DAUGHTERS OF CHAOS

Stina Nielsen narrates this alternate feminist history. Sylvie sets out to tell her life's story for her twins whom she gave up at birth because she was unmarried. In 1862 she moved from Kentucky to Nashville in search of her sister. She brought with her a lost play by Aristophanes, which is centered on a cult serving Artemis that seeks chaos to disrupt the patriarchal business of war. Then she finds that the cult still exists. Nielson doesn't attempt to use accents to distinguish the characters as Sylvie tells her story. She adopts a persona for Sylvie, and everyone else is filtered through Sylvie. Nielson portrays Sylvie as disciplined and controlled, but underneath lies profound emotion. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2024]