In Connecticut, World of Warcraft gets set to Shakespearean prose

Video shot/edited by Nathan Fitch. (video link)

A large assault weapon picks off an enemy in the distance, a familiar visual for any fan of first-person shooters. But the audible bang of the weapon isn't the only sound being heard. A narrator orients the audience: "I—Ismenus, Niobe's oldest son—was guiding my horse's reins when an arrow planted itself in my chest."

Huh? Perhaps a line from Greek mythology about Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, isn't the commentary or soundtrack you'd find paired to your run-of-the-mill FPS even in the most avant garde of Twitch chats. At Pierrepont School in Westport Connecticut, that's precisely the point. Members of of EK Theater (who double as students at Pierrepont) are busy preparing for their forth-coming adaptation of Osiris, a classic Egyptian story. And rather than mulling over costumes and traditional stage direction, these thespians worry about selecting a virtual gaming stage and programming the choreography.

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