[1][2] The play starred Julia Heynen as Helen, D. Grant Cloyd as Paris, Phil Amico as Protesilaus, Mary Burke-Hueffmeier as Laodamia and Ellie Nicoll as Oenone.
[3] Critic Ted Ying singled out Heynen's performance as a "forceful personification of the face that launched a thousand ships" and praised her as "beautiful, confident, [and] charismatic.
"[3] The play retells the story of the Trojan War from Helen's point of view.
Paris kidnaps Helen from Sparta and carries her off to Troy for a casual affair, only to discover that she is an extremely fastidious and demanding captive.
At the same time, Helen’s husband, King Menelaus, played by Christian Sullivan; finds his efforts to rescue his wife impeded when he is placed on the Pan-Hellenic “Do Not Sail” list.