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“A modern-day Medea is mythology’s 'nasty woman'”

-VICE Creators Project


Poster by Ryan Hartley

Poster by Ryan Hartley

Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman

Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman


“Travieso’s La Medea could mark a new age of empowerment.”


-Miami Herald

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Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman

Photo By Maria Baranova

Photo By Maria Baranova



“Travieso’s dismantling of Medea challenges the idea of a ‘dangerous foreign woman’, INSTEAD revealing an infinite woman.”

-Miami Artzine

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel


“'La Medea' is the multiple faces of a feminist heroine”

-El Nuevo Herald


Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel


“La Medea dates back before the #MeToo movement, before our current president was elected, before Dr. Ford told her story on live television. And yet, its message resonates ever more profoundly now.”

-Artburst

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Ralston Smith

Photo by Ralston Smith

Photo by Ralston Smith

Photo by Ralston Smith


“A circular experience that redefines 'interactive'“

No Film School

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel


“La Medea
boils an ancient Greek story from hyper masculinity to the personal pain of one woman…An ageless power.”  

-Plays To See


Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman

Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel

Photo by Luis Olazabel


“A spectacle that upends any attempt to pin it down.”

-Broadway World


Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman

Photo by Darren Philip Hoffman


“Think Latin disco and Greek tragedy all in one, what else do you need?”

WLRN


Photo by Maria Baranova

Photo by Maria Baranova

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WINNER OF

Creative Capital Award
SXSW Panel Picker
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures via The Ford Foundation
Performance Space 122 RAMP
BRIC Lab

RECENT TOURS

Upcoming: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (July 2019).
MDC Live Arts, 2018
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, 2018
ODC Theater, 2018
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2017
YoungArts Outside The Box, 2017
SXSW Panel Picker, 2017
Dance on Camera Film Festival, 2017
Miami Film Festival, 2017
COIL Festival 2017
Amherst College, 2017
PS122 Ideal Glass, 2016
BRIC Arts Media House, 2014

OVERVIEW

La Medea re-imagines Euripides’ myth into a Latin-disco-pop-feminist variety show. At once an immersive musical and a simulcast film, La Medea is directed, performed, shot, and edited in real time creating a high-stakes vulnerability for cast, crew, and audiences alike. Performers and camera women play the characters, while studio audiences act as the Greek chorus and film extras.  The pervasive figure of the wild foreign woman who vengefully murders her own children is shattered in this genre-bending multidimensional dismantling of an ongoing toxic myth. Challenging the idea of a “dangerous,” “hysterical,” foreign woman, La Medea reveals an infinite woman that rejects the limited gaze imposed on her for centuries.

CREDITS

Written, directed, and choreographed by Yara Travieso (co-producer).
Original music and libretto by Sam Crawford.
Set designs by Brookhart Jonquil.
Costume designs by Sue Julien.
Lighting design by Tuce Yasak.
Director of photography, Pamela Giaroli.
Assistant Director and Camera Operator, Liz Charky.
Original illustrations and Mask Design by Ryan Hartley Smith.
Producer, Company Manager, Brighid Greene
Production Manager, Sarah Lurie
Starring, Shayla Vie Jenkins or Rena Butler (double cast).
Featuring, Catherine Correa, Tiffany Mellard, Erick Montes, Sol Koeraus or Niurca Marquez (double cast).
Music performed by Jason And The Argonauts (5 piece band) Featuring: Vocals, Guitar: Liz de Lise, Vocals, Guitar: Zeb Gould, Reeds: Jeff Hudgins, Percussion: Timothy Quigley, Bass, Moog Bass Synth: Ian Riggs, Trumpet, Bass: Anthony Mascorro, Percussion, Arthur Solari (double cast).

La Medea is a Creative Capital production, commissioned by Performance Space NY in partnership with BRIC Arts Media House, Dance Films Association and AbelCine.

TOUR BOOKING INQUIRIES

For touring and booking inquiries please contact Brighid Greene at Studio@yaratravieso.com.