Pictured above: Cast bows after a production of Justy Fairfield’s Granuaile and a Plate at Howth at International House in Philadelphia, USA. The play portrays an episode in the colorful life of real-life Irish “Pirate Queen” Grainne O’Malley.

Featuring Trailblazing English and strong protagonists from groups still underrepresented onstage,
playwright Justy Fairfield offers PDFs
of scenes and monologues from the plays listed below
to students, aspiring actors, schools, theaters, and organizations committed to promoting
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
through The Arts.

Click on this link for conditions under which
you may use these performance pieces:
https://stagepagan.com/permission-to-perform-my-work/

Scenes & Monologues Currently Offered Are from the Following Three Plays:

Play 1: 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 Ancient 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 2:

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 3:

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 6^th 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!