Verginia

Republican Rome has ousted its kings, but a new threat to democracy has nearly completed its work of conquering from the shadows. The newly appointed Council of Ten has been granted emergency war powers, and is using them to institute martial law and strip Romans of their most basic civil liberties. One man - Appius Claudius Crassus - manipulates all under the guise of public service. The rule of Appius is unchallenged, but he has a weakness - his infatuation with the freeborn girl Verginia. His machinations to undermine her betrothal to the fiery young politician Icilius culminate in a single shocking act that reverberates throughout Western history. This three-act stage play tells the true story of how the spirit of a single girl inspired a nation to reclaim its soul and overcome a new type of tyranny.