Cerberus
Cerberus is one of those many-headed monsters roaming the Greek mythology landscape. More specifically, a three headed (okay, some people disagree about how many heads he has, but let’s go with three) dog. The offspring of Echidna and Typhon, Cerberus guards the entrance to the underworld. Once an entity has crossed from earth to the underworld by way of the river Styx, Cerberus ensures that they cannot go back across to the world of the living. He was famously captured by Heracles, without the use of weapons, and dragged out of the underworld.
With this sort of monster, there seemed only one avenue to take: 80s horror. A group of hot 20 somethings go camping in the wilderness looking for lust and liquor in the worst possible place. Once they realize they’ve crossed the fabled river Styx and bloodthirsty Cerberus is hot on their trail, they scramble to get back to shore. Will Brunhilda finally lose her virginity? Does Jake still look cool in his leather jacket when he’s running for his life? Will Valerie allow her new perm to get wet in the river? And when a three headed hellhound is out for your flesh, is there really any escape? All this and more in HELLHOUND by Allison Page.
CERBERUS or HELLHOUND by Allison Page
Directed by Allison Page
Staged Reading on Friday, November 14, 2014
George Coker (Jake)
Frankie G. (Pubert)
Griffin Taylor (Brad)
Stacey Matthews-Winn (Brunhilda)
Laura Peterson (Valerie)
Amber Sommerfeld (Poe)
Kitty Torres (Stage Directions)
Steven Westdahl (Cerberus)
Allison Page is a writer/actor/comedian originally from northern Minnesota, living in the bay area for nearly 6 years. This is her second Olympians play, the first being 2013’s THE GOLDEN APPLE OF DISCORD. She writes and performs as a company member of San Francisco sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster. You may also find her writing and/or performing at numerous literary events throughout the city including Shipwreck, Write Club SF and Give Me Fiction. By day she writes dialogue for characters in video games, by night she writes everything from jokes to stories to sketches, plays and novels. She is also currently working on a full length play, HILARITY, to premiere in late 2014.
The image of Cerberus (Hellhound) was created by Ashley Ramos!