LEIGH HIGH SCHOOL THEATER ARTS





Fall Play: Kyklos Mythos
December 1 - 10, 2022
Rehearsal Calendar
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Cast List
Choragus/Chorus
Hallie G, Hannah W., Natasha A.
Zeus
Joshua F
Hades
Eden T
Hera
Halea R
Persephone
Marie L
Narcissus / Charon
Raul S
Dionysus/Orpheus
Kaleb S
Demeter
Gemma L
Io
Tatum T
Inachus/Minos
Nicholas Z
Argus/Helios
Anthony L
Hermes
Joseph T
Tantalus
Sebastian L
Eurydice
Paley H-K
Chorus
Aashvee V., Evie M., Salma G.
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Note From The Author - Kyklos Mythos is intended to be an introduction to Greek theater. Many of the forms first devised by the Greeks are still found in modern contexts. Through working on this production performers will understand group movement, chanting, and dynamic positioning.
In writing Kyklos Mythos my goal was to stretch the performers without breaking them. As such I have selected myths more commonly known as well as supplementing extra tidbits.
- Tsel BenZacharia
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The major myths discussed in the show are:
First Act:
Bacchus - God of wine and theater
Zeus Infidelities - Including Io
Echo & Hera - Echo's curse for interfering with Hera
Echo & Narcissus
Second Act:
Rise of the Olympians
Hades and the kidnapping of Persephone
Hades, Persephone, & Demeter - Creation of the seasons
Punishment of Tantalus
Orpheus & Eurydice
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Excerpts from the play:
Excerpt from Echo & Narcissus
Choragus:
So Narcissus stayed looking
At the magnificent youth
Bound by the boundary of water
From his sadness he stayed ever vigilant
Narcissus:
Oh marvelous boy,
I loved you in vain,
Farewell
Chorus:
But Narcissus
All this time
Was still under the unrequited
Gaze of Echo
Echo:
Farewell
Choragus:
The fire passion of the boy
Melted him from within
His body transformed
And from it’s last vantage
A magnificent flower sprung forth
Choragus & Chorus:
Echo came down from her cave
To take the new form
Of the one she loved
And carried it with her
Back to her dark hold
Her life, immortal, could not
Be ended by the Fates
As such her body faded
Into the shadows
And her bones turned to stone
Till all that remained was her voice
Excerpt from beginning of Act 2
Choragus & Chorus:
In the golden age father sky
Choragus
Uranus
Chorus:
Ruled with his bride mother Earth
Choragus:
Gaia
Choragus & Chorus:
From their union came twelve titans
Including the parents of the Olympiads
Gaia angered at her husband for
Imprisoning their children
Chorus:
The hundred-handed Hecatoncheires and one-eyed Cyclopes,
Choragus & Chorus:
In the depths of Tartarus
Conspired with her son, Kronos
To castrate her husband
Kronos was successful & ascended
To lead the rulers of the heavens
He was warned in prophecy that he
Would be brought down by his own children
With Rhea his wife Kronos had six offspring
Kronos swallowed the first five
But Rhea with help of Gaia secreted the sixth
Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon
Were regurgitated by Kronos following
Zeus’ coming of age
A mighty war was fought
In the end Kronos was defeated and the
Olympians ascended to on high
At the conclusion of the titanomachy
Choragus
Lots were drawn
Chorus
Zeus having chosen the longest
Ascended to the heights of Olympus
And claimed the sky as his dominion
He was bestowed with thunder bolts
With which to protect his dominion
Poseidon having the next lot
Took the oceans as his domain
To defend his holdings
He was given the trident
Hades having chosen the shortest
Was left with the Underworld
And was bestowed with
The Helm of Darkness
Hades:
Brothers after my assistance
In fighting during the titanomachy
It is repugnant that I would receive
Such a distasteful dominion to rule
Nothing will grow
I must act as jailer to our father
I will have no one for company
And I must contend with older gods
Whom may not accept me as their leader
Zeus:
Brother remember when all is said and done
All that shall remain is the Underworld
Your land is eternal though mine and Poseidon's
May be undone
Our father must remain bound in Tartarus
We will always assist in this task should trouble arise
As for taking control make consort Nyx
And bind the land to your will
Companionship will be found two form
Take with you the monster Cerberus
He shall serve you well and guard the entry to your land
So that none who shall enter shall exit again
I will also promise unto you one of my daughters
To serve as your bride and to rule by your side