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Live from Mount Olympus

Theseus & Ariadne 3: “Snakes are slimy and sneaky and ewwww, I just don’t like them!”

Live from Mount Olympus

Onassis Foundation

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Princess Ariadne leads Theseus to her dream chamber deep within the labyrinth.  Once Theseus can get over his fear of snakes, the love-struck teenagers talk about their lives and share a few secrets.

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 Benjamin Miller 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Previously on live from Mount Olympus.

0:05.0

Theseus, what if this time after I leap over the bull, I'm not quick enough to get away from it?

0:10.0

That's not going to happen, Simon.

0:12.0

Teamwork, remember?

0:14.0

Let's give these Minoans the bull dance of a lifetime.

0:17.0

More out this!

0:20.0

The Athenians are flowing into a formation surrounding the bull on all sides.

0:25.1

Vanessa, ready?

0:26.6

Ready!

0:27.2

She's grabbed the bull's horns and leapt onto its back.

0:30.8

Now she's launched herself off into a somersault.

0:35.4

Is it true that the last time, some of the tributes died on their first day with the boat?

0:40.3

That must not happen.

0:42.3

Professor Daedalus!

0:43.3

Princess Harrietney!

0:45.3

I must find a way to talk to their leader.

0:48.3

To Theseus.

0:50.3

You need a disguise.

0:52.3

Wear my cloak!

0:53.3

Remember the charm we've been working on.

0:55.6

The persuasion charm?

0:57.4

Exactly.

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