Listen in as Helen in Her Homeland playwright Alexandra Haddad discusses immersion & implication, fragments of poetry, working outward from dialogue, leaving arts admin jobs, listening without responding, writing as a director, what propels us through the difficulty of production, and “the spectrum between Sarah Ruhl and Sarah Kane.”
“…early on, Helen says, ‘you might think you’re above that,’ like, judging people by their appearance, but ‘you have a body, too, you have a face, too,’ and you know that those things have consequences in the world. And so, I do want the audience to feel both invited, and implicated in that conversation…”

Frayed Knot Collective presents
Helen in Her Homeland
written by Alexandra Haddad
directed by Jessica Wastchak
thru October 26, 2025
Loft Story
748 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn
tickets: $28, available via TicketLeap
photos by @jowastchak