EXCERPT, FROM OPENING OF EURYDICE BY SARAH RUHL
CHARACTERS: Eurydice Her Father Orpheus A Nasty Interesting Man/The Lord of the Underworld
A CHORUS OF STONES: Big Stone Little Stone Loud Stone
The set contains a raining elevator, a water-pump, some rusty exposed pipes, an abstracted River of Forgetfulness, an old-fashioned glow-in-the-dark globe.
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NOTES:
Eurydice and Orpheus should be played as though they are a little too young and a little too in love. They should resist the temptation to be “classical.”
The underworld should resemble the world of Alice in Wonderland more than it resembles Hades.
The stones might be played as though they are nasty children at a birthday party.
When people compose letters in this play they needn’t actually scribble them—they can speak directly to the audience.
The play should be performed without an intermission.
[source: sarah ruhl - web]
