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inspired by Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis

Characters:

IPHIGENIA, a spinning girl of privileged means, slightly feral, she's used to being in the public eye, she's breaking down.

ACHILLES, an androgynous rock star, beautiful and damaged (on video and live);Also (may) play FRESA GIRL 3, chorus.*

ADOLFO, Iphigenia's father, a contained and ambitious general (on video and live); Also plays VIRTUAL MC, an obscene, liquid, techno-triphop vision (on video); GENERAL'S ASS, a mask from the satyr play, part commedia role, part Burroughs-like dream; SOLDIER X, a mercenary, who has no passion left; And FRESA GIRL 1, chorus.

CAMILA, Iphigenia's mother, a narcotized prop wife possessed of a fierce hauteur (on video and live); Also plays VIOLETA IMPERIAL, an ageless apparition, a messenger and prophet, earth-bound; And HERMAPHRODITE PRINCE, a mask from the satyr play, a little lost and seriously messed up.

ORESTES, Iphigenia's baby brother, an addicted, spewing child with an adult voice (on video); Also plays NEWS ANCHOR, a plastic icon on the TV (on video and live); VIRGIN PUTA, a mask from the satyr play, who is Iphigenia's other twin.GLASS-EYED MAN (on video), a specter; And FRESA GIRL 2, chorus.

*The Fresa Girls should be played by men. If Achilles is not doubled, then Fresa Girl 3 should be played by an additional actor.

Time:

The present. An unnamed country in the Americas during a time of unrest.

Setting:

The frame of an aircraft hangar. Dust, dirt, and a stained party dress nailed to a battered wall. Oddly dyed carnations on the ground. The wall is jagged and impossibly high. A bank of surveillance cameras to one side: the silent, red eye.

Notes:

There are Spanish words and phrases incorporated in the text, which are either translated directly by a character or can be determined from context. No "Hispanic" accents should be used. Melodies to original songs may be obtained by contacting the author, or the lyrics may be re-set by another composer.

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