This is one of the reasons a Storyteller is incorporated in the cast. There is a lot of plot in the tale of Icarus! When I started researching the story, I realized this was just as much a story about Daedalus as it was about Icarus, and between his early life in Athens to his relationship with Naucrate to the Minotaur, there is a lot to cover in a one-act play. Q: What was the most difficult part in creating a work based on Greek mythology? And regardless of where we are at in our lives, those stars still appear each night, and the sun still rises each morning. They help teach me to stop, breathe, and take in the world. My daughters and I practice this each morning by looking at the sunrise together. My favorite line is "There are still stars." With all the hubbub of our daily lives, I think it's important to remember that life is made up of small things, and that living is made up of recognizing and celebrating those small things. Q: What's your favorite part or line in the play? Why? We wanted a play that used some movement training we'd been working on, incorporated music, and highlighted our ensemble. We wanted to take a play to our one-act play contest that was unlike anything we had seen at previous years' contests. I teach theatre arts and direct plays for a high school in Minnesota. PLAYWRIGHT JESSICA CHIPMAN TALKS ABOUT ICARUS A grieving Daedalus flies on to Athens, honoring his son by keeping his eyes on the beauty of the world around him. Daedalus watches in horror as his son flies too close to the sun, which melts the wax in his wings. With his eyes on the sky, Icarus soars and hollers with joy. Daedalus makes wings made of feathers, wax, and wood – their only hope for escape from the tower. After adventures involving sea god Poseidon, the Labyrinth, the slaying of the minotaur, and a broken heart, Daedalus and Icarus find themselves in a locked tower, surrounded by Minos' ships. Complicating things further, Icarus falls in love with Ariadne, the daughter of Minos. Determined to right the wrong of his crime, Daedalus becomes a father to Icarus, a daring and precocious boy whose eyes are on all the glories of the world around him – the sky, the sea, the stars – while Daedalus buries himself in his work, attempting to save the people of Crete from King Minos' shrewd plans, which include sacrificing humans to a ravenous minotaur. This Greek myth follows inventor and architect Daedalus, who commits a crime in Athens and is banished to Crete to serve King Minos.
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