PICTURED: Members of the SAOIRSE Celtic Performance Troupe enact The Green Man at the Village Renaissance Faire in Wrightstown, PA.
Sharing Archetypal Characters, Contemporary Themes
Artivist dramatist Justy Fairfield retells and provides sequels to Ancient Greek and Celtic myths, reframing their archetypal characters and themes for contemporary audiences. Monologues and scenes from the plays listed below are currently available to dowload as PDF files free of charge by individuals to use in acting classes or as audition pieces. Theater groups and schools wishing to stage a production of any of these works should refer to the Conditions page of this website or click on the following link:https://stagepagan.com/permission-to-perform-my-work/
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Scenes & Monologues Currently Offered
Play 1: No More Trojan Wennen
Classical Femele Characters wielding Contemporary Agency (Click here to learn more about the play.)
Introducing Agency
In this contemporary retelling of the Trojan War’s aftermath, Queen Hecuba and the remaining Trojan Wennen work through their anguish to find their agency. Although they are in the same dire situation as in the ancient drama by Euripides, these wenns are acutely aware that they have an option — a “To be or not to be” choice — that is theirs alone to make. Will they decide to surrender and live out the rest of their lives in bondage in Greece, or will they avoid this fate, determinely taking up weapons to participate in a seemingly doomed but heroic last stand?
Click below to go to the monologue selection page of this drama that
examines wenns’ latent strength and men’s hidden sensitivity.
https://stagepagan.com/category/no-more-trojan-wennen-free-monologue-pdfs/
Play 2: Dualing Hero
After the drowning of her lover, Leander, a femele Hero throws herself into the Hellespont, only to be transformed into a man by the Sea Godde, Poseidon. Now, on the first anniversary of this life-changing incident, a male Hero about to be sworn in as President of Sestos must try to thwart the High Priest’s plot to block his inauguration; make peace with the memory of a femele Hero who haunts him; and discover the real reason behind the so-called “Blessed Transformation.”
Click below to go to the scene selection page of this drama set in an anachronistic Thrace where the distinction between a Society of True Order and one of Surppressed Chaos is explored through Feminist and Trans Spectrum themes:
https://stagepagan.com/2025/09/01/dualing-hero-act-i-scene-2-the-conspirator-male-hero-keles/
Play 3: Triffina and the Queens of Conomor
A pragmatic Princess who is her father’s heir; a Usurper who would steal her birthright; a compromised Bishop who buries the evidence of his king’s misdeeds; and a mysterious Hag who orchestrates it all. Think “MacBeth Meets Henry VIII.” (Click here to learn more to learn more about the play.)
Based partly on Breton legend and partly on history, Triffina is a revered heroic figure and canonized saint in Brittany, the Celtic region of Northwestern France.
Setting the Scene
In 6th century Brittany, the ambitious King of Cornwell, Conomor, usurps the throne of Domnonée, killing its rightful monarch, Jonas, as his queen and infant heir, Prince Judwal, escape to Paris. Conomor intends to conquer all the petty realms in the region to gain the title “High King of Brittany.” He also seeks to marry so that his queen might produce a male heir to defend him in his old age against the revenge of a grown Judwal. However, his plans go awry when, in the woods, he encounters Dame Destiny, who reveals to him his ominous fate: “By the treacherous betrayal of your son shall the House of Conomor fall!”
Eight years and five murdered queens later, a still childless Conomor marries Princess Triffina. Will this latest queen be the one who frees the torture king of his dread fear of Destiny’s prophecy? And, ultimately, is it Fate or Free Will that determines the course of our lives? These are the questions at the heart of this drama.
Click below to go to the monologue selection page of this drama that blurs the distinction between Pagan magic and Christian miracle:
https://stagepagan.com/category/triffina-and-the-queens-of-conomor-free-monologue-pdfs/
Click below to go to the scene selection page:
https://stagepagan.com/category/triffina-and-the-queens-of-conomor-free-scene-pdfs/
More Monologues and Scenes to Come!
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