Serena’s upcoming work is a loose adaptation on the Greek classic, Lysistrata. It is an interrogation of the concepts of sex, war, and gender tropes. This piece is taking the ideas of power, dominance, and conflict, and juxtaposes the masculine tropes of war, aggression, and control with sensuality, and intimacy. The piece challenges the performativity of masculinity in the context of sex and war, and exposes its reliance on power and assertion. It explores how male bodies can embody both aggression and tenderness, creating a conceptual pendulum that swings between dominance and surrender and violence and intimacy. This piece offers a critique of hypermasculine ideals, inviting a broader version of power that fosters alternative frameworks to understand power.