In Connecticut, World of Warcraft gets set to Shakespearean prose

Video shot/edited by Nathan Fitch. (video link)

A large assault weapon picks off an enemy in the distance, a familiar visual for any fan of first-person shooters. But the audible bang of the weapon isn't the only sound being heard. A narrator orients the audience: "I—Ismenus, Niobe's oldest son—was guiding my horse's reins when an arrow planted itself in my chest."

Huh? Perhaps a line from Greek mythology about Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, isn't the commentary or soundtrack you'd find paired to your run-of-the-mill FPS even in the most avant-garde of Twitch chats. At Pierrepont School in Westport Connecticut, that's precisely the point. Members of EK Theater (who double as students at Pierrepont) are busy preparing for their forth-coming adaptation of Osiris, a classic Egyptian story. And rather than mulling over costumes and traditional stage direction, these thespians worry about selecting a virtual gaming stage and programming the choreography.