Apollo & Artemis 2: “You need to get comfortable with mystery.”
Live from Mount Olympus
Onassis Foundation
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Did you know that even Apollo had a music teacher? The satyr Pan shows Apollo how to get out of his head and really feel the beat, and then leads him into a mysterious dream world.
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 the Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our directors are Rachel Chavkin, Josiah Davis, Joan Sergay, and Keenan Tyler Oliphant.
Our actors are: Eric Berryman (Dionysus, Pan, Zephrys); Ato Blankson-Wood (Apollo); Josiah Davis (Ganymede); Jill Frutkin (Aphrodite); Joanne Hernandez (Daphne); Adrienne Hopkins (Nymph); Caroline Hopkins (Zoe); Natalie Hopkins (Nymph); Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez (Ephialtes); Libby King (Athena); Ian Lassiter (Zeus); Zhailon Levingston (Announcer); Christina Liberus (Artemis); Nehemiah Luckett (Midas); Kimberly Marable (Leto, Fury); Jake Margolin (Orion); Marcel Isaiah Martinez (Hyacinthus); James Harrison Monaco (Marsyas); Xavier Pacheco (Paris, Otus); Kristen Sieh (Python, Fury); Nedra Marie Taylor (Hera); Ching Valdes-Aran (Delos); Daniel Watts (Eros, Silenus)
And André De Shields is Hermes (and this season, Eris, goddess of discord!)
The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Diana Khong. We thank the artists and leaders of Epic Theater Ensemble for their continued collaboration!
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 Julie Burstein and David Schulman (E1 and E4).
Music and songs composed, arranged and produced by Magdalini Giannikou. Lyrics and vocal production by Malena Marcase. Music performed by Banda Magda.
Instrumental music mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Songs mixed and mastered by Tom Beuchel. Music direction by Magdalini Giannikou and Nehemiah Luckett.
Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant.
Series creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell.
Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Program Manager at Onassis USA. Amal Biskin is our production assistant.
Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, Matthew Soares, Omisha Chaitanya and Elizabeth Scott at The Power Station at Berklee NYC.
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| 0:00.0 | Previously, on live from Mount Olympus. |
| 0:04.0 | I have come seeking Gaia's wisdom. |
| 0:07.0 | As protector of her oracle, you must tell me, |
| 0:10.0 | where can I go to have these children? |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, that's a complicated question, Lido. |
| 0:17.0 | You see, the great queen of the gods, Hera has cursed you. |
| 0:23.6 | She has decreed that no place on the earth shall allow you to give birth. |
| 0:29.6 | And I have more terrible news for you. |
| 0:33.6 | Hera has demanded that I kill you. |
| 0:41.3 | Hail Python! I, Apollo, hereby claim this sacred mountain for the light of deepest insight. |
| 0:48.3 | You have served well, but your time is at an end. I will install my own Oracle to replace you. |
| 0:54.8 | Ah, are you trying to frighten me? |
| 0:59.2 | Newborn godling. |
| 1:01.8 | Do I look scared? |
| 1:04.4 | Python? |
| 1:05.4 | Taste these tunes! |
| 1:08.1 | Ha-ha-a-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-a-ha-ha-ha-ha! |
| 1:11.6 | Who are those black-rope creatures flying towards me? |
| 1:18.6 | Python killer! |
| 1:21.6 | Python Killer! |
| 1:25.6 | Pythorn attacked my mother! It was my duty to avenge her! |
| 1:29.3 | You must purify yourself! |
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