This year OYL embarked on a fresh journey of creating new plays collaboratively with playwrights and already we have two exciting new pieces in the works. Unlike past commissions, this new collaborative approach requires the creation of an entirely different process. OYL’s ensemble decides on one or several concepts. From broad ideas such as “infidelity” […]
The beginning of this second week finds us looking for conversations. We’ve been learning Greek. We know how NOT to order a sweet coffee and how to say “thank you” and, importantly, “yes.” We’ve also been talking about work, about art, about fresh tomatoes. We’ve been talking about sore muscles and why walking between villages […]
In addition to Meteora, we also visited the city of Ioannina. It is very fun to say, but it is also a very beautiful place. Right next to the giant, gorgeous lake, perfectly framed by tall, rocky mountains, is an old city guarded by a big wall. Inside are beautiful homes and shops. My favorite […]
Yesterday, we went to the monasteries of Meteora. These really old, beautiful houses of worship stand perched on the most amazing rocks I have ever seen. To me, they look like they were drawn by Tim Burton. Smooth, holey rock swirling out of the earth. I love visiting houses of worship as an artistic and […]
I’m supposed to be blogging. I was supposed to blog yesterday, about yesterday, but how can I blog about yesterday? Yesterday can’t be isolated from everything else. From what has brought us to these mountains to the people, to the rocks, the hairpin turns, the ants and scorpions to these people, the roosters crowing, the goats […]
Lately I’ve been very into the idea of Gaia. Y’know mother of the titans (who are buried in these mountains btw) aka Mother Earth. It started with a joke during the Vikos Gorge hike when someone asked where they should toss their banana peel and I just threw out “Give it back to Mother Gaia,” […]
I entered into today by pressing the snooze button three times. Even though I sleep about seven hours a night here, it never feels enough! In desperate need of a shower that would not come until later that night, I crawled out of bed, threw on some movement clothes, bandaged my blisters and reviewed my […]
I like to call this place storybook land because, first of all… this place is magical! The nature is so powerful and beautiful that it almost doesn’t seem real. The second reason being it is filled with a bunch of storytellers, and today we spent a lot of time discussing myths and seeing how many […]
Listen…we need to talk. I think you and I both know where this is going. We’ve had a great run from Vassar to Northwestern, Cal Arts to SMU, Michigan to Connecticut College, Atlantic to Ithaca, USC to NYU to Oberlin. And please know I respect you and cherish our time together but … we need to […]
I am dirty. I am sweaty. But I hiked the Vikos Gorge. It took me 8 hours and many bottles of water but I hiked down and out of a canyon deeper the Grand Canyon: 18 km of transfixing beauty from all angles. Myth has it that the Titans were buried in mountains like […]