A LARP of mythic Greece about love and fury.
The LARP will start sharply at 7pm, please arrive by 6:45pm.
The curse of the house of Atreus. For at least two and a half millennia, people have created transformative works around this bloody, tragic, triumphant, romantic, generation-spanning soap opera of the gods and mortals.

As we enter the narrative, Orestes and his lover Pylades have hidden in a ruin outside Mycenae. At sunrise they plan to break into Mycenae to kill Orestes' mother and step-father in order to avenge a father Orestes has never met. Between scenes where the two young warriors struggle with the morality of their situation, players act out the events that lead to this.

Between each scene with Orestes and Pylades, players choose a flashback to portray. There will be a few mandatory flashback scenes, a bunch of flashback scene suggestions, or players can come up with their own. In the prewritten final scene, all players are Orestes and they have to announce what they plan to do. Kill one person? Two? Walk away and suffer the curse of the gods?

For any questions about the LARP, email Susanne at Susanne@vejdemo.se. The LARP will be held at Susanne's apartment in Park Slope off the Prospect Ave R Train stop. The exact address will be in the confirmation email after you buy your ticket.
Length: At least 3 hours, of which 2 hours is active larp time.

Accessibility: The LARP location (Susanne’s apartment) is up a steep staircase. Not wheelchair accessible.

Preparation: No prep is mandatory, but it’s suggested players read through the characters at least once. You can find the full LARP script here .

Mechanics: No character in this LARP belongs to just one player. Instead characters are represented by a specific prop, and those props/characters can be offered up and accepted/refused at any point.

Players should expect: Angsting over love and ethics, morally gray characters who all believe they are acting out of love, lots of dramatic improv, an opt-in murderous ending, horrific (canon-compliant) backstories, railroaded scenes, switching characters each scene, loosely scripted short scenes, partially fated play with room for player agency, and many long names (sorry).

Larp style note: This is not a morality puzzle. There is no perfect solution, and no pure people. This game asks that you find the emotional truth of the character you inhabit at the moment, and follow it.

Trigger warnings: Greek tragedy-typical: violence, sexism, murders, human sacrifice, and child death.