2024


Kairos: A Timeless Myth

“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 seasons 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.

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 
Poster Design     Grace Liu 



ARTIST BOOK


MUSIC by Arete Xu
BOOK & LYRICS by Arete Xu & Waverly Huang
DESIGN by Grace Liu
IMAGES provided by Arete Xu

This self-published plasyscript/artist book contains notes, photographs, music, performance scores and artworks documenting Kairos’s performance process.  






















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