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EDUCATIONAL PACK
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
2014 TOUR
Once upon a Time in Ancient Greece
Stheno’s Descent to the Underworld
a comedy by
Laramie Dean
EDUCATIONAL PACK CONTENTS:
Thank you for bringing Montana Repertory Theatre’s Fall 2014 Educational Outreach Tour of
Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece, written by Laramie Dean, to your community. We hope
you enjoy this educational packet. Please give it to the instructor whose students will be viewing
our performance. It includes the following materials:
• Greek Goddesses:The Gorgons Steno, Medusa, and Euryale
• Notes from the playwright and director
• Workshop outlines used by the tour actors
• Mythological God List for both workshops
• Discussion questions and writing prompts
• Hints on theatre etiquette
As always, Montana Repertory Theatre is honored to be a part of your community, your school,
and your lives. Thank you again for this opportunity. If you have any questions, please call me at
(406) 243-2854 or email me at [email protected].
Teresa Waldorf
MRT Educational Outreach Coordinator
MONTANA REP is funded in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council (an agency of state government), with support from the Montana
State Legislature, the University of Montana, Dr. Cathy Capps, Dr. Sandy Sheppard, The Dramatist Guild, and The Shubert Foundation.
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Stheno’s Descent to the Underworld
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Greek Goddesses
The Gorgons Stheno, Medusa, and Euryale
By Janet Grischy
Before gargoyles protected the buildings
of Europe, the fearsome Gorgons served
a similar purpose. The Gorgons were
monsters, whose faces turned those
who saw them to stone. They protected
Greek buildings, as carvings or mosaics,
and in smaller versions, they served as
protective amulets.
Stheno
Her name can be translated as “forceful”
or “mighty.” The Hellenes believed her
to be the most ferocious of the three
sisters, the one who had killed the
largest number of humans. She stood
with Medusa when Perseus killed her, or
perhaps she slept, unknowing.
The three Gorgons, Stheno, Euryale, and
Medusa, were sisters, but only two were
immortal. Medusa could be killed, and
was, by the hero Perseus, a son of the
great god Zeus. In some retellings of the
myth, Medusa was not born a Gorgon
at all, but was made one by Athena,
because Poseidon coupled with her in
Athena’s temple, profaning it.
Euryale
Her name can mean “far-roaming”, or
“wide salt sea.” She was known for her
bellowing cries. According to Pindar, the
ancient Greek poet, Athena invented
the flute specifically to reproduce the
shrill cries Euryale uttered, lamenting for
her sister.
All three terrible sisters had brass hands,
fangs, golden wings, and sometimes
serpent skin or even serpent bodies.
Their hair was all snakes, or else snakes
twined and hissed among their hair.
Their glare, of course, was deadly.
They were born in the caverns beneath
Mount Olympus (except Medusa
perhaps). Their father was Phorcys, a
primordial merman-seagod. Their mother
was Ceto, a sea monster after whom the
Cetaceans, the whales and their kin, are
named. Both parents were the children
of Gaia, the earth, and Pontus, the
encircling sea.
Medusa
Medusa means “queen.” She is the most
famous Gorgon, and possibly the most
wronged.
Perseus killed her, in one stage of a
complicated quest. At the west end
of the Mediterranean the Hesperides,
guardians of the apples of youth, directed
him to the Graeae, the Old Ones, sisters
of the Gorgons. The three Graeae shared
one eye and one tooth. He seized their
eye, and refused to return it until they
directed him to the Gorgons.
When they complied, he threw
their eye in a lake. Then he entered
the cave of the Gorgons, and, using
Medusa’s reflection in a polished shield,
decapitated her while the sisters were
sleeping.
The winged horse Pegasus sprang from
her neck. (In some versions of the myth,
Medusa had taken the form of a mare
and Poseidon of a stallion when they
desecrated Athena’s temple.) Perseus
stuffed her head in a leather bag and flew
away on the horse. Blood dripped from
the sack though, and each drop became
a poisonous snake or a scorpion in the
scorching Sahara.
In fact, the blood from the left side of
Medusa’s body brought the dead back to
life. Blood from the right side killed.
Athena gave a vial of the healing blood
to the healer Asclepius. Zeus later killed
him for using it, either because the
physician was depopulating Hades or
because he took money to reanimate
Hippolytus.
The head of Medusa was mounted on
Athena’s shield, where it turned her
opponents to stone. In another version
of the myth, the fearsome head went
on the shield of Zeus, who sometimes
loaned it to Athena. In still another
version, Perseus buried the trophy in the
marketplace of Argos when he ruled as
king there.
The Gorgons were ancient powers, born
out of earth and sea. The newer Greek
gods sent a hero to capture a part of their
power, and added it to their own.
Source:
HUMANITIES 360
www.humanities360.com
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The Playwright
notes from the playwright and director
LARAMIE DEAN
playwright’s Note
Laramie is a Montana native, born
and raised on a ranch in northeastern
Montana. His move to Missoula in high
school allowed him to take drama classes
at Hellgate High School, opening up an
entire theatrical world of possibilities.
Laramie earned his BFA in acting at the
University of Montana before moving
across the country to work on his PhD
in playwriting at Southern Illinois
University in Carbondale.
When I was a wide-eyed five-year-old, I stayed up late one night to watch the
original Clash of the Titans on our tiny, fuzzy television. The tininess and the fuzzy
quality were unable to completely obscure the face of Medusa, the famous Gorgon
with flashing eyes that turned men to stone. Created by genius designer Ray
Harryhausen, the Medusa effect in Clash of the Titans, with her lashing snake body
and head of hissing snakes, alternately thrilled and terrified me. Since then, I have
held an intense interest in all things mythological, from the Greeks to the ancient
Norse, from the fairy tales of Grimm to Baum’s delightful stories of the Land of
Oz. When Montana Rep presented me with the chance to write about my favorite
characters from Greek mythology, of course I immediately jumped to my laptop
and began clacking away at the keys.
Since then, he has performed, written,
and directed numerous plays, including
Othernatural, a one-man show, which
was performed at Stage Left’s Left
Out Festival in New York City and at
Missoula’s own Crystal Theatre.
The Greeks created a delightful—and occasionally frightening—tapestry of
heroes, gods, goddesses, monsters, and out-and-out bad guys. Whom do I choose?
I asked myself. Then I remembered my long-ago experience, eyes focused
completely on our tiny television, taking in the adventures of Perseus and his
battle with the wicked Medusa. What happened next? I wondered now. Didn’t
Medusa have a few sisters, according to the original stories? Weren’t there a few
more Gorgons, just lurking in wait? And how do you think they felt about their
sister’s untimely demise?
Laramie is currently enjoying his dream
job as the drama teacher right back
at Missoula’s good ol’ Hellgate High
School.
With the viewing public’s recent interest in the backstories of famous Big Bads,
most notably the Wicked Witch of the West and Disney’s Maleficent, I decided
to focus on Stheno, one of the two Gorgon sisters left behind after Perseus slays
Medusa. Her story—and her quest—unfolded quickly in my mind. It is Stheno’s
quest, her descent into the Underworld, that I hope you will enjoy during this
performance. Perhaps these characters from ancient Greece will capture you as
effectively as they captured me. I hope so. Enjoy.
~Laramie Dean
DIRECTOR’s Note
This play is a series of discoveries; it asks us to articulate what it is we’re searching
for. The story is a reminder to identify our priorities. What gives our lives meaning?
Are our individual identities connected to others in our lives in some way? Is
revenge more important than gratitude for what we still have left? How do we let
go of what we have lost?
Our production asks these questions clearly, with honesty, and with humor. It
speaks to young people who are searching for meaning and their roles in a big,
chaotic, and confusing world. It encourages them to look to stories for guidance.
~Cohen Ambrose
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Workshop One:
made-up myths
This workshop is designed in part to meet the following
content standards:
Arts Content Standard 1
Students create, perform/exhibit, and respond in the
Arts.
WARM UPS:
Aim:To understand the meaning of a particular proverb
and how that meaning can be conveyed to an audience
thru character interactions.
GREEK GOD CIRCLE OF CENTRATION:
Arts Content Standard 3
Students develop and refine arts skills and techniques
to express ideas, pose and solve problems, and discover
meaning.
Students will stand in a circle with a leader in the middle. The
leader will point at one person. The person being pointed at
and the two people directly to either side of this center person
must immediately get into one of the following formations,
depending on which God Name the leader calls out:
MADE-UP MYTHS! In this comedic workshop, students
will create story lines for new myths about their favorite
mythological characters. Each story will have a theme
centralized on a specific proverb—money can’t buy happiness,
blood is thicker than water, actions speak louder than words,
etc. Groups will then act out the story in pantomime at the
same time someone else is narrating the story for the audience.
When describing their ideas for narration, students will describe
the myths as if they are ideas for movies and as if they are
talking to Hollywood producers, with storylines, character
descriptions, and possibly including their choices for an all-starlist of the famous actors they are casting, etc., emphasizing how
the story illustrates the proverb their group chose.
FORMATIONS:
1 HADES : TWO BARKING CERBERUS DOG HEADS
ON EITHER SIDE AND HADES SCOWLING ON HIS
THRONE IN THE CENTER
2 HERCULES: TWO MUSCLED ARMS ON EITHER SIDE
ATTACHING TO A CENTER HULK FIGURE WITH ARMS
IN “MUSCLE MAN-LIKE” CLENCH WHILE CENTER
PERSON SAYS “I WANT TO PUMP YOU UP.”
3 ATHENA: TWO WINGS ON EITHER SIDE AND THE
CENTER PERSON FORMING THE BODY OF AN OWL
WHILE ALL THREE SAY “HOO. HOO”
4 APHRODITE: TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE WITH HER ON
EITHER SIDE, MAKING FAWNING/COOING SOUNDS
AND CENTER PERSON IN LOVE WITH HER IMAGE OF
HERSELF IN A MIRROR.
Once the three get into formation, the leader quickly turns
and points at another person, saying a God Name. This person
becomes the center person of the appropriate three-person
formation. This can become an elimination game in which
people are asked to sit down if they do the wrong move or say
the wrong thing, do nothing, or do not do their required move
quickly enough. When people begin sitting down in the circle,
the groups of three become the person pointed at as the center
and then the next still-standing person to the left and the next
still-standing person to the right.
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Workshop One:
made-up myths
BODY OF THE WORKSHOP: CREATING A
MYTHOLOGICAL PROVERB STORY
Aim: Students will be introduced to the concept of a
proverb (see list) and will aim to convey the heart of
the message thru story to their classmates.
Proverbs List
• Haste makes waste.
• A stitch in time saves nine.
• Ignorance is bliss.
• You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar.
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
• Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• Everyone unto their own.
• A little learning is a dangerous thing.
• A rolling stone gathers no moss.
• It is better to be smarter than you appear than to appear
smarter than you are.
• Good things come to those who wait.
• A dog is a man’s best friend.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
PROVERBS DISCUSSION AND ASSIGNMENTS: Leaders
will read a proverb and ask the students to tell them what they
think it means thru example. Following this, group leaders
will introduce or remind the class of iconic Greek gods or
mythological characters (see list) including the characters from
the play (Stheno, Hercules, Athena, Hades, etc) and their
individual mythological powers. Students will be asked to
choose one character and distill that one character down into
their strongest personality traits and one main power. With
help from the leaders, the class will brainstorm simple story lines
to illustrate a particular proverb starring several mythological
characters. Once the story has been solidified with a beginning,
middle, and end, the leaders will choose a narrator to tell the
story while other students acting as the characters, pantomime
the story the story in front of the class.
Example: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.
Poseidon and Athena are both on winged horses about to race
through rough seas, to see who can arrive first to the Island on
which the horses were born. Poseidon, being able to control
weather, forces the seas to turn to giant waves in an attempt
to thwart Athena’s attempt to win. Athena, in her wisdom,
pretends to be thrown from her horse and drown, when in
actuality, she swims slowly underwater with her horse to the
island knowing this method will take a long time. Poseidon
rushes ahead and in his bravado, thinks he even has time to nap.
While he sleeps, his horse swims away without him and Athena
arrives at the island ahead of him. She then turns herself into a
wise old owl who greets the groggy Poseidon who, upon waking,
has to swim by himself to the island.
Once the story is acted out for the class, the leaders, acting like
Hollywood producers, will choose volunteers to pitch the story
to them as a movie, including who would make up the all-star
cast and what the title would be.
• If the shoe fits, wear it!
• Honesty is the best policy.
• Slow and steady wins the race.
• Money can’t buy happiness.
• Blood is thicker than water.
• Actions speak louder than words.
OUTCOME/FEEDBACK:
Arts Content Standard 4
Students analyze characteristics and merits of their
work and the work of others.
The leaders will ask the class, by a show of hands, who
feels they have a deeper understanding of the intent
of a proverb and how a story can convey a proverb’s
meaning in addition to a deeper appreciation for the
role of the art form of theatre and storytelling in
history. Students will be invited to analyze their work
and the work of others in the class.
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Workshop two:
a hit and a myth
This workshop is designed in part to meet the following
content standards:
#2 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS
COMPLETE STILLNESS
Montana Arts Content Standard 1
Students create, perform/exhibit, and respond in the
Arts.
Students will stand in a circle. Everyone is directed to find one
person across the circle to concentrate on, stare at. The person
they choose should not have chosen them, and thus not be
looking back at them. Once everyone has chosen someone to
focus on, the leader will say “When I say begin, I want you to
remain perfectly still. Absolutely NO movement. However,
should the person you are focused on make even the slightest
move, I want you to make that same move, only exaggerate
it just slightly. For example, if the person you are focusing on
blinks, I want you to blink too but perhaps you would keep
your eyes closed for one second longer. Or if your person
moves a finger , you would move your finger too, but you would
move your finger out slightly farther than they did….and so
on.” Eventually, the circle will dissolve into a crazy montage
of movements, smiling, wiggling, etc. Try again, this time to
see if you can last a bit longer as a group before the movements
become very obvious.
Montana Arts Content Standard 3
Students develop and refine arts skills and techniques
to express ideas, pose and solve problems, and discover
meaning.
A HIT AND A MYTH! Developing both mind and body
awareness is key when engaging in the type of physical acting
demanded when portraying mythological characters. In this
very active stage movement class, students will warm up their
minds with concentration exercises and then warm up their
bodies with an introduction to storytelling through basic stage
movement, larger-than-life gesture, facial expression, and
vocalization. Students will get to participate in a demonstration
of very basic stage combat techniques.
WARM UPS:
Aim:To create MIND AND BODY AWARENESS, and to
explore symmetry, and character thru gesture.
#1 CONCENTRATION GAME: GROUP CLAP
Students will stand in a circle and, ultimately, all do one hand
clap in unison. They are not to speak at all. Thru trial and
error, they need to try clapping in unison. Eventually, if they
tune into each other’s faces, and bodies, they will be able to all
clap at once. They should keep trying until they get one unison
clap.
#3 GREEK STATUE AND CLAY/MIRROR
IN GROUPS OF FOUR:
Students will work in groups of two to begin with. One person
is the sculptor and one is the lump of clay.
Group leaders will introduce or remind the class of iconic
Greek gods or mythological characters (see list) including the
characters from the play (Stheno, Hercules, Athena, Hades,
etc) and their individual mythological powers. Students will
be asked to then choose one character and distill that one
character down into the dynamic statue-like pose that enables
them to administer their power or that they assume when they
administer their power.
Sculptors will then position their partners (sculpt their clay)
into the pose they have chosen, sharing with their partner who
they are and what their power is.
Examples: Stheno the Gorgon can turn people to stone by
bending at the waist, turning her snake-covered head to the left
and starring at her target with one eyebrow raised and her hands
each holding a snake up above her head.
Poseidon can control the weather, particularly create a Tsunami,
by aiming his right arm at the heavens, with his legs spread, face
to the sky, and his left arm bent with his hand on his left hip.
Each couple will then pair up with another couple and take
turns sculpting their “clay” into a mirrored version of the other
sculptor’s statue.
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Workshop two:
a hit and a myth
Outcomes: Students quickly see that there is no such thing as
complete stillness, no matter how hard we try to be still. They
will gain a better awareness of even their smallest movements
and those of others. Students will become aware of their
partner’s body and its ability to portray a character with regard
to gesture and form.
BODY OF THE WORKSHOP: STORY TELLING THRU
GESTURE, FACIAL EXPRESSION, AND VOCALIZATION.
ADMINISTERING POWER.
Aim: Students will be introduced to the ideas of objectives,
tactics, obstacles, and playing a character with a motive with an
acting partner in a short scene.
#1 MAKING CHARACTER CHOICES: Students will now,
with regard to their chosen mythological character, CHOOSE
AN OBJECTIVE, CHOOSE A MOVING GESTURE AND
MOVING FACIAL EXPRESSION, AND VOCALIZATION
THAT ULTIMATELY HAS A POWERFUL EFFECT
ON SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, DIRECTS THAT
CHARACTER’S MINIONS TO DO SOMETHING, , ETC
EXAMPLES: STHENO TURNS SOMEONE TO STONE
THRU GESTURE AND A PARTICULAR FACIAL
EXPRESSION AND SOUND, ATHENA SHAPESHIFTS
HERSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE INTO AN OWL BY
SPINNING IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES, WITH A HUGE
SMILE ON HER FACE AND YELLING “HOO HOO.”
OTHER EXAMPLES: HEALING POWERS, ETERNAL
YOUTH, CONTROLLING NATURE, HYSTERICAL
STRENGTH, ETC.
#2 STAGE COMBAT: Trained leaders will teach the class
the Stage Stomach Punch, the Stage Hair Pull, and the Stage
Stomach Kick, with special regard to Safety First.
These Stage Combat Moves will be used in scene work as the
“impetus” (that which caused the god to act) or the “obstacle”
(that which prevented the god from acting).
#3 SCENE WORK: In groups of 2 to 4, students will
CREATE A SHORT SCENE IN WHICH A SITUATION
ARISES THAT PROVOKES A MYTHOLOGICAL GOD OR
CREATURE TO ACT UPON THEIR OBJECTIVE, WHICH
IS MET WITH AN OBSTACLE AND A SUBSEQUENT
CHANGE OF TACTIC. Students will rehearse quickly and
then perform for the class.
Example: Stheno has an argument with a man who is standing
guard at Hades’ palace. This guard refuses to let her enter so
she tries to turn him to stone, but he moves quickly, pulling her
snake hair in an attempt to stop her. She punches him in the
stomach, he falls to the ground and she then stands atop him,
and through gesture, facial expression, and vocalization, turns
him to stone.
OUTCOME/FEEDBACK:
Arts Content Standard 4
Students analyze characteristics and merits of their
work and the work of others.
The leaders will ask the class, by a show of hands, who feels
they have a deeper familiarity with mind and body awareness,
creating a character from mythology and bringing them to life
on stage, and simple stage combat techniques. Students will be
invited to analyze their work and the work of others in the class.
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Mythological God List for both Workshops
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Aphrodite, the Greek goddesss of love and beauty.
(Roman form: Venus)
One of the more unique things about Aphrodite is that
as the goddess of beauty, she really doesn’t have one specific
appearance. When she appears, she’s seen by each viewer as
their personal epitome of beauty - thus, no one really knows
what her earthly form truly looks like. Here are some examples
from canon:
Percy Jackson: To Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, Aphrodite
appears as a woman in a red dress with beautiful hair in ringlets.
Her smile, to him, looks like Annabeth’s as well as a movie star.
Piper McLean: Piper, daughter of Aphrodite, has very different
ideals of beauty than Percy. She’s got shoulder-length hair,
a beautiful figure, and wears a pretty white top and jeans.
Aphrodite wasn’t sure what hair color or eye color Piper liked
best, so they were constantly changing for her. She wore no
makeup when she visited Piper because Piper didn’t find makeup
necessary for true beauty.
She can be quite vain and often carries a mirror with
her. One of her most prized possessions is a scarf enchanted
with powerful love magic, which is currently in the attic
of the Big House. It can cause people to fall in love with
others or Aphrodite herself, and it’s often the cause of many
mortals falling in love with her to create demigods. She has a
reputation for being flirtatious and clever, but they aren’t her
only two traits. Aphrodite believes in true love and has a deep
connection with her children as well as all their fathers. She is
the oldest of the Olympian gods and also widely believed to be
one of the most powerful, as love is the most powerful force in
the universe. She’s in love with Ares, the god of war, and has an
affair with him, but is married to Hephaestus, god of the forge.
Aphrodite has these abilities:
• A sensual allure that causes other people to gravitate to her
• Charmspeak - the ability to enthrall her victims and cause
them to do what she wants with just the power of her voice.
Her Charmspeak is much more powerful than any demigods,
as demigod Charmspeak can only persuade people to do
things.
• The ability to cause people to fall in love with each other or
to stop loving each other.
• She can control the forces of physical appetite or emotional/
sexual desire.
• She controls unattainable desires and is often the cause of
them.
• The ability to change her appearance. It’s not known if this is
involuntary.
• She can help people attain their desires or true love.
• She speaks fluent French, the language of love.
Apollo, the Greek god of healing, music, archery, poetry,
prophecy, and the sun. (Roman form: Apollo)
Apollo is a god that’s most commonly described by young
demigods as ‘hot’, which only fits, because he’s the sun god. He
usually appears as a boy around 17 or 18 years old with sandy
blonde hair, a cocky grin, and outdoorsy good looks. He dresses
casually, for the most part, but is pretty fashionable regardless.
His most prized possession is his Sun Chariot, which he drives
around the world every day. It usually looks like a shiny red
Maserati, but he can change its appearance at will.
He’s known for having a cocky, self-centered attitude and
can be pretty laid back. He speaks haiku all the time, one of his
current hobbies, and even though he’s the god of poetry, he’s
canonically pretty terrible at it. Apollo loves most demigods,
regardless of whose they are, and usually will help them out in
a bind. He has a tendency to flirt with girls, but also has serious
respect for women, especially his mother, Leto, and his sister
Artemis.
Apollo is Zeus’ most powerful son, and has these powers:
• He is a skilled archer and enjoys other things involving
target-based objectives, like basketball.
• He has the ability to play any musical instrument.
• He has absolute control over light, and some degree of
control over flames, as he can control the flames from the Sun
Chariot.
• He can manipulate someone’s health as well as their
anatomy/inner organs.
• He can instantly heal wounds.
• He can bless others by enhancing their senses or being able to
detect bodily functions.
• The only gods smarter than he is are Athena and Zeus.
• He can see into the future, but does not tell anyone
what will happen.
• He can cause diseases and plague.
• He is the best at driving the Sun Chariot.
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Mythological God List for both Workshops (continued)
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Ares, the Greek god of war. (Roman form: Mars)
Ares appears as a strong biker who always wears some sort of
leather, a bulletproof vest, and wraparound sunglasses. His eyes
have been seen by few people because his sockets are actually
full of fire. He usually pulls up on a Harley Davidson motorcycle
with flames painted on the side and a seat made of human skin,
and carries a knife on his thigh as well as a baseball bat that can
turn into any weapon.
He’s known as a brash man, and it’s been said by the author
that ‘he could pick a fight in an empty room.’ (For the record,
it was him vs. the room, and he won, as usual.) He has a
great sense of pride and is known as being very bloodthirsty.
The best way to defend him is to call him a coward - you will
quite literally get cut down. As a parent, Ares is very strict,
but he cares about his children very much. He’s in love with
Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, and has a widely known
about affair with her, since she prefers him over her husband
Hephaestus.
Ares has these powers:
• He has incredible prowess in war with any weapons and has
only been defeated by demigods or otherwise a few times in
his long existence.
• He has the ability to conjure up any weapon and can use it
with ease on sight.
• He has the ability to magically disarm his opponents.
• He has been known to curse people’s weapons.
• To a degree, he can control negative, powerful emotions like
hate or rage.
• He has a small amount of control over fire.
• He can control undead warriors, as the losing side of any war
must give a fraction of their dead to Ares as tribute.
• He can bless people who show incredible bloodlust or courage
in battle with temporary near-invulnerability.
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, chastity, the moon,
and the wilderness. (Roman form: Diana)
Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt, appears as a young
girl around the age of 12. She has auburn hair and eyes the
color of the moon on a clear night, and often wears either a
short tunic hunting gear to match her Hunters, a band of young,
immortal girls who serve as her hunting party and handmaidens.
She’s often accompanied by her golden stag. When she’s
serving more as the moon goddess, her dress changes to a long
gossamer gown with a more elaborate updo.
Even though she’s twins with Apollo, she couldn’t be more
different from him.
She’s known as the more focused and serious twin. She spends
a lot of time with mortals, especially young girls - who she has a
deep care and affection for - and understands them better than
most of the gods. She tends to judge people by their acts and
deeds rather than potential, and is an independent goddess who
doesn’t spend much time on Olympus. She has a general dislike
for men, though she respects men who prove themselves as
valiant to her.
Artemis has these powers:
• Enhanced speed, aim, and precision in the hunt and in battle.
• The ability to camouflage.
• Ability to control hunting animals such as wolves and hawks.
• Ability to replenish animals she kills.
• She can speak to animals.
• She has direct control over monsters and will help demigods
kill them and banish them to Tartarus if she is near.
• She can see clearly at night.
• She is skilled with a bow and arrow as well as knives.
• She has the ability to create constellations as well as turn
people into constellations.
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Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, tactics, and
handicrafts. (Roman form: Minerva)
Athena is described as an intelligent woman with long black
hair and grey eyes - a trait shared by all her children. She is a
virgin goddess, but does have demigod children. If she falls in
love with a man, her children spring as fully formed babies from
her forehead, much as she was born to her father Zeus, and are
presented to the man. Her gaze is cold and has been described as
‘intense’.
Athena, much like Artemis, is a very focused, intelligent
woman. She carefully plans each move she makes in her
existence and is a dangerous opponent, as she will never make
a mistake because she hated you. Her children are claimed at
birth, and she has been shown to be very proud of them as well
as herself. She will never say no to a challenge and often wins
them. She never forgets what people say about her. Unlike
many gods, she’s calm and caring to demigods and will often
help them on quests. One of her most prized posessions is the
Athena Parthenos, which was supposedly stolen by the
Romans and hidden away.
Athena has these powers:
• Incredible prowess in battle and tactical knowledge.
• Great weaving ability.
• The ability to shapeshift into an owl.
• Athena has the power of divine wisdom.
• The ability to create ‘brain children’.
Boreas, the Greek god of winter and the North wind.
(Roman form: Aquilon)
Boreas appears as a tall, sturdy looking man with resilient
eyes. He has purple wings and long hair with a beard - both
covered in ice. He is the only god to speak only French instead
of English, as he lives in Quebec, Canada - the oldest settlement
in the North.
He has been known as a reasonable god who will listen to
people first and then take action - provided they can understand
him speaking, of course. He has been known to act rash in the
past, though, as he once trapped a woman he loved in a cloud
and turned her into his immortal wife. He has some jurisdiction
over horses and fathered twelve who could run like the wind
without trampling grass.
Boreas has these powers:
• He can fly.
• He can freeze things on command.
• He controls blizzards and snowstorms.
• He can turn people into frozen statues.
• He controls the cold Northern wind.
• He has the power to turn people immortal, as proven by his
wife and his sons, the Boreads.
Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture and the harvest.
(Roman form: Ceres)
Demeter often appears as an older woman with black
hair and kind, large eyes. She looks a lot like her daughter
Persephone, and was said to be very beautiful in her younger
days. She often wears a wheat-colored dress and has dried grass
braided into her hair.
She’s a bit of a fussy goddess, often acting like a nagging
mother or mother-in-law. She cares deeply for her children,
particularly her daughter Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.
She can be a bit stern and values hard work and healthy eating
among all people. One of her most prized possessions is her
sickle, which she uses to tend to the wheat on Earth - the plant
she has a soft spot for.
Demeter has these powers:
• She can control, create, and manipulate plants.
• She can allow the Earth to grow plants where soil was once
infertile.
• She can aid plants in growth by being near them, and is often
found talking to plants.
• She can change the seasons from winter to summer.
• She can turn various objects into plants.
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Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, madness, and theater.
(Roman form: Bacchus)
Dionysus is the god that campers see most often, as he’s the
camp director of Camp Half-Blood, known there as Mr. D. He
has a chubby face and a red nose, and watery, bloodshot eyes.
He has no fashion sense, often wearing Hawaiian shirts of
various loud patterns and purple running shoes, despite never
having run a day in his existence. He’s often seen with a can of
Diet Coke in his hand, as he’s not allowed to drink wine while
at Camp.
He’s usually seen by campers as a grouchy man who hates
heroes - going so far as to purposefully not remember their
names. He’s been this way since Theseus, a hero, abandoned
Ariadne, who later became his wife who he was strongly devoted
to - as such, he has very few demigod children. He dislikes being
only known as ‘the wine dude’ and will often punish people
who calls him that. Deep down, his time at camp has caused
him to have a soft spot for heroes and feels upset when they are
mistreated. Out of all the gods, he seems to care the most for his
demigod children, as he is shown crying when one of his sons
dies. He’s known to have a reckless streak and loves parties - in
fact, the whole reason he’s camp director at Camp Half Blood is
because Zeus punished him for this for chasing after an off-limits
nymph on Olympus. His followers are the Maenads, and he is
fiercely protective over them.
Dionysus has these powers:
• He is brave in battle and fights well.
• He can grow and summon plants at will - most often
grapevines and strawberry plants.
• He can suffocate people with grape vines.
• He has the power to induce and cure madness.
• He can create and manipulate alcohol, but does not have this
ability at Camp Half Blood.
• He can turn people and objects into wine.
• He can turn people into animals.
• He can conjure any beverage, but if he summons anything
alcoholic at Camp Half Blood, it will turn into a can of Diet
Coke.
• He can appear anywhere where a party is happening.
• He curses anyone who hurts or kills the Maenads.
Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, chaos, and strife.
(Roman form: Discordia)
Eris appears as a woman with dark hair, olive skin, and a
ripped red silk dress. She wears her nails long and sharp and
often has a mischievious smile. Eris loves nothing more than to
cause drama, and she is a major gossiper. She doesn’t like taking
responsibility for her actions and often runs away before things
can be pinned on her. She’s best known for being the one to
start the Trojan War over the Golden Apple, her symbol.
Eris has these abilities:
• Eris often disguises herself as a woman in a position of power
to cause the downfall of major countries and companies
throughout history.
• She has the power to Shadow Travel to keep herself out of
trouble as often as possible and pin the blame on others.
Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld.
(Roman form: Pluto)
Hades appears as a man with pale, almost albino skin, intense
black eyes, and a manipulative sort of swagger that might be
described by some as evil. He wears black silk robes with souls
threaded into the cloth, and in battle wears a red cape and the
Helm of Darkness.
Hades is an honorable and just god, despite his reputation for
being ‘evil’ since he is the god of the Underworld. He respects
oaths as well as the laws of morality, and does not kill mortals.
He’s incredibly hardworking and takes his job as the judge of the
dead very seriously. However, he’s also shown to carry grudges
that span even longer than lifetimes, which often causes people
to interpret him as being ‘evil’ - a trait that he received from his
father, Kronos.
Hades has these powers:
• Control over the Earth and its stones, as well as things buried
under the Earth.
• He has divine authority over the deceased.
• He can call forth the dead to fight for him.
• He can destroy Skeleton Warriors.
• He can put the dead to sleep and silence them.
• He can capture and release souls in a burst of yellow flame.
• He can sense when someone is dying.
• He can place curses on the living.
• He can control monsters of the Underworld, including
Cerberus and Hellhounds.
• He can control Shadows and fight using large bursts of
shadow energy.
• He can Shadow Travel.
• He can control hellfire, which burns brighter and hotter than
normal flame.
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Hera, the Greek goddess of familial love, marriage, heaven,
air, motherhood, and women. (Roman form: Juno)
Hera appears as a woman with brown hair in a complicated
braid style. She often wears gold ribbons in her hair and a
long dress that moves like oil on water. She’s considered very
beautiful and has a motherly face, but her eyes are full of power.
Hera is not always a kind mother - she takes her duties very
seriously and is upset by unfaithfulness and is easily provoked.
She does not like demigods much, especially the children of her
husband Zeus, and is biased towards what she considers ‘perfect
families’. She can be patient with demigods who listen to her,
however, as she knows they are the keys to saving Olympus and
helping her family reconcile with one another more often than
not. Her sacred animal is the peacock and her most prized item
is the Lotus Staff.
Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and thieves.
(Roman form: Mercury)
Hermes takes on the appearance of a middle-aged man with a
slim, but athletic, figure and salt-and-pepper hair. He is normally
seen wearing nylon running shorts and a NYC marathon t-shirt,
a mailman’s outfit or a suit. He is also known to wear winged
shoes.
He’s known to be the more reasonable and helpful member
of the gods, and takes his duties very seriously. He also has a far
better understanding of mortals then his fellow Olympians. He
cares a great deal for his children and is very accepting of others,
which are traits not found among many of the other gods and
goddesses. Hermes is very helpful as well as clever (outsmarting
Apollo as a child). Naturally Hermes can become very angry
when someone implies that he doesn’t care about his children.
Hera has been known to do these things with her
godly abilities:
• She has the ability to conjure and create any food she wishes.
• She has the ability to make things appear neat and orderly on
command.
• She creates and takes a sacred bath once a year to celebrate
her marriage to Zeus.
Hermes has these abilities:
• He is one of the fastest gods.
• He can steal things and often go unnoticed.
• He has the power of persuasion.
• Hermes is an unbelievable inventor, only surpassed by
Hephaestus.
• He has great athletic prowess.
• Hermes is incredibly clever.
• Hermes also posses divine wisdom and is only surpassed by
Athena and Zeus.
• Hermes is also a god of sleep and dreams, but he has limited
power in this area.
• As the messenger of the gods, Hermes can go to the realm of
any god, including the Underworld.
• Hermes has limited prophetic abilities.
Heracles, the Greek god of strength, bravery, and heroes.
(Roman form: Hercules)
Heracles is a man who lives alone on an island, which he was
cursed to guard forever. He was a demigod of ancient times (son
of Zeus) who went on many adventures and was stronger than
any other demigod of his time, causing the Olympians to turn
him immortal and grant him godhood.
He is a passionate man who leaps into situations without
thinking. He’s also bored easily, but this comes from living
alone on an island for years as its sole protector. He often makes
visitors to his island complete Labors, much as he did in his time
as a hero.
Hercules has these powers:
• Extreme strength and speed.
• Immortality, gained after he was burned in a pyre.
• As the son of Zeus, he may have been able to control
lightning.
Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep. (Roman form: Somnus)
Hypnos is said to be the twin brother of Thanatos, so it is
presumed that he has the same “teakwood” skin tone, black hair
and golden eyes.
He is not the most responsible or honorable of the gods. He’s
said to do nothing much but sleep, implying that he is perhaps
the laziest god. There is also evidence that Hypnos is cowardly,
as well as using his power immaturely as a child.
Hypnos has these abilities:
• Standard powers of a god.
• Flight through levitation or his wings.
• Hypnokinesis: His signature power that allows to him induce
sleep, visions and even manipulate dreams in a very similar
way that of his son Morpheus, but to a much more powerful
degree.
• Shapeshifting: Hypnos can change his appearance into
anything that he wants to be, and has been known to turned
into a bird in the past.
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Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow. (Roman form: Arcus)
Iris appears as an eccentric middle-aged woman with glasses
to most people. She has olive skin, dark hair and brown eyes.
She is a bit quirky and only smiles with one side of her mouth,
and often looks spacey, as if someone’s asked her a question and
she’s in the middle of thinking. She is a free-spirited goddess
who only attacks if you attack her first. She spends all her time
delivering messages, so she doesn’t have any shrines or sacred
animals. Because of this, she’s dedicated her life to her business,
Rainbow Organic Foods and Lifestyles (ROFL). She lives in San
Francisco with her cloud nymph friend, Fleecy, who handles
most Iris-Messages for her. Fleecy has a specific chant one can
ask her if they would like her to personally deliver a message for
her: ‘O Fleecy, do me a solid. Show ____.’ She has a sacred item,
a pitcher of Stygian water, which she uses to put to sleep
anyone that swears to tell the truth and then lies.
As the goddess of the rainbow, Iris can do these things:
• Manipulation of light.
• Blinding of her enemies.
• The ability to create and summon pegasi and rainbows, as
well as colorful energy blasts.
• The ability to create multicolored fire to burn her enemies.
• The ability to move at rapid speeds.
• She can reflect light beams off different things to make more
powerful attacks.
• Creation of Iris-Messages.
Keto, the Greek goddess of sea monsters.
She takes on the appearance of a young woman in her
twenties with frizzy black hair that she pulls into pigtails. On
top of that she has dimpled cheeks, braces and thick-framed
glasses that give her the appearance of a student. Most often she
is found wearing a Georgia Aquarium polo shirt, dark slacks and
black sneakers.
Keto has a bubbly personality and loves to share her
knowledge of sea creatures and smaller animals with anyone
who listens. She has the habit of bouncing when she shares
her knowledge. However despite enthusiasm she can be rather
unfeeling towards sea creatures, going as far as sedating them
and trying to teach them tricks. Her bubbly personality also does
well in hiding her somewhat vengeful side.
Keto has these abilities:
• Control over sea monsters.
Khione, the Greek goddess of snow. (Roman form: Chione)
Khione appears as a woman with too-pale skin, dark hair and
eyes, and a white silk dress. She has been known to be a rather
‘cold’ goddess, physically and emotionally. She works alongside
her father, Boreas (god of the North Wind and winter) and
her brothers, Zethes and Calais, former demigods who have
been granted immortality. She has been known to be hostile
towards demigods, but may have a few half-blood children of her
own. Her current home is in Quebec, and she can speak fluent
French.
Khione’s main power is cryokinesis, the control of snow,
ice, and cold winds. She has been known to do these
things with her powers:
• Turning sentient creatures into ice.
• Blowing things around with cold air.
• Can change her form into snow or a snowstorm.
• The ability to create and summon blizzards.
• The ability to create large, nuclear explosion-strength blasts
of cold.
• The ability to turn something colder and colder until it feels
as if it’s burning.
• She has a form of charmspeak that she can use by whispering
in people’s ears.
• She can sense fire or people with fire abilities.
• She can levitate herself with cold wind.
Melinoe, the Greek goddess of ghosts.
Melinoe has a rather frightening appearance – both sides
representing her parents Hades and Persephone. Her left side is
black and mummy-like while her right side is a chalky pale that
almost makes her seem that she has no blood. Her eyes are black
voids. However it isn’t very often one can catch her in this
form, as she can appear as whomever she wishes while haunting
people.
She is rather dissatisfied with the way Hades’s is ruling the
Underworld, along with the fact that she cannot haunt mortals
by day. She can have a somewhat nasty personality, as well as
bitterness from her parents not taking an interest in her. These
feelings lead her to take Kronos’ side in the war.
Melinoe has these abilities:
• She can take on the appearance the dead people from an
individual’s life, and then uses the guilt and anger from said
person as an ally or advantage in battle.
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Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, storms,
horses, and destruction.
Overall Poseidon is a benevolent god, despite his pride,
stubbornness and his habit of being temperamental. These
later three traits however are not as dominate after centuries of
maturity. He loves and cares for all his children, watching over
them ore then the other gods and will often give them advice
and help them indirectly. He also has a very odd sense of humor,
it’s hard to tell at times if he’s joking or not. He is a tease.
Poseidon has short black hair along with a neatly trimmed
beard. His skin is a tan color and has “smile crinkles” around
his sea-green eyes and cheeks. Normally he wears Birkenstocks,
khaki Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts. He also wears a
battered cap covered in fishing lures.
Poseidon has these abilities:
• Hydrokinesis, absolute control over water.
• He can withstand any amount of water pressure.
• He can generate water from his body.
• He can use sea waves as a form of transport.
• Geokinesis, the mental and/or physical ability to control/
manipulate earth.
• Aerokinesis, the ability to manipulate air patterns.
Thanatos, the Greek god of death. (Roman form: Letus)
Thanatos appears as a muscular man with dark skin, dark
hair, and gold eyes. He wears chains around his wrists, and has
beautiful black wings that can also appear blue and purple in
the light. He is incredibly dutiful as the god of death, and serves
Hades, the god of the Underworld. He keeps a list of those
who must die and sticks to it. He has been known to have a bit
of a sick sense of humor, and doesn’t always like doing his job
because ‘death isn’t fair’. The two most important items to him
are his scythe and his black iPad that he uses to keep lists of the
dead and skype with Hades.
As god of death,Thanatos has these abilities:
• Control over death and dead people.
• The ability to kill with a single touch.
• Separating the dead from the living by bringing the dead back
to the Underworld.
• Keeper of the Doors of Death.
Zeus, the Greek god of the skies, lightning, honor, and justice.
(Roman form: Jupiter)
Zeus often takes the form of a large man with long greying
black hair and a beard. His eyes are grey and look proud, but
stern, and he’s often wearing a suit. Zeus is the leader of the
Olympian gods and has a lot of self-respect and confidence, and
demands that of others, including the demand of other people to
put him first - if one does not do this, it often angers him. He’s
got a very quick temper and is easily made paranoid. He also
has a flair for the overdramatic (especially in his entrances and
exits) and likes to show off. He cares deeply for his children, as
well as the other gods, but appears stern so he can seem like a
more just leader. Zeus deeply distrusts Poseidon and his children,
and it’s dangerous for children of Poseidon to fly, as Zeus may
blast them from the sky. He lives on Mount Olympus in New
York City.
Zeus’s powers include Aerokinesis, Atmokinesis, and
Electrokinesis. His most precious item is the Master
Bolt, which all other lightning bolts are made from.
Zeus has been seen to do these things with his powers:
• Manipulation of clouds and air currents.
• Flight.
• Generation of wind, lightning bolts and thunder, as well as
hurricanes and tornadoes.
• Control over the weather.
• Immunity to electricity.
• Has the ability to send static shocks through people.
• Some degree of control over the ‘air waves’ of radio and
television.
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Essay/Discussion Topics and Questions
n In the opening scene, we are introduced to Stheno and her family. What do we learn about the
three sisters? On first impression, what personality traits do you think they have in common? How
are they different from one another? Then, having seen the entire play, discuss how accurate your first
impressions were.
n The character of The Old Man as storyteller is an iconic image. Where have you seen this before?
What spin does the playwright put on this character to make him humorous?
n Many plays and stories fit into the following format: (see handout)
Exposition … Inciting Incident … Rising Action … Climax … Falling Action …Denouement
Does this play fit that format? Why or why not?
n We quickly discover this is the story of Stheno’s quest to avenge her sister’s death? Greek Mythology
often involves a “quest”. Define “quest” and discuss its significance as a story-telling device. List other
famous mythological tales that make use of this device.
n With the introduction of each new god, a theatrical element is employed to accompany their entrance.
(Examples: a sound cue, a dramatic light change, a surprising set change.) Describe one such introduction
and how the action, costume, spectacle or event informs the character of that god.
n The playwright uses contemporary conventions and vernacular in the play: the doggie leash, the
giggly, girl-like harpies, references to iPods, etc. They are used both to enhance the comedy and to help
build modern characters in an historic setting. Name as many as you can remember and discuss their
effectiveness in drawing you in as an audience member.
n In what Stheno refers to as Masterpiece Theatre of the Damned, she pantomimes the heartbreaking
story of Eurydice. Retell that story in your own words. What is the lesson or moral of that story? Why is
it pertinent to Stheno’s quest?
n In many ways, Stheno and the gods she meets are stereotypical characters, flip-flopping between
superheroes, “every man” and “every woman,” and stock characters. Support this statement with regard to
their actions, and their interactions. How are they not stereotypes?
n What does Hades represent? Does he have likeable qualities? If so, did this surprise you and did you
find it effective?
n One of the major themes of the play is Good vs. Evil. What are some of the other major themes?
n This play is ultimately about discovery. What does Stheno discover, with Hades help, at the story’s
end? What does she decide to do as a result of her discovery? Why could she not see this before the
ending moments?
n Which character was your favorite? Write a scene between Stheno and that character that takes place
at a future meeting.
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Theatre etiquette
Dear Principals and Teachers,
Thank you for this opportunity to perform for your students. Our actors will give a curtain speech before
the show about the play explaining the role of the Arts in today’s society as well as the role the a Arts
played in Ancient Greece. However, because we want this experience to be as pleasant as possible for
you, your students, and the performers, we ask that you also please take time to cover these basic theatreetiquette rules with your students before they enter the theatre or performance space.
1. Please remain seated for the entire performance. Please use the restroom before you are directed to
your seat. This performance is less than an hour long, with no intermission.
2. Please turn off your cell phone. Also remember that the use of recording equipment and cameras
is not permitted.
3.
Please do not eat, drink, or chew gum during the performance.
4.
Please do not talk to the actors on stage, or to your friends, during the show.
5.
Laugh, clap, and have fun!
Please let the Stage Manager and actors know if you would like to have a 10-minute question-and-answer
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Thank you so much for your support in creating the future’s well-mannered and appreciative live
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