Conversations: Writing a New Amazonomachy with Danielle LaRose
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Liv Albert
4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Liv speaks with Danielle LaRose, actor and playwright, about her newest work: The Amazonomachy, a play retelling the myths of the Amazons (plus they talk Amazons generally, along with other fun things!). Learn more about Tiger's Hearts Collective here. For more information about Achilles & Patroclus check out the Seattle Opera.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
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| 1:00.8 | I am here with another conversation episode. |
| 1:03.8 | I don't know why I announce it like that every time. |
| 1:07.8 | Before we start today's episode, I have something quick and exciting to share with you. |
| 1:13.8 | James T. Washburn is a Seattle-based trans storyteller and activist, and he has written a work |
| 1:19.8 | called Achilles and Patrickless, thus why I am sharing it all with you today. |
| 1:25.8 | Achilles and Patrickless, along with several other 20-minute chamber operas from the |
| 1:30.6 | Jane Lang Davis creation lab, will all be available to stream online from the Seattle Opera |
| 1:36.4 | after September 10th. |
| 1:38.1 | Achilles and Patrickless is an intimate retelling of Achilles and Patrickless' relationship |
| 1:43.0 | from childhood to the events of the Iliad. |
| 1:45.4 | It explores the non-linear nature of relationships and how we remember them while dealing with |
| 1:50.4 | themes of fate and choice, the intersections of loyalty, grief and sacrifice, and how idealism |
| 1:57.1 | and perspective change from youth to young adulthood. |
| 2:00.8 | The piece is a series of moments from throughout their lives, but reorganized by theme rather |
| 2:05.2 | than linear time, which is you might remember a relationship in retrospect. |
| 2:09.4 | The composer is Erica Meyer, and James shares that another one of the pieces that's being |
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