Our small group is ready. Theodoros is an experienced second actor and an old acquaintance of mine. Xenon, the third actor, loaded our equipment and supplies on a donkey we purchased. I am actually quite excited for this trip. Ambracia is said to possess a fine theater and enthusiastic patrons of the arts. The entire country around the city is divided into fine estates that belong to noble men of substantial means. Ever since the time of Cicero (now, that was a man who wasted his voice in the sordid world of politics rather than devoting it to Dionysus) this countryside has seen many a Roman senator pass on the way to greater things. And what is good for a senator is definitely good enough for Praxias.