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Chronically Ch(ill) Productions—Planetarium

The story of Persephone, entirely modernized and re-imagined. The story itself, like all Greek mythology always includes the themes rampant in that canon, abuse, misfortune, family trauma. But in this retelling from the perspective of the underworld queen herself, Demeter was no weeping mother, gnashing her teeth at her daughter’s cruel kidnapping, but instead the source of trauma, re-framed as something less mystical and more mundane, an emotionally manipulative and cruel mother bringing trauma to her child. The dialog is snappy and often quite funny, deflating some of the tension coming from learning more of their toxic relationship with crowd wide laughter. Absolutely worth a watch, and definitely excited to see what the company does next.

Josh Fidelak