S.F. Olympians Festival: Hit and myths

As in the days of Greek mythology, the gods war with the Titans again - only this time, we lowly humans can decide the winners at the San Francisco Olympians Festival: Titans vs. Olympians, a 12-night series of play readings that continues for the next two weeks at San Francisco's Exit Theatre.

The festival is the brainchild of Stuart Bousel, who says it grew out of a lifelong love of Greek mythology and theater. An actor, director and playwright, Bousel came up with the idea of a series of new plays about old themes in 2009, while directing a production of Aristophanes' "The Frogs." A lively conversation in a car with his actors led to a wishful discussion of why there weren't more performances of Greek plays.

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