Live From Mount Olympus |
Persephone
Available from April 19
When a young goddess strikes out on her own for the first time, she is pulled into a terrifying journey and must find her own power in the darkness. Her mother fights to get her back—and the fate of all humanity lies in the balance.
Young Persephone longs for the chance to do more than paint the flowers as she trails behind her mother, Demeter, the goddess who makes everything grow. When Persephone breaks free to join her friends Artemis and Athena for a picnic, she is suddenly stolen away to the underworld, full of powerful gods and misunderstood monsters. On her own for the first time, Persephone struggles to find her way in the world below. Demeter tears apart the world above to bring her daughter back to the sunlight, and nothing grows. And when nothing grows, humans starve. Will the gods resolve their conflicts so humanity can survive?
Once upon a time, myths helped us understand how the world works and how we find our own place within it. They still do.
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Our actors include Kayla Bennett, Eric Berryman, Vinie Burrows, Jaaliyah Casey, Divine Garland, Mari Harris, Joanne Hernandez, Adrienne Hopkins, Caroline Hopkins, Natalie Hopkins, Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Anna Kendrick, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christian Liberus, Kimberly Marable, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Isabella Rossellini, Kristen Sieh, Nidra Sous la Terre, Eierene Tuakora, and Ching Valdes-Aran.
André De Shields is Hermes.
Special thanks to Elliot Byler, Adrienne Hopkins, Caroline, Natalie Hopkins as Styx’s children, and to Calvin Samuel Blanc and Sam Chavrichs as baby Demophoon.
The TEAM’s Producing Director is Alexandra Lalonde, and Producing Manager is Laura Elliot. We had casting support from Melissa Friedman of Epic Theater Ensemble.
Our production team includes writer Nathan Yungerberg, assistant producer Tessa Zitter, assistant editor Yonatan Rekem, and audio producer John Melillo. Magdalini Giannikou composed our music, with help from Luca Bordonaro, and the score was performed by Banda Magda. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant.
Michael Kendrick is Program Director for Onassis USA. Marketing and social media management by Karina Grudnikov and Caroline English. Press by Blake Zidell. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio.
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.
