Synopsis
Persephone or Slow Time
$13
Published by Dramatists Play Service
2 Male 2 Female
Those who admire her see only stone and fortitude, but her thoughts and desires are all too real - she pines for her lost daughter's return and for the love of her sculptor, Giuseppe
Giuseppe, however, is too busy lusting after the city's most popular artist's model to notice Demeter's pain
Fast forward five hundred years ...
Demeter stands in a present-day American city park
She has become a symbol of hope amidst illicit activity and a target for more than just pigeon droppings
Witness to human foibles both hilarious and horrible, Demeter is desperate for someone - anyone - to hear her thoughts
But when her life seems bleakest, redemption comes in the unlikeliest of forms
" ... an imaginative, funny and deeply serious allegorical play about eternal yearning ... the work begins with a playful idea that turns into something else entirely ... the role of art as a refuge and witness in a chaotic, cruel and mortal world" ~ Variety