The Living Odyssey- history

Hi, I am Jamie Freebury and this is the page for the Living Odyssey, an expanding project presenting parts of Homer’s Odyssey in an ongoing series of live story-telling performances .

News- January 2nd, 2016

First Look at Book 6 at Sutro Park, San Francisco

I performed Book 6 for a small audience as a lead up to the eventual book 6 and 7 combined performance here are some photos courtesy of Jamie Lyons (http://www.jamescharleslyons.com/)

On the evening of November 24th 2015 I got things started by performing book 5 ( in the English translation of Robert Fagles) at the San Francisco Waldorf School through the generous support of the San Francisco Waldorf Alumni Association. The overall presentation, which featured two musical performances and a brief Q&A, lasted about an hour and was a very positive beginning.

Photo from Q&A after the performance of Book 5 on November 24, 2015 (Photo credit Trish Mullahey)

At present I am working on Books 6 and 7 towards performing the two books in tandem.

On Saturday afternoon, January 2nd I will perform Book 6 in preview for a limited Audience in San Francisco’s Sutro Park.

“And Leto’s heart exults as, head and shoulders over the rest, her daughter rises” (Photo- JFreebury)

In February or early March I hope to present books 5-7 as a connected sequence. Ultimately the goal is to create an inspiring multi narrator complete performance of the odyssey featuring independent related artistic and critical contributions.