Servi Dramatis

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Servi Dramatis Leader: Millicent Bellius, Cinna Lucretia Cento and Fawn the Silence Year Founded: 50 BC Founder: Millicent Bellius

Description

The Servi Dramatis were a theatrical organization within the Roman Republic dedicated to the arts of drama, music, and dance. Founded in 50 BC by Millicent Bellius, the troupe began as a small collective of performers before steadily expanding its ranks.

Story

By 49 BC, the Servi Dramatis had become a familiar sight throughout Rome, staging lighthearted musicals, plays, and public performances in taverns, marketplaces, and shops across the city. Their productions earned widespread acclaim, and the organization developed a reputation as a politically neutral institution amidst the growing instability that gripped the Republic. While Rome became increasingly divided by factional conflict, the Servi Dramatis remained committed to entertaining the public, welcoming audiences regardless of political allegiance.

As their numbers grew to include actors, musicians, playwrights, and stagehands, the troupe undertook its most ambitious production yet. In 48 BC, as civil war threatened to engulf the Republic, the Servi Dramatis premiered a grand theatrical performance that would forever secure their place in Roman history.

The performance was so extraordinary that both sides of the conflict agreed to lay down their arms for a single day in order to witness it. The production became known as the "Ludus Deorum" or Play of the Gods, not only for its masterful retelling of divine myths, but because many spectators believed the gods themselves had blessed the performance. Most notably, Mithras was said to have appeared upon the stage, while Jupiter was believed to have manifested his power during the song Thunder Bringer, lending an air of genuine divinity to the spectacle.

The Ludus Deorum became one of the most celebrated performances in Roman history, immortalizing the Servi Dramatis as one of the Republic's greatest theatrical companies. Their ability to unite a city divided by war, if only for a single day, ensured that both the troupe and their legendary performance would be remembered for generations.

Troupe Members

Directors

Name	Player
Milicent Bellius	xSnowyDewx
Cinna Lucretia Cento	whim5y
Fawn the Silence	FawnPink

Playwrights

Name	Player	Revisions
Cinna Lucretia Cento	whim5y	Full Speed Ahead, Just A Man, Scylla, Thunder Bringer, No Longer You, God Games
Fawn the Silence	FawnPink	Thunder Bringer
Valeria Agrippina	Nicche_34	Way Down Plutotown, Our Lady Proserpina, Infortunatus
Mino Equitius Hortensius	allioftheskies	The Gospel Truth, Wait for Me

Orchestra

Name	Player	Instrumentals
Mino Equitius Hortensius	allioftheskies	Full Speed Ahead
Octavian Vulpēculus	NeoNLininG	Thunder Bringer, God Games, Full Speed Ahead, Pride of Troy
Amdis Nerva	eternalxyn	No Longer You, Scylla, Way Down Plutotown
Octavia Verus Helvia	velvetsloth	Just a Man

Performers

Name	Player	Roles
Mino Equitius Hortensius	allioftheskies	Muse (The Gospel Truth), Parcae (Hadestown), Achates (Epic)
Cinna Lucretia Cento	whim5y	Narrator (Epic), Swing (Epic), Chorus (Epic)
Octavian Vulpēculus	NeoNLininG	Orpheus (Hadestown), Jupiter (Epic & God Games), Chorus (Epic)
Amdis Nerva	eternalxyn	Muse (The Gospel Truth), Mercury (Hadestown), Priest (Epic), Chorus (Epic)
Tokuania Vera Fulminia Cerise	tokuniivt	Hecuba (Epic), Scylla (Epic), Juno (God Games)
Fawn the Silence	FawnPink	Swing (Epic)
Milicent Bellius	xSnowyDewx	Muse (The Gospel Truth), Prosperina (Hadestown), Lavinia (Epic), Chorus (Epic), Venus (God Games)
Lucius Aurelion-Vulpēculus	Larbloo	Vulanus (God Games)
Finnick Verus Helvia	ghxstyboo	Parcae (Hadestown), Palinurus (Epic), Chorus (Epic), Apollo (God Games)
Octavia Verus Helvia	velvetsloth	Muse (The Gospel Truth), Parcae (Hadestown), Aeneas (Epic), Minerva (God Games)
Therius Adamas	King_Left	Mars (God Games)
Lucilla Cytheris	Aoi_Sakura	Muse (The Gospel Truth), Eurydice (Hadestown), Chorus (Epic)