By Charlie Barnett
Synopsis
A two-act play inspired by the story of Briseis in Homer’s The Iliad.
Bree (Briseis) a mysterious classroom auditor at Ilium College in upstate New York has been assigned to Classics 101, a freshman survey course in Greek mythology. The professor adjunct, Harrison Robb, has a past of misconduct with his female students. We immediately find out that he can neither see nor hear Bree, although all the other students can.
Bree can sense that Harrison has already chosen his next victim, Christina, and Bree has made it a point to protect Christina. Meanwhile two recent alums, Josh and Hamilton arrive at the college to gift the school with a 20 million dollar classics wing, but the tangled web of Harrison creates obstacles to accept the gift. Meanwhile, Christina’s roommate, Tara, falls for Hamilton. While the story unfolds and we learn more about how Harrison takes his obsession with Christina to a new and dangerous level, questions about who (or what) Bree is begins to unravel.