Live from Mount Olympus

Theseus & Ariadne 1: "No tributes have ever returned to Athens..."


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Newly-crowned prince Theseus and thirteen brave young Athenians sail across the wine-dark sea towards the island of Crete. They are tributes, destined for the lair of the monstrous Minotaur. But Eros, the mischievous god of love, has other plans for our young hero and his crew…

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.

Want to learn more about Hermes and the Olympians?  Check out our website at www.onassis.link/olympus

Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.

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