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Short Play, Drama / 1w, 2m
Zander Pryor
Caeneus leaves his mother, Hippea, as a daughter and returns as her son and the object of Poseidon's interest. As Caeneus explores the world and those who control it, he comes to see that others will accept and love him for who he is.
A winner of The Blank Theatre’s 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, The Legend of Caeneus is published in The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival 30th Anniversary Collection.
CAENEUS – A closeted trans man, child of a king. Clever but lacking the tact and wisdom of his mother. Says his mind, even when he doesn’t mean to. He/him. POSEIDON – The God of the ocean. Really bad at the whole human thing but he sure is trying. He/him. HIPPEA – The mother of CAENEUS. Stronger than she lets on. She/her.
NOTES: Although CAENEUS is pre-transition in the earlier scenes, for my own comfort as the playwright, he is referred to with he/him pronouns throughout. I'll leave it up to the director whether CAENEUS is played by a different actor post transformation, but CAENEUS post transition must be played by a trans masculine actor. While I describe the literal location of each scene in my stage directions, the set can be as sparse as you like, as long as there is a communication of water when it’s important.
CAENEUS’s name is notoriously difficult to pronounce. My rule of thumb is essentially pronounce it the way you think it’s pronounced and you’re probably close enough. The transition of CAENEUS can be shown any way you like. Given that it's up to the director's discretion whether CAENEUS is played by one person or two, I have left it purposefully vague.
Ancient Greece.