In this scene our poor Midas is utterly devastated by the public expose of his donkey ears. The Fool tries to help him out of his funk, but to no avail as Midas cannot see a way out of his humiliation and commits yet another foolish act. Thus ends Act II in a dark place, leavened only by the subsequent (and forthcoming) Epilogue, of which there is a teaser in Midas Outtakes.

As if the golden touch weren't enough to scare Midas from his foolish ways, Act II - the lesser known part of the Midas myth - sees our foolish king committing another act of folly, second guessing the gods' judgment in a musical competition. For this he gets another punishment - donkey ears (Lord, what fools these mortals be!) How will Midas take his punishment, and will the consequences of his second folly be so easily unwished as the first? 

Selections from other MC plays: 

The prologue to Orpheus and an excerpt of Dionysus's maenads "confronting" the grief-stricken Orpheus. 

Two versions of Atalanta's taunt to her suitors in Atalanta/Meleager as she runs circles around them before spearing the losers.  Cameo by Jessica Childs.

Prologue to Perseus.  Medusa's talking head sets the table so to speak. 

In Atalanta/Meleager the Furies advise Althaea, the mother of Meleager, to put an end to her own son. 

The priestesses of Hecate speak the Prologue to Medea.

Saturnalia rap, MC style - for gits and shiggles - cleaned up for PG audiences?

Prologues to TR Part I and TR Part III. 

Bits from Midas: Alternative intro to MIdas.  Re-mix courtesy William B Childs. Opening of Epilogue to Midas. Fool's coda to Midas, Act I.

Bootleg excerpt from OWD.

*new additions 

Bits from Midas:

Alternative intro to MIdas.  Re-mix courtesy William B Childs. 

Opening of Epilogue to Midas.

Fool's coda to Act I. 

Prologues, monologues, curses and taunts from various MC plays. One cameo performance.  

Alternative intro to Midas.  

Medusa's prologue to Perseus. 

Two versions of Atalanta taunting suitors in a footrace in Atalanta/Meleager. 

Medusa's combustible prologue to Perseus, son of Danae, a work in progress. 

The opening of Midas meets Pee Wee Herman.  Comments from the peenut gallery on this alternative?

As his reward for taking care of Silenus, his old mentor, the god Dionysus grants Midas his classically foolish wish, followed hard by the tragic fallout from the wish, that in turn followed by the subsequent unwish.

In which Midas's gardeners, still hoping for a reward, hand off the old satyr Silenus to King Midas, who is entertained by Silenus's stories and subsequently prepares to return the mentor of Dionysus, Silenus, to the god himself.

After two brief prologues, Dan and Georgie, two laborers of the famous King Midas, he of the golden touch,  discover the body of an old satyr mysteriously passed out in Midas's royal rose garden. Hoping for a reward, they tie him up with vines and dump him on the back of a donkey to take him to the king himself.