Internationally touring repertory company, based in Chicago,
dedicated to the art of puppetry and visual theater.
The
Rabbit's Tale
Duration:
35
min
Audience:
Children/Family
Audience
Size:
250
Puppet
Style:
Bunraku
Language(s):
Wordless
Personnel:
6
Stage
Size:
28'
x 12' x 20'
Description:
This
wordless story follows a young boy who must rescue his
friends the rabbit and the butterfly from the clutches
of a giant ogre and two twin tricksters.Full size Bunraku
puppets are employed to perform this wordless tale with
a live piano performance of Mussorgsky's famous score
of "Pictures at an Exhibition."
Pierrot
Lunaire: A Cabaret Opera
Audience:
Adult
Duration:
90
minutes
Dates:
Touring
Description:
Arnold
Schoenberg's seminal 12-tone song cycle based on the poems
of symbolist poet Albert Giraud is set to an evocative
staging that employs puppetry, shadows, the costumed members
of 8th Blackbird, and soprano Lucy Shelton. The traditional
character Pierrot is resurrected through the dark world
of the late 19th Century European cabaret. Accompanied
by short companion piece, "Reflections in the Water,"
a piece for solo marimba and rod puppets.
