The Iota and The Chocolate Heads present Sophocles’ lost drama Nausicaä… Afternoon, July 10th, Half Moon Bay Only a few fragments remain from Sophocles original play which was presumably based upon the fifth and sixth books of the Odyssey. The Fragment… …to weave robes and tunics made of linen… The wave passed me by then…
Nausicaa
Rehearsing Nausicaä
Judy Syrkin-Nikolau and Amber Levine rehearsing a moment for Sophocles’ Nausicaä
Rehearsing Nausicaä on site
Nausicaä design meeting
We have the best design meetings….
Nausicaä & Odysseus
Judy Syrkin-Nikolau and Ben Cohn of The Chocolate Heads rehearsing Sophocles Nausicaä with the choreographic expertise of Aleta Hayes
Timothy Lee as Poseidon
Timothy Lee of The Chocolate Heads as Poseidon in Sophocles Nausicaä with Choreographic expertise from Aleta Hayes
rehearsing Sophocles Nausicaä
Poseidon vs. Odysseus “Poseidon god of the earthquake launched a colossal wave, terrible, murderous, arching over him, pounding down on him, hard as a windstorm blasting piles of dry parched chaff, scattering flying husks…” The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fagles Sophocles Nausicaä rehearsal with The Chocolate Heads in Stanford Theater and Performance Studies‘ Prosser Studio
Rehearsing Sophocles’ Nausicaä
Rehearing Nausicaä
Odysseus drowning… Site Specific rehearsal of Nausicaä
Exploring #22
Site Specific Theatre
Sophocles’ Nausicaä (S.60)
Possibly based upon the sixth book of the Odyssey The Fragment… …to weave robes and tunics made of linen… The wave passed me by then slowly sucked me back The Location… Pillar Point was originally inhabited by the Ohlone people Storytelling of sacred narratives has been an important component of the Ohlone these narratives often teach…