Charlotte is fifteen and grieving over the loss of her beautiful mother. Her relationship with her father is put to the test as she discovers sex, ambition and 'beauty products'. Inspired by Euripides but with its sights set firmly on contemporary America, A Brief History of Helen of Troy is an unsettling examination of complacency culture and the politics of beauty.

Mark Schultz, one of America's hottest young writers, is a member of MCC Theater's Playwrights' Coalition in New York. The play was first performed under the title Everything Will Be Different at Soho Rep in New York in April 2005.