Here's some Orpheus Trivia for all you cast members and random people who want to know more about the show and how it came about:

Claudius and Julia were originally going to be in a band with Orpheus, and romantic interests for each other. In the middle of the first act, they were going to sing a country duet at the end of which it was perfectly clear that they got together. (This was scrapped, because, let's face it, I can't write a country song.) The elimination of Brutus as a character made it possible for them to act in a different capacity as Orpheus's managers on both sides of the spectrum of friendliness to manageriness.

Exodus and Star-Crossed were written at roughly the same time based on two different note patterns that came up while piano noodling.

The show was originally going to be set in Roman times simply because the names of Roman Deities lend themselves better to rhyming and meter.

Hades was going to be much more evil and much less neutral. In the planning stages, Brutus made a deal with Hades to make Orpheus famous. When Orpheus broke his contract by getting married, Hades would tell Brutus to arrange for Eurydice to be killed. This was scrapped with the concept of Brutus because it didn't make any sense to distract from the main plot of the myth: Orpheus and Eurydice falling in love and being tragically torn apart. There was no need for soap opera type plot devices.

Megara was going to be of the mentality of Penny, Polly, and Peggy that Orpheus is the greatest thing since Doric Columns, while Eurydice was going to be much more critical of pop in general, as well as of Orpheus.

The first characters to be created were Cassandra and Tireseus, and Orpheus and Eurydice, obviously. However, the next characters to be created were Penny, Polly, and Peggy, along with their song What's So Great About Orpheus?

Persephone was going to be much more despondant about her situation in the underworld. This was changed after A Better Half, A Bitter Half was written.

Penny, Polly, and Peggy are named thusly because I started with Polly and Peggy and chose Penny due to the P(vowel)(two consonants)y makeup of her name.

A swing number was included in the original draft of the show.

The number of songs in the original draft numbered about 20 -- 10 in the first act and 10 in the second. This was reduced when I didn't write 20 songs.

I am now going to leave the music studios and get food before my next rehearsal. I hope you've enjoyed round one of Orpheus Trivia!

We have the entire crew! The show will be going up as planned May 10th, 11th, and 12th!