The goddesses kneel with heads bowed as they look upon Persephone’s body with grief. CONTRIBUTED
Farrah Meeks plays the lead role of Persephone. CONTRIBUTED
Love’s Poison tells the story of Persephone in the perspective of the other goddesses, primarily Demeter. CONTRIBUTED
The goddesses sneer towards another member on stage. CONTRIBUTED
High schoolers at John Milledge Academy debuted an original play, Love’s Poison, at their one act competition on Oct. 29.
“We had a smaller cast with majority females, so we were finding it difficult to pick a play,” said Rebecca Brasher, the school’s drama teacher and director of the play.
“So, my students proposed we create our own play.”
Love’s Poison was brainstormed by the class and written by B…
