Contact: Conrad
Bishop
Phone: 707-824-4307 Fax: 707-829-7159
Email: eye@independenteye.org
502 Pleasant Hill Rd. • Sebastopol, CA 95472 Website:independenteye.org
Puppet/mask works for adult audiences based on myths with present-day resonance,
mainly in collaboration with other companies or schools.
Rash
Acts
Duration:
90
minutes
Audience:
Adult
Audience
Size:
100
Puppet
Style:
live
hand + head rod, 3/4 lifesize; hand puppets; shadow
Language(s):
English
Stage
Size:
16'
x 8' x 14'
Personnel:
2
to 6
Video:
NTSC
Description:
Five
serio-comic plays about the politics of daily life:
Alice falls down the rabit hole into the evening news;
Mother Earth turns on her children; telemarketers drive
a man insane; a couple turn onto the freeway and never
get off; and a king's dead queen is revived by the
magic of puppetry.
Fables
from Experience
Leaders:
Conrad
Bishop/Elizabeth Fuller
Duration:
90-180
minutes
Audience:
Adult
Max
Enrollment Range:
20
Puppet
Style/Skill Taught:
Creating
scripts from improvisation and real experience
Language(s):
English
Experience:
All
levels
Space
Size:
Flexible
- large room
Personnel:
2
Video:
NTSC
Description:
Short
dramatic pieces evolve from story circle, improvisation,
and scripting, then finding a style of puppet that
best serves the story.
