gut and doesn't let you go even after the lights fade. ”
Development History
- ,Workshop,Working Title Playwrights2019
Production History
- ,Professional,Essential Theatre2019
Awards
Winner
Ethel Woolson Lab
Working Title Playwrights
2019
Winner
New Playwright Award
Essential Theatre
2019