Theseus & Ariadne 2: “Are you ready for the death-defying spectacle of the decade?”

Live from Mount Olympus

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The atmosphere is electric in the central square of Knossos as the city gathers to watch the Athenian tributes dance with a very dangerous bull. Bloodthirsty cheers erupt whenever the tributes are threatened by sharp horns and hooves. But not everyone in the audience is rooting for the bull.

Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation.

Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer.

Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein.

Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM.

Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and Josiah Davis, with additional direction by Joan Sergei.

And our actors are:

Eric Berryman

MaYaa Boateng

Sean Carvajal

EJ Duarte

Jill Frutkin

Divine Garland

Adrienne Hopkins

Caroline Hopkins

Natalie Hopkins

Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez

Na’Shay Kelly

Julien Heart King

Libby King

Ian Lassiter

Zhailon Levingston

Evalisse Lopez

Kimberly Marable

Jake Margolin

Marcel Isaiah Martinez

James Harrison Monaco

Xavier Pacheco

Joham Palma

Damir Priestley

Angel Rodriguez

Conor Sweeney

Jillian Walker

And André De Shields is Hermes.

The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. Casting support from Melissa Friedman, co-Artistic Director of Epic Theater Ensemble.

Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein.

Audio production and mix by John Melillo.

Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem.

Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which was performed by Banda Magda and mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro.

Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant.

A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell.

Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Will McClelland is our production assistant and Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant.

Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Matthew Soares at The Power Station at Berklee NYC.

Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio.

Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX.

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