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The title says it all. Inspired by a bit of research and by Nathan Evans shanty The Wellerman, this touches on aspects of the father of our country during the American Revolution and imagines what a shanty might sound like for the cause. Enjoy - it is brief!

For those who need neither the entire play nor the discrete Acts of Accursed Philoctetes, here are Parts I & II. Part I addresses events which lead to the abadonment of Philoctetes on Lemnos. Part II the fraught return of the Greeks to retrieve Philoctetes and the bow. Enjoy these iterations of Accursed Philoctetes.

For those desiring neither the whole play nor the discrete Acts of Accursed Philoctetes. .. Part I of Accursed Philoctetes addresses only how and why the Greeks abandon the keeper of the great bow of Hercules. Part II takes up the return of the Greeks and the resolution thereof. Enjoy this iteration of Accursed Philoctetes.

This is the full, extended version of Accursed Philoctetes. How and why you may ask could there be a full play about a spinoff story from the Trojan War Cycle? How and why would you find this myth about a middling Greek hero whose fame/notoriety is due to the stench from an infected foot worthy of your or anyone else's attention? Philoctetes is not exactly heroic, more of a victim, and he whines alot about his mistreatment, but on the other hand he does have a point. He was treated shabbily by his Greek peers, especially when he has, in his possession, the arms of mighty Hercules. Good questions. Listen in and maybe after that, you'll understand. Or maybe not. "Creator'"s note: apologies that I did not enlist other actors in this production, but my usual suspects have gotten oldier and busier and I was reluctant to disturb. Consider this then a template should any one feel a burning desire to do this unwieldy thing justice. In the meantime, I will slink back into my cave, sans, of course, the bow of Hercules.

In this final episode of Accursed Philoctetes, the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus, attempts to regain the lost trust of Philoctetes and thereby help the desperate Greek cause. Will Phil listen or has he been burned too much to be reasonable, much less rational? Is there really a cure for what ails Philoctetes? Physically? Psychically? Speaking of sanity, what advice does the bow of Hercules offer Phil? In the end, does Philoctetes get his revenge on Diomedes and Odysseus? Can Philoctetes trust any Greek?  How about the son of Achilles, Neoptolemus? Are there second acts in ancient Greece? Listen in for answers to your questions and the questions above. Thank you againf or tuning in and embracing the strange.

A statement and some questions. FOMO is real.  But often buried beneath that fear is the hope of inclusion or even a do over.  In this episode of Accursed Philoctetes the Greek heroes Odysseus and Diomedes, who abandoned Philoctetes years ago, return to the isolated cave where he had previously sequestered himself.   What kind of a reception will he give them? Does he still have his sanity intact? After nine years of foot festering, why have they come back now? What has changed?  Is it true that Troy cannot be taken without the bow AND the man? Is this a second chance for Philoctetes? Can he actually be cured of his affliction? Could there be an end to his FOMO if he can forgive those who betrayed him previously?  Can he forgive after 9 years of torment?  Isn't vengeance more likely the tune on his bow? Can he listen to another Greek hero's overtures? Tune in to find answers to all your questions in Act III of Accursed Philoctetes.

In this episode of Accursed Philoctetes, two great Greeks, Odysseus and Diomedes, heroes in their own right even before they reach Troy, must make the difficult decision to bring nasty Philoctetes along or not.  Without driving their crews to mutiny. Without getting shot themselves by Philoctetes. With or without the legendary bow of Hercules.  With or without Philoctetes’s permission.  With or without Philoctetes himself.   Without incurring Hera’s wrath on themselves. Without shedding Philoctetes's Greek blood. Enjoy learning more of the myth in this episode of Accursed Philoctetes.

This is the first episode of Accursed Philoctetes, an updated myth from the Trojan War cycle. In Act I, a famous Greek archer, Philoctetes, gets bitten by a snake - sent by Hera - on the island of Lemnos as the Greek army is heading to Troy to avenge the dishonor done to one of their own. The snakebit gets infected and fetid and completely incapitates him and unsettles his fellow sailors to the point that the Greek forces must consider leaving him behind on their way to Troy. How and why does Philoctetes get singled out for this particular punishment? What does it matter to the Greeks if he were to be left behind? What are lifeboat ethics anyway?  Explore the beginnings of this strange story in my Accursed / A Cursed Philoctetes.  Trigger warnings: disgusting wound imagery, some noisesome howling and realistic depictions of abandonment and FOMO. There is a certain universality to his experience despite the great goddess Hera and the snake. Enjoy?

This is the full podcast of Midas, A Folly in Two Acts & an Epilogue, which was previously dropped as discrete episodes but is available now in its shimmering entirety! Everyone thinks they know the story of Midas and the Golden Touch, some even know the concomitant story of Midas and the Donkey Ears, but there is even more to know about this foollish king of Phrygia than those two stories. Why did Midas get the Golden Touch in the first place? What did that have to do with Dionysus the god and the satyr Silenus? And will Dan ever get paid? Why did Midas get the Donkey Ears? How was this, too, an instance of his foolishness? Was he a racist? How did Midas die in the end? Was he really punished through eternity in Tartarus for his sins? There is a reason this story is a classic as the material herein has multiple parallels to events and persons throughout history not to mention the present day. Enjoy, and thank you for tuning in.

This is a brief, light-hearted presentation by two narrators and an ad hoc chorus on the Ides of March, explaining some of the background of this infamous date in history. Enjoy. A little foolishness is good for the soul.

Inspired by Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, an absurdist play about the invasion by a crash of rhinos (read: fascism), my Skool Dayz is an absurdist tragicomedy about teachers and students getting distracted by all sorts of things, effectively putting blinders on to a real threat, in this case, an armed intruder (or two) in the school. Dayz opens with a faculty meeting wherein administrators head a workshop on protocol for the event of an armed intruder. Things do not quite go as planned in the simulation and the faculty are not quite as attentive as they should be and are easily distracted by this and that. In the midst of their distraction, they see an actual shooter through the halls of the building, leading to at least one administrator getting shot! No, for realz! This episode is the surreal sequel to Act I of Skool Dayz, in which the previous events - an intruder or two runnning through the school hallways and the faculty's slow reaction to it and to their own administrator getting shot - lead to their inevitable (?) conclusion. In this episode you will find out who the intruders are, why they have intruded, and how the administrators, faculty and students in the building react to this menacing breach. Tune in and embrace the strange and unsettling conclusion, Act II, of Skool Dayz. 

Inspired by Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, an absurdist play about the invasion of a population of rhinos (read: fascism), my Skool Daze is an absurdist tragicomedy about teachers and students getting distracted by all sorts of things, effectively putting blinders on to a real threat, in this case, an armed intruder (or two) in the school. Daze opens with a faculty meeting wherein administrators head a workshop on protocol for the event of an armed intruder. Things do not quite go as planned in the simulation and the faculty are not quite as attentive as they should be and are easily distracted by this and that. In the midst of their distraction, they see an actual shooter through the halls of the building, leading to at least one administrator getting shot! For realz! How will everyone - teachers, administrators, students - react to this? Have they been fully prepared for the real thing? Will they be able to stay focused on the matter at hand or will things spiral out of control? Tune in and embrace the surreal, dysfunctional Act I of Skool Dayz. 

This is the updated version of the excerpt, Liz Rant, from Skool Daze, a non-mythology play by MC. How new and improved? Well, we have two mystery cameos giving much improved voice to Liz and Kendra (instead of yours truly laboring mightily)! Perhaps you know them... The scene set up: during an important faculty workshop on school intruder preparedness, the very earnest Kendra and her rather edgier colleague, Liz, mix it up, but basically Liz just rashes on Kendra. Enjoy! Is it a teacher thing?

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Excerpt from a non-myth play, Skool Daze, what I call Liz Rant. During a faculty workshop on intruder preparedness, a goodie two shoes teacher, Kendra, and her edgier colleague, Liz, mix it up , but basically Liz just rashes on K. Enjoy. It's a teacher thing?