Atreus Dawn
In early 1998, Georg, Abi, and I wrote Atreus Dawn, a ritual electronic musical that retold the story of Iphegenia’s sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. The musical was performed on main stage Leeds Theater at Brown University.
We wrote Atreus Dawn because collectively we hated anything and everything to do with musicals. But if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. We decided that if musicals had to exist, there might as well be a euro-techno meets crack-clowns-and-dancing-bears musical in the world.
Just in case you’re wondering: no, Atreus Dawn wasn’t very good. But it was a lot of fun to write and produce.
Download the Full Cast Recordings (Bonus 3).
Eric Green, who designed Atreus Dawn’s abstract geometric set, keeps his own page of photographs and related information.
(You may notice some vocals and even some singing on the “instrumentals.” The vocals are of Den Mother, a character never seen on stage and hence pre-recorded and mixed directly with the tracks. The singing is in the background and helped ensure proper sonic balance during live performances; the cast typically duplicated the recorded lines but occasionally sang counterpoint.)
Track Listing
- Overture
- Dreams, Lies
- Ritual to the Den Mother
- Dreams, Lies Again
- The Letter Home
- Queen of His World
- Falling Music
- Underworld Ballet
- Tales from a Sleeping Goddess
- Mother’s Hymn
- Atreus Dawn
- Second Act Overture
- Dreams, Lies Yet Again
- Mighty King
- The Letter Home (reprise)
- Clytemnestra’s Fantasy
- Tales from a Sleeping Goddess
- The Love of a Half-God
- The Argument
- Pythia’s Passion
- Surprise! Dreams, Lies
- Ritual to the Den Mother
- Aria