MEDUSA MIA!
a mythtacular night of story and song
December 2016.
Artists from 6 states & 2 countries.
Classical texts.
Contemporary Mythic Poets.
Original Music.
Over $600 to a local charity.
ACT 1
CLASSICS
OVID’S “MEDUSA”/ Song: Cootchie Cootchie, Medusa Baby
(Text for “Cootchie Cootchie” at BR’s Alecto! Alecto!)
PURCELL’S’ “WHEN I AM LAID IN EARTH”/ Song: Dido in Effigy
(Text for “Dido in Effigy” at BR’s Alecto! Alecto!)
EURIPIDES’ “MEDEA”/ Song: Medea’s Dragon
(Text for “Medea’s Dragon” at BR’s Alecto! Alecto!)
HOMER’S “CIRCE” / Song: Circe embedded
(Text for “Circe” at BR’s Alecto! Alecto!)
CARROLL’S “THE JABBERWOCKY”/ Song: The Jub Jub
ACT 2:
CONTEMPORARY
Song: Gentle Caliban
LIZ DUFFY ADAMS’ “BECALMED: A 10-MINUTE PLAY”
Song: Black Widow’s Waltz
Text for “Black Widow’s Waltz at BR’s Headless Bride)
JESSICA WICK’S “GOOD NEIGHBORS”
(Text for “Good Neighbors” found at Uncanny Magazine)
Song: Foxgirl Song Cycle 1
(Text for “Foxgirl” at Uncanny Magazine)
JULIA RIOS’S “YET I BREATHE”/AMAL EL-MOHTAR’S “PIECES”
(Text for “Pieces” at Stone Telling)
Song: Lady Knight / Pale Lady
CARLOS HERNANDEZ’S “IN LIEU OF THE STORIES MY SANTERA ABUELA SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME HERSELF, THIS POEM”
(Text for “Abuela” at Uncanny Magazine)
Song: Maggot the Banshee / SHVETA THAKRAR’S “NAGINI’S NIGHT SONG” / Song: Barrow Brine embedded
(Text for “Nagini’s Night Song” at Mythic Delirium)
(Text for “Barrow Brine” at BR’s Headless Bride)
ARISTOPHANES’ “LYSISTRATA”/Song: Lysistrata, Strut Your Stuff
(Text for “Lysistrata Strut” at BR’s Alecto! Alecto!)
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