Geryon
Geryon, a three-bodied giant, was the son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe. Geryon was made famous because Hercules’ tenth labor involved stealing his large red cattle. When Hercules arrived on Erytheia, the island Geryon lived, he stole Geryon’s cattle, killed Geryon’s two headed dog Orthus, then killed Geryon’s herdsman Eurytion, and finally killed Geryon with a poisoned arrow. There are many descriptions of what exactly “three bodied” means, some say that he had one body with three heads, others say that he had three bodies connected at the stomach. Geryon is also characterized as being red and also winged, at times. Regardless of his features, he proved to be a worthy adversary giving Hercules one of his toughest battles.
Rachel Bublitz’s one-act play, The Red House Monster, chronicles the story of Hannah Gold, a young lady living on an island off the coast of Massachusetts in the late 1800s, and the night that changed her life. Filled with small town lore, haunted houses, spirits, monsters, pistols, pie, and mysteries, it is a play that will keep you guessing just what is in the Red House, and who, in fact, you should be afraid of.
GERYON or THE RED HOUSE MONSTER by Rachel Bublitz
Directed by Ariel Craft
Staged Reading on Saturday, November 15, 2014
Megan Briggs (Stage Directions)
Jan Gilbert (Mother Gold/Geryon)
Maria Leigh (Hannah Gold)
Eden Neuendorf (Cora Gold)
Ron Talbot (Sheriff)
Rachel Bublitz is the Founder of the 31 Plays in 31 Days Project, Co-Artistic Director of All Terrain Theater, and a writer in the 2013/2014 PlayGround Writers’ Pool. The Fantasy Club, a full-length play, was produced in August, 2013 with All Terrain Theater at The Alcove Theater in downtown San Francisco. Her short plays have been produced around the country by Subversive Theatre Collective, San Jose Rep’s Emerging Artist Lab (SJReal), Wily West Productions, Playwright’s Center of San Francisco, Unity Stage Company, as well as many others. The San Francisco Olympians Festival has commissioned multiple plays by Rachel, including her full-length play based on the legend of Achilles, Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats. She is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at SFSU. Bublitz, also a mom, chases after her two children when she isn’t writing. Please visit www.rachelbublitz.com for more information.
The image of Geryon was created of Rogernald “Rusty” Jackson!