MOTHER SAYS SHE'S SHOCKED HER CHILDREN ARE UPSET (PART 5)

Things are weird in Thebes. There’s a book or maybe a podcast or maybe a TedTalk that’s been
going around telling women they need to recalibrate. Dr. Phil keeps leaping out of the TV screen
to help solve (or induce) familial trauma, and two sisters find themselves pulled away from their
palace and maternal duties into the woods. The longer they’re there, the hungrier they get.

Things are weird in Thebes. There’s a book or maybe a podcast or maybe a TedTalk that’s been
going around telling women they need to recalibrate. Dr. Phil keeps leaping out of the TV screen
to help solve (or induce) familial trauma, and two sisters find themselves pulled away from their
palace and maternal duties into the woods. The longer they’re there, the hungrier they get.

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MOTHER SAYS SHE'S SHOCKED HER CHILDREN ARE UPSET (PART 5)

6 women, 1 nonbinary, 2 men (can be played by any gender)

DIO/DR. PHIL/DINI- genderqueer trans nb caroline calloway. Kinky as shit but loves a good deep mind fuck more than anything. Only child of Semele. May or may not be a deity but definitely slipping in and out of persona.
AUTONOE- The oldest, most comfortable sister. Suggestable. Peace-keeper.
AGAVE- The second oldest sister. Uneasy with her role as a parent/royal/daughter. Not willing to give any of it up.
INO- The sister who moved away and kind of knows what’s going on but not really and kind of wants to be involved but not really.
PARTNER- King of Thebes, Agave’s son, little Shit. Juuuust growing out of his cowboy phase and growing into his incel-who-wants-to-be-a-cop phase. Into pony play.
LEA- Childhood friend of Ino’s who has maybe turned into an mlm Tupperware party nightmare. Or has joined a cult, or both.
DARCY- Very into a Girlboss version of herself. Happy cult follower on the terms that she’s #strong #independent #workingmom, mlm bitch.
CORA- Sycophant. Would stab her own eyes out for Dio and serve them as hors d’oeuvres if needed.
BUCK- The best Stomping Stallion in the stables.
SEMELE- Performed by Dio, the youngest sister of Autonoe, Agave, and Ino. She’s messy.
SERVANTS- Palace servants, some of whom might be Dio at any point in time.
MAENADS/THE WOMEN/CHORUS/HUNTERS- the Karens of Thebes.


Note: The play tends to work best if the entire cast is people of marginalized genders, but the
only hard requirement is that Dio must be played by a TGNC person.