About
Mythic Heart Theatre
Performing artist Kristi Williamson and Visual artist Kathryn Oliver have collaborated over the past 16 years to create unique ritual theater experiences. Their productions rooted in dance, drama, music, mask-work, visual art and film, weave archetypal stories, timeless literature, mystical poetry and the beauty of the natural world.
By engaging our “mythopoetic” imaginations, Kristi and Kathryn hope that their work can help to navigate troubled times by inspiring fresh ways of seeing and participating. They feel that the universal truths patterned through myth and poetry can help to offer insights for self-reflection towards growth and healing.
Together they create these unique theater experiences. Kathryn envisions and directs the projects beginning with the creation of the script. She weaves poetry, prose and music together, then creates and combines the visual components which include films, masks, sets and costumes. Kristi brings the script to life through song, dance, acting, and mask work. She also shares in the creative development and the direction of each production.
Kristi Williamson
Raised on wooden ships off the coast of Maine, Kristi's love for the sea, song, tradition and soul runs deep. She is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher. Her devotion to the studies of dance, theater, movement-based expressive arts, yoga, and voice promotes a holistic ethic that is alive in her offerings. She's dedicated her life to the Reclamation of the Sacred Feminine Spirit. Exploring Ritual through the lens of Archetypal Mythic Theater & Dance, Earth- based Feminine Wisdom, Eastern Spirituality & Practice, Sacred Song, and Somatic Embodiment Work. Kristi has taught yoga for the past 20 years, is a certified Movement Based Expressive Arts Tamalpa Practitioner and holds Women's Circles for empowerment and rites of passage. Anna Halprin, Rosangela Silvestre and Joan Hanley have been some of her most influential teachers. Kristi is dedicated to beauty making and the cultivation of soul through the arts. She's passionate about supporting others to awaken their creative expression, intuitive wisdom and discovery of voice.
Kathryn Oliver
Kathryn Oliver is a visual artist, who weaves archetypal themes from fairy tales, poetry and ancient folklore as well as inspiration from Byzantine iconography into her paintings. She also incorporates the notion of the sacred interconnectedness of the natural world with the deeper forces and patterns inherent in human nature that motivate behavior. A passionate gardener, she draws inspiration and understanding through connecting to the earth, planting seeds and tending the plants. Faith infuses all of Kathryn's works and metaphor and symbolism are used throughout her multimedia and community-based theatre productions.
Website Kathryn Oliver
Guest Artist
Josiah Glover
Josiah was born and raised in Camden, Maine and has been practicing acro yoga for seven years. He received his Acroyoga teacher training in Merida, Mexico, and has taught Acroyoga in Laos, Thailand, China, Europe and the US. He uses Acroyoga in conjunction with his massage therapy practice. When he is not doing Acroyoga he is installing heat pumps or creating metal artwork.
Mythic Heart Theatre is excited to incorporate Josiah’s performance and teaching gifts in Acro Yoga into a piece for “Spring Awake!”
Guest Artist
Joyce Tenneson
Joyce Tenneson possesses a unique vision which makes her photographs immediately recognizable. She creates enigmatic and sensuous images that are timeless and haunting. Internationally lauded as one of the leading photographers of her generation, Joyce Tenneson’s work has been published in books and major magazines, and exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. Her portraits have appeared on covers for magazines such as: Time, Life, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine.
Mythic Heart Theatre is honored to incorporate Joyce’s beautiful tree images into their performances.
Guest Artist
Lisa Diane
Lisa Diane (Daya Devi) connects with Inspiration through the sounds and scents, textures and colors in nature.
Water, earth, sky and story fill her as she moves through life.
Her own nature is sparked by human connection, which manifests through her work in caring for the elderly population; by creating inviting natural spaces (flower gardening); by offering peace and balance (Yoga & meditation); and by moving through life in sync with her surroundings (dance).
“This exploration with Kathryn and Kristi has offered me the opportunity to expand and reverberate back, the beauty and awe that which they inspire.”
A mother of two beautiful souls, her given yogic name, (Daya Devi) translates as “Compassionate Mother of all beings”.
Lisa brings her musical accents and backstage support to Mythic Heart Theatre.
Guest Artist
Joan Proudman
Joan Proudman is a photomontage artist, sculptor and graphic designer with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from USM. A dancer and performance artist as well as visual artist, her work recalls the theater and actors on stage. Her multilayered, symbolic imagery often invokes a sense of deep mystery.
Joan is a regular artistic contributor to Mythic Heart Theatre through visual images, musical accompaniment and graphic design.
Website: Joan Proudman
Mythic Heart Theater Support
Jenny Swing
Jenny has a profound bond with the sea and a great love of wildlife. She is a sailor, born into a family of artists and musicians, and loves all forms of creative expression. Supporting Mythic Heart Theater is a cherished, soul nourishing experience for her.
“My role with the theater is to manage the front of the house. It is thrilling for me to greet folks as they arrive full of wonder, to welcome and orient the beautiful, intriguing souls who are drawn to Kathryn and Kristi’s extraordinary creations.” Jenny Swing