Emma Miller, Abby Awe, Julia Greer, & Eva Ravenal of “Athena”

The Hearth presents ATHENA, written by Gracie Gardner, directed by Emma Miller, at JACKListen in as director Emma Miller and the full cast of AthenaAbby Awe, Julia Greer, and Eva Ravenal—discuss learning how to fence for the show, script development in the room, “navigating how to be a person,” shocking rarity, working from the inside out, tapping into the extremities of being a teenager, and the simply radical.

“…we are enthusiastic about plays that take seriously what it feels like to grow up in a female body. I think this play takes really seriously what it feels like to make friends, and what it feels like to navigate the world as a young woman…”

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