characters

eurydice

In mythology, a dryad (woodland nymph) who dies by snakebite and is married to Orpheus, who follows her to the Underworld to rescue her.
She exudes youth in grieving her father.
She returns to the Underworld and is "raised" from childhood again.
She must choose between the men in her life - husband, lover, father.
Her language is books & words, which is also how she reconnects with her Father.

In mythology, the son of a god and the muse Calliope. He is musically gifted with divine lyre playing. He marries Eurydice and uses his music to charm Hades, who allows Orpheus to bring her back from the Underworld, but he fails the trial by looking back at her while walking out. Orpheus is later torn apart by Maenads, angered at him for not acknowledging their beauty.
His language is music; he progressively adopts Eurydice's in his letter-writing after her death.
He asks Eurydice to come back to life instead of sacrificing himself to be with her.

In mythology, Eurydice's father is unknown.
In an almost-Freudian triangle with Orpheus & Eurydice. He represents a familial kind of love.
He knows what it’s like to lose Eurydice, so reunion and loss again are even harder.
He works a job in the Underworld.
He is able to recall language and his past in the Underworld.

In mythology, the Lord of the Underworld is Hades, one of the three major Olympian brothers (alongside Zeus & Poseidon). He is usually depicted as stern and formidable.
The Nasty Interesting Man hints at being a disguised Lord.
In both forms, he seduces Eurydice and pulls her away from the men she loves.
He takes on a childlike form as the Lord.

Portray the language of the underworld as movement.
Speak without thinking.
Anti-emotional expression. They think memory a curse.
Set up the Underworld as a chorus but guide the characters as much as the audience.
Inspired by the myth that Orpheus’s music was so beautiful, it caused even stones to weep.