Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

Anne Carsons new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic womenMarilyn Monroe and Helen of Troyfrom their point of viewWinner of the Governor General Award in PoetryNorma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane Baker was staged in the spring of 2019 at The Sheds Griffin Theater in New York, starring actor Ben Whishaw and soprano Rene Fleming and directed by Katie Mitchell.