Arachne: Master of the Web

by Judith Walsh White
Traveling Players Studio
Recommended for audiences ages 8+
45 min | Tickets: $16 online, $20 at the door

Arachne is an extraordinary weaver. She takes great pride in her work, so much so that she begins boasting of how no other could rival her skill, not even Athena, goddess of Wisdom & patron of Weaving, who had herself blessed Arachne with the skill she now boasts about. The hubris enrages Athena, who then challenges Arachne to a tapestry competition. Arachne weaves into her tapestry stories of the gods and their follies, particularly Zeus. Athena knows the work is better than her own – embarrassed by the defeat and maddened by the stories Arachne has depicted, she turns Arachne into a spider, the first ever. Now, Arachne and her descendants will weave their webs forever.