Kairos: A Timeless Myth
2024
metal on ...
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
Kairos is a musical reinterpretation of Greek mythology, an eclectic vignette of moments. The hallmark characters from the Trojan War move through their stories and their s
easons in a world operating on Kairos. Who are these figures? When are they hopelessly human in the now, and when are they a timeless myth? Why are they here now? Kairos (non-linear, personal time personified) is the key.
The first iteration of Kairos was performed at Brown Musical Forum Theatre Group. Its second iteration was a projection installation, a ghostly trace of the original fleeting performance.
CREDITS
CAST
Kairos Lucy Carpenter
Achilles Viren Mehta
Patroclus Adam Ying
Andromache Zoe Ubamadu
Hector Sagian Shaw
Odysseus Fiona Tarses
Penelope Kianna Pan
PIT
Johnny Wang (Piano), Ryan Huang (Bass), Yoochan Choi (Drums), Arete Xu (Guitar & Cello)
PRODUCTION
Director Fiona Tarses & Arete Xu
Music Director Arete Xu
Sound Designer Edith Burris Katcher & Arete Xu
Costume Designer Mia Cheng, Brenna Bruggeman, Arete Xu
Poster Designer Grace Liu
PLAYSCRIPT
MUSIC by Arete Xu
BOOK & LYRICS by Arete Xu & Waverly Huang
DESIGN by Grace Liu
EDITED by Arete Xu
IMAGES provided by Arete Xu
This self-published book contains notes, photographs, music/performance scores and artworks documenting Kairos’s performance process.