About
Mythic Heart Theatre is an independently producing performing arts company based in Maine currently seeking fiscal sponsorship to support grant-funded productions.
Mythic Heart Theatre
Performance artist Kristi Williamson and visual artist Kathryn Oliver have collaborated for over 18 years to create immersive ritual theater experiences.
Their work brings together dance, drama, music, mask work, visual art, film, and poetry, weaving archetypal stories, timeless literature, poetry, and the natural world into shared performance experiences.
Each production is developed in close collaboration. Kathryn shapes the visual and structural world of the work, beginning with the script and integrating poetry, prose, music, and visual elements including film, masks, sets, and costumes. Kristi brings the work to life through movement, song, acting, and mask performance, and also shares in the creative development and direction of each piece.
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 with inspiration from Byzantine iconography. Her work explores the sacred interconnectedness of the natural world and the deeper patterns of human nature that shape our lives.
A passionate gardener, Kathryn finds inspiration and understanding through her relationship with the earth—planting seeds, tending plants, and observing the cycles of growth and renewal. Faith in the creative spirit infuses her work, where metaphor and symbolism invite us to look beyond the visible and into the imaginal.
Her paintings and multimedia work extend into community-based theatre productions, where visual art, myth, story, and symbolism come together to create experiences that invite wonder, reflection, and connection. website: Kathryn Oliver
Guest Artist
Robin Lane
Robin Lane is a cellist, composer, educator, producer, and sound engineer based in Portland, Maine. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2024 from the University of Southern Maine with a B.M. in Music Performance, focusing on composition. Lane performs classical, contemporary, and improvised music across New England at venues such as the Camden International Film Festival, Bates and Colby Colleges, SPACE Gallery, and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. His original work—often shaped by mindfulness and nature—is featured in installations at venues including SPACE, Bates IM Studio, and a permanent piece at the Botanical Gardens. He is the cellist and sound engineer for The (stillness) Collective (since 2018) and performs in Post Pardon: The Opera (since 2023). Lane teaches cello at Palaver Music Center and in his private studio, and runs Robin’s Nest Recording in Rockland, where he produces his own music and records local artists.
photo: Titilayo Ayangade
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 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