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A Mind Full of Venom, a short historical play about Galileo, will be produced as part of Pear Slices at the Pear Theatre in Mountain View, CA, May 4-20, 2018 (preview May 3). Click here for more information.
While in Rome, Galileo receives an unexpected visitor: Father Tommaso Caccini, the very man who denounced him and reported him to the Inquisition. Caccini appears contrite, but his true motivations soon emerge. This is an imagined account of a real meeting that took place between Galileo and Caccini in February 1616.
While in Rome, Galileo receives an unexpected visitor: Father Tommaso Caccini, the very man who denounced him and reported him to the Inquisition. Caccini appears contrite, but his true motivations soon emerge. This is an imagined account of a real meeting that took place between Galileo and Caccini in February 1616.
The Execution of Croesus, a classically-inspired drama, will have a staged reading at the Custom Made Theatre Company on May 6, 2018, 7:00 pm.
After waging a doomed war on Persia, King Croesus is imprisoned, along with his wife Lissandra and son Lydus, while the victorious King Cyrus determines their fate. Croesus, tormented by his conviction that he is a pawn of the Fates, yearns only to be executed--and is prepared to drag his family with him. Meanwhile, Cyrus’ son Cambyses and daughter Atossa have their own wishes for the captives. As the characters try to outmaneuver one another, the battle over Croesus’ life becomes more desperate and ruthless, until it is settled in an unexpected way.
Loosely based on an account by Herodotus, The Execution of Croesus is an original take on a classical story that explores the age-old question of free will versus fate. Are human beings free to choose their own destinies, or pawns to forces outside of their control? And, if the latter, how can life still be worth living?
After waging a doomed war on Persia, King Croesus is imprisoned, along with his wife Lissandra and son Lydus, while the victorious King Cyrus determines their fate. Croesus, tormented by his conviction that he is a pawn of the Fates, yearns only to be executed--and is prepared to drag his family with him. Meanwhile, Cyrus’ son Cambyses and daughter Atossa have their own wishes for the captives. As the characters try to outmaneuver one another, the battle over Croesus’ life becomes more desperate and ruthless, until it is settled in an unexpected way.
Loosely based on an account by Herodotus, The Execution of Croesus is an original take on a classical story that explores the age-old question of free will versus fate. Are human beings free to choose their own destinies, or pawns to forces outside of their control? And, if the latter, how can life still be worth living?
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