Finding Eleusis
Terra Mysterium is proud to have been an official selection of the First Annual Chicago Fringe Festvial in Septebmer 2010.
Concept creation by Ruby Sara, Keith Green, Matthew Ellenwood, & Petrucia Finkler.
Poems from the Orphic & Homeric Hymns.
Dialogue by Sunny Sampson, Andrew Ritter, Helene Alter-Dyche, Ruby Sara & Keith Green.
Movement & staging by cast collaboration.
About the Show
Scene: The site of a sit-in protest, or a sacred hall of the Greek Mysteries.
Time: Present day.
Act One: Abduction
Wherein the sacred and mundane intermingle with startling results.
Act Two: Apophasis
In which discovery leads to change, for better or worse.
Demeter's Dirge – Music by Matthew Ellenwood, Lyrics by Ruby Sara
Persephone Waking – Music by Matthew Ellenwood, Lyrics by Ruby Sara
Act Three: Abrogation
Wherein mighty powers are found to be nullified.
Act Four: Apotheosis
By which the magick of transformation is wrought.
Persephone's Incantation – Music by Matthew Ellenwood, Lyrics by Ruby Sara
Publicity photo by Kat O'Connor.
Performance photo by Paul B. Rucker.
Finding Eleusis Show Logo by Shivian Balaris.