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 of politics, religion, and adventurous myth-making. Oh, and Penelope, his mother, has something to say about it, too.
This is the Odyssey as modern audiences have never encountered before. Joseph is faithful to the story as written, but he has also infused the poem with his psyche in a dizzying meditation on the self, growing up, and one’s place in the community.
This event will be Joseph’s first attempt at stringing together the first four books of Homer’s famous epic about coming home. It’s also his first experiment with the project’s endurance aspect as he prepares to stage the entirety of the poem as a 24-hour performance.
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Jane Abbott Production Stage Manager, Props Manager
Jay Stull Directing Consultant
Jacob Cange Technical Director
Madeline Benson Arrangement of Penelope’s song
Special Contributions by William Parry and Maureen Silliman
Key art photo by Geve.
Running time is six hours, including two intermissions, and performed mostly in Ancient Greek without subtitles, relying on theatricality to suggest the meaning.
The 6-hour performance will be broken into the following sections:
Book I and II: 2 hrs
1st intermission: 30 min
Book III : 1 hr 40mins
2nd intermission: 15 min
Book IV: 1 hr 30 mins
Performances Dates/Times:
Fri Jan 3, 5:30 pm
Sun, Jan 5, 2:00 pm
Wed, Jan 8, 5:30 pm
Fri, Jan 10, 5:30 pm
Sat, Jan 11, 4:00 pm
Mon, Jan 13, 5:30 pm
Tickets:
General Admission: $60 / Jan 3 preview: $40
WAITLIST: Should your preferred date be sold out, feel free to email us at theaterlab36@gmail.com and we will put you on a waitlist for your desired dates.
Joseph Medeiros has performed on Broadway in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, Groundhog Day, Matilda, Doctor Zhivago, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Wicked, White Christmas, Grease, and Big. He has also performed in New York at Lincoln Center Theater, Second Stage, The York, and City Center Encores. He has a BFA in musical theater from CCM at the University of Cincinnati and a Graduate Certificate in Classics from Columbia University.
COVID-19 policy: In guidance with the city and state COVID-19 policies, we will no longer be requiring masks, but strongly recommend them.