ARGONAUTIKA
Act One
Pre-Show:
Music: “Dragon Dance” - start @.21
Album: Uncle Mafufo’s Tribal Tales
2.
Page 4
Scene: “The Storm”
Cue: Black out before lights up on first scene
Music: “Rolling Thunder as Storm Approaches”
3.
Page 9
Scene: “Pelias was Old”
Music Title: Karsihlagala
Album: “The Dancing Drum”
4.
Page 9
Cue: Cepheus and Asterion: “Pelias was old!”
Clock Ticking
5.
Page 13
Scene: “Pelias was Old”
Cue: Cepheus: “He is wearing only one sandal!”
Thunder clap
6.
Page 16
Scene: “Pelas was Old”
Cue: Jason: “An undertaking?”
Music Title: “The Feeling Begins”
Album: Peter Gabriel’s “Passion”
7.
In blackout; page 19
Scene: “Hallway”
Cue: (page 19)
Pelias: “Where are my pills?”
Fade out on
Pelias’ Son: “Who are you!”
Music Title: “Entah”
Album: Uncle Mafufo’s Zig N Zag
8.
Page 34
Scene: “Libation/Prophecy”
Cue: Jason: “Let us give libation to the sea!”
Music Title: “Sandstorm”
Album: Peter Gabriel “Passion”
9.
Page 34
Scene: “Launch”
In blackout; transition between “Libation” and “Launch”
Music Title: “Icarus”
Album: “Winter Consort”
10.
Page 43
Scene: “The Visitation”
Cue:
Cepheus and Asterion enter as Aeson and Alcimede collapses
Music Title: “Under Stars ll”
Album: Brian Eno: “Apollo”
11.
Page 44
Scene: “Boreas”
Cue:
Hercules: “What’s that?”
Music Title: Ship in Violent Sea with Ocean Swells
Album: “Sound Effects Library”
12.
Page 47
Scene: “Andromeda”
Cue: Tiphys: “It was not I alone. Athena taught me my craft, and it is with her help we have survived.”
Music Title: “Winter Consort”
Album: “Winter Consort”
13.
Page 53
Scene: “The Women of Lemnos”
Cue: Athena: “And you can bet he did.”
Music Title: “Karsihlagala”
Album: “The Dancing Drum”
Cue: Athena: “So one by one they came from the shore to the sea.
14.
Page 65
Scene: “Hercules”
Cue: Athena: “That’s just the way it happens, isn’t it?”
Music Title: “La Mer”
Album: Nine Inch Nails “The Fragile” - fade out @ 1:07
15.
Page 73
Scene: “Hercules”
Cue: Hercules: ”Hylas?”
Music Title: “Open”
Album: Peter Gabriel “Passion”
End of CD ARGONAUTIKA ACT 2
16 - 19 on CD Act 1A - Argo
16.
Page 74
Scene: Transition between “Hercules” and “Harpies”
Cue: Hercules: “Very well, then”
Music: “Open”
Album: Peter Gabriel: “Passion"
17.
Page 80
Scene: “Harpies”
Cue: Jason: “Tell me, what island is that ahead?”
Music: “Say Ahh…”
Album: Shane Shanahan (from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble)
18.
Page 85
Scene: “Clashing Rocks”
Cue: The Argonauts cross to the Argo and begin to row
Music: “Zaar”
Album: Peter Gabriel “Passion”
19.
Page 88
Scene: End of “The Clash of Rock” and Act 1
Cue: Athene: “The sun emerges from the clouds for a moment.”
Music: “Troubled”
Album: Peter Gabriel “Passion”
Act 2 ARGONAUTIKA MUSIC CUES
Page 89
“Schemes”
Cue: Black out”
Bring up music during black out
Music: “Icarus”
Album: “Winter Consort”
2. Page 91
“Aphrodite”
Cue: Lights up on SL Aphrodite and her crew
Music: “Sexy Music”
Album: Sexy Music Launch Club
3. Page 96
Cue: Eros’ entrance
Music: “Trap Jumpin’
Album: Dope Boy’s Hip-Hop Instrumentals
4. Page 97
“Aeetes”
Cue: When Aeetes enters
Music: “Lullabye”
Album: Uncle Mafufo’s SkinStories
5. Page 101
Cue: Eros: “Medea!”
Eros shoots an arrow carried by Aphrodite which hits Medea
Music: “1/2”
Album: Brian Eno
6. Page 102
“Medea”
Cue: Jason: “You are underestimating them, They’ll bear up!”
Lights down. Transitional music to “Medea”
Music: “Pearl Pyramid”
Album: Arabic Lament
7. Page 103
“Medea”
Cue: Athena: “So Medea spoke to herself for many hours….”
Akili enters. Akili and Medea dance a pas de deux
Music: “Pearl Pyramid” @.30
Album: Arabic Lament
Fade out on page 104 when the Argonauts enter on stage right for “Back at Camp”
8. Page 107
Cue: “In Moonlight”
Music: Lesionnaire
Album: Angels in America
9. Page 119
“Bulls”
Cue: Aeetes enters
Music: Storm Dance @.30
Album: Armando Mafufo Skin Stories
10. Page 121
“Escape and Dragon”
Cue: Aeetes: “Styrus! Apsyrtos!”
Music: “Lullabye”
Album: Armando Mafufo - Uncle Mafufo’s Skinstories
11. Page 122
“Escape and Dragon” - Medea betrays the dragon so that Jason may steal the Fleec
Cue: The dragon enters
Medea:”My darling, listen to me! You may turn away from the fleece now!”
Music: “Farewell”
Album: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
12. Page 123
“Escape and Dragon” through “Pursuit” - the Dragon awakens; Medea and Jason run back to the ship
Cue:
Medea: “Hurry! He’s waking up!”
Music: “Storm Dance”
Album: Uncle Mafufo’s SkinStories
13. Page 127
“Pursuit”
Cue:
Medea: “The chamber of my heart is room enough. And for a bed….” Played throughout Athena’s lines: “O merciless Love, great affliction…..”
Medea and Jason make love.
Music: “Pearl Pyramid”
Album: Ancient Voyage Mix
14. Page 127
“Pursuit”
Cue: Athena: “…all they know of heaven on this earth.” Fade out “Pearl Pyramid”
Bring up “Storm Dance”
Music: “Storm Dance”
Album: Uncle Mafufo’s SkinStories - Fade out on page 130
Cue: Hera: “Don’t argue with me! I’m calling on Boreas to release his winds!”
15. Page 130
“Styros and Apsyrtos”
Cue: Hera: “I’m calling on Boreas to release his winds!”
Music: “Ship in Violent Storm at Sea”
Album: Sound Effects Library
Fade out on page 132 on Athena: “All the ships are driven to shore.”
16. Page 134
“Return”
Cue: Medea walks off stage leaving brother’s body behind
“Return”
The Argonauts are stranded in the desert
Music: “Stranded the Line”
Album: “There Will Be Blood”
17. Page 140
“Return”
The Argonauts enter and take up their places on the Argo
Medea enters and confronts Jason
Athena: “The Argo staggered home….”
Music: Flugufrelsarinn
Album:Kronos Quartes
18. Page 141
“Conclusion”
Cue: After “They all end up like this.”
Music: Ples Upiru (the Vampire Ball) end @.55
Iva Bittova
Fade out @.55
19. Page 143
“Conclusion”
Cue: “Hera: “But how can you ask them to have pity on her? A woman who killed her own children.”
Music: “Adrift and at Peace”
Album: NIN “Fragile” (Left)
20. Page 146
“Conclusion”
Cue: Athena: “Look Up!”
Music: “An Ending” (Ascent)
Album: Apollo: Atmosphere and Soundtracks
21. Curtain Call
Cue: Stage lights and curtain up after the play
Music: Whole Earth Chant
Album: Winter Concert
