Theseus & Ariadne 4: “Who puts a surprise for a kid under a huge heavy rock?!”
Live from Mount Olympus
Onassis Foundation
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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Despite their different gods, countries, and customs, our young heroes find they have more in common than they thought when Theseus tells Ariadne about how he discovered his true origins.
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Previously on live from Mount Olympus. |
| 0:05.0 | Who goes there? |
| 0:06.0 | It's me, Icarus. I've come to see the tribunits. |
| 0:11.0 | Yo! Don't sneak up on a guy like that! |
| 0:14.0 | I didn't mean to startle you. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm not startled. I'm just, uh... |
| 0:19.0 | Hyper-vigilant. Theseus. Come with me to the dream chamber. |
| 0:24.6 | It's where healing takes place. |
| 0:26.6 | And I bet you would know, Ariadne. |
| 0:28.6 | Snake goddess in waiting. |
| 0:31.6 | How did you? |
| 0:32.6 | Your beautiful eyes. Your unique way of moving through the world. |
| 0:36.6 | And you're entirely unconvincing stash. |
| 0:39.1 | Hey, don't touch my stash. |
| 0:41.1 | But why have you risked so much to find me? |
| 0:43.2 | I must hear your answers to some important questions. |
| 0:46.8 | I will return to ask them tomorrow night. |
| 0:49.4 | Ariette, I mean, Icarus. |
| 0:52.6 | Do you miss me yet? |
| 0:53.7 | I think I'm going to miss you too much. |
| 1:00.2 | Welcome to the mom room. My name is Renee Rina and this is the ultimate podcast that turns motherhood |
| 1:05.4 | into an adventure. Every Tuesday and Thursday, I am going to make your hashtag mom life a whole lot more fun and way less chaotic. |
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