Shiz

Well guys, we open tomorrow.

SO! In review, so you know whats going on when you see it tomorrow, here are the basic plot lines:

 

• Hector is the head fighter of troy. He challenges the mightiest Greek to come fight with him one-on-one to decide the fate of the war.
• Achilles is the mightiest fighter in Greece. BUT he gets all cocky and refuses to fight Hector.
• The Greek War council (Ulysses, Aggy, Nestor, Menelaus, Diomedes, etc.) recruits the dumb brute Ajax to fight instead with the intention of Achilles getting so jealous that he ends up fighting anyway.
• Troilus and Cressida love each other, but are separated when Cressida gets sent to Greece in exchange for the prisoner Antenor. Their relationship is orchestrated by Pandarus.
• When in Greece, Cressida fools around with Diomedes and Troilus throws a tantrum.
• Paris stole Helen from Menelaus, a Greek official, and started the war. Now Paris and Helen lounge about the palace, and Paris refuses to give her back.
• Then there is Cassandra, who is always right, but nobody listens to her.
• Aeneus who is a boss fighter.
• Patroclus is Achilles bro.
• Thersites insults the world.
• Trojan dancers dance.
• And a partridge in a pear tree.

Those are all of the important things to know. Pheeeeew. That was intense.........like the boy scouts. Get it? Because they're in-tents........... haha, well I thought it was funny...

This show is going to be so cool and intense and epic and awesome and everything else a show could be that's good. 

I am so excited, and you all should be too. When you come to the show you'll receive a program that has all sorts of information about the Iliad and such that I didn't cover in the blog.

I look forward to seeing you!

--Your friendly neighborhood Troilus and Cressida Dramaturg