Theseus & Ariadne 5: ““Let’s see you try to play games with the Minotaur!”

The Athenian tributes' brilliant performance in the second bull dance infuriates King Minos of Crete. His daughter Ariadne faces a fateful choice - will she defy her father? Or will Theseus have to face the Minotaur alone? 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.