Tag Archives: Puppets

How a Town Fought Hate at the Publick Playhouse, Feb 3

How a Town Fought Hate at the Publick Playhouse, February 3, 2015

Prince George’s Publick Playhouse

Midweek Matinee
Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at 10:15 & 12 noon
How a Town Fought Hate

Catskill Puppet Theatre and Young Audiences of New Jersey team up to tell the true story of an American town overcoming hate groups. Based on the award-winning children’s book “The Christmas Menorahs”, and underscored by original music, beautiful large puppets depict the struggle of Billings, Montana during the 1993 holiday season, when the community defeated the local bullies threatening their minority neighbors.

Curriculum Connections: anti-bullying, history, social studies, literature, character building, theatre arts
Recommended for grades K-5. Tickets: $8; $6/groups of 20 or more

Bobbin’ with Bridgette and Dawn at the Bowie CPA, Jan 17, 11am

Bobbin’ with Bridgette and Dawn at the Bowie CPA, Jan 17, 2015 at 11am

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Bobbin’ with Bridgette and Dawn

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 11am – 12pm

Want to go BOBBIN’ WITH BRIDGETTE AND DAWN in the Deep Blue Sea? This dynamic female duo has been entertaining families for the last 6 years with their unique, upbeat style of Caribbean-themed music. Come see their new whimsical show that combines reggae-inspired tunes with two hilarious fish puppet friends at Bowie Center for the Performing Arts on January 17, 2015 at 11AM. Admission: Canned food donation or $5.00 per family. All proceeds will go to the Bowie Interfaith Pantry and Emergency Aid Fund. This event brings the Arts to everyone and is generously supported by a grant from the City of Bowie! Don’t miss this movin’ and groovin’ necessity, mon! For more information on Bridgette and Dawn, visit their website at http://www.bridgettemichaels.com

The Giant Turnip at College Park Arts Exchange, Jan 11 at 3pm

The Giant Turnip at College Park Arts Exchange, Jan 11, 2015 at 3pm

Beechtree Puppets present
The Giant Turnip, a Ukrainian folk tale
Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3 pm

Location: College Park Arts Exchange

This whimsical and humorous telling of a Ukrainian folk tale celebrates community and caring for the earth. An old man and his wife who, after lovingly preparing and tending their garden, grow a vegetable that is so large that they can’t pull it up by themselves. The story is told with hand- crafted rod-puppets, and much singing. There is a shadow puppet element that reveals what happens under the ground, including a helpful and jolly root gnome.

Ingrid Cowan Hass and Ole Hass have been performing as singers and actors for a long time, both with Masters degrees in Opera Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Ole also a Doctor of Musical Arts from UMD in College Park. Their shows are inspired by the magical puppet shows at Acorn Hill Waldorf Kindergarten in Silver Spring, but also by their own performing experience. In crafting the puppets and stage, Ingrid draws on her visual arts expertise (she majored in studio art at Smith College) and her experience with wool and fabric, dyeing, spinning and felting her own wool. The woodwork and mechanical aspects are mostly left to Ole, who likes to dabble in woodworking and construction.

Blind Summit Theatre presents The Table at Clarice Smith, Nov 20-22

Blind Summit Theatre presents The Table at Clarice Smith, Nov 20-22

November 20-22, 2013 . 8PM

Location: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Kogood Theatre. General Admission.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: Recommended for audiences over the age of 12 due to strong language.

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Regular: $35
Subscriber: $28
Senior Citizen: $30
UMD Alumni Association: $30
UMD Faculty & Staff: $28
Students & Youth: $10

Wed, Nov 20, 2013 . 8:00PM
Thu, Nov 21, 2013 . 8:00PM
Fri, Nov 22, 2013 . 8:00PM

Description:

The Center continues its tradition of innovative puppet presentations with Blind Summit Theatre in The Table.

Intended to be a theatrical interpretation of the story of Moses — in real time — The Table is performed by a grizzled, crotchety old man. But the grumpy puppet narrator strays far from the planned storyline and winds up playing out his own comedic, existential crisis as the puppeteers improvise and interact with each other and the audience.

The show is done in the Bunraku style, with multiple puppeteers visible to the audience, and is performed completely on the table top. Blind Summit’s puppeteers breathe poignant life into their characters and using humor and improvisation, show us something of ourselves in the cardboard, wood and fabric creations onstage.

This performance is supported, in part, by the Henson Endowment for Performing Arts.

Blind Summit most recently appeared at the Center in the 2007–2008 season with its production Low Life.