Theaterlab Presents: Telemachus: Books I-IV of Homer’s Odyssey Conceived & Performed by Joseph Medeiros Telemachus is an unmoored young man, more child than adult; he is at a crossroads with no clear guide. However, that’s all about to change when he is brought out of his isolation, with divine assistance, into the wider world […]
Theaterlab Presents Joseph Medeiros in The Odyssey book 4: a queen in waiting as part of The Gallery Series. Joseph is memorizing Homer’s Odyssey in the original Ancient Greek and creating solo performances of individual books with the ultimate aim of performing the entire poem as a large-scale, 24-hour solo performance.
Theaterlab’s signature festival returns to celebrate the miniature in every form. This year, we’re curating a whimsical lineup of artists to explore magic, illusion, and moments of transformation. Featuring a marionette puppeteer, a opera singer-turned-magician, a poetic and visual generation machine, a transformative ghost lecture, a private mirror installation for one, digital / physical mapping performance, an interactive sculpture, and much more, all culminating in a audience participatory wish making ceremony, this festival will explore the magic of the unknown, the curious, and the remarkable.
Joseph is memorizing Homer’s Odyssey in the original Ancient Greek and creating solo performances of individual books with the ultimate aim of performing the entire poem as a large-scale, 24-hour solo performance. He presents the text without simultaneous English translation, encouraging the audience to trust their intuition and fall into […]