Helen: Patent Pending
is a modern comedic retelling of Euripides'
Helen
, an already subversive interpretation of Greek myth's most controversial woman, Helen of Troy. Where Euripides' production tells of Helen's unexpected marooning far from home in the kingdom of Egypt,
Patent Pending
thrusts her into an equally distant and unfamiliar environment-- the California tech industry. When she is hired by the thriving corporation, Eidolon (alongside her...
very
relaxed boyfriend, Gerard), Helen thinks she's snagged the opportunity of a lifetime. Eidolon is the biggest tech company around, its CEO is a genius (if a bit mysterious) and its daring new venture--cloning technology--is poised to change humanity as everyone knows it. Everything's amazing--until she gets kidnapped. Locked in the bowels of the company, with no idea why, Helen soon realizes this job might be a bit more than she bargained for. She came for a job opportunity and got a company that's holding her prisoner, a boss who knows and wants much more than he lets on--oh, yes, and a boyfriend she needs to find. What could possibly go wrong?