The Big Dark

Raymond Chandler meets Ovid in this madcap noir version of the story of the abduction of Persephone and the origin of the four seasons. Jaded gumshoe Phillipides joins forces with Persephone’s mom, the goddess Demeter, and a host of denizens of Greek mythology, including a babbling fountain and a whiny Apollo tired of toting the sun around the cosmos, to find Persephone and bring springtime back to earth. It all hinges on a stoned satyr, the fastidious King of the Underworld, and a pomegranate... 

Cast: 
Flexible in size and gender, 5-14
Authors: 
Terry Glaser