On March 21st, 2013, I performed with Improvatorium – The Next Generation at Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles.
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Teddy Bears (puppets on film)
In March 7th 2013 I started as the shopper, craft service provider, and performed some light puppet building for project coordinator, Christine Papalexis at Pat Brymer Studios for the Teddy Bears Honda Pilot commercial which aired the following September .
Portland Press Herald, (Puppet Slam Network)
On January 28th, 2013, The Portland Press Herald briefly covered my work with the Puppet Slam Network as part of a larger story on Blainor McGough, curator of King Friday’s Dungeon in Portland, ME.
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Object of Her Affection, Automata (reading)
On Friday November 30th and Saturday December 1st, 2012, I performed an excerpt from the script of Object of Her Affection at Automata in Los Angeles.
Continue reading “Object of Her Affection, Automata (reading)”The Puppetry Journal (Press)
In the Spring of 2012, The Puppetry Journal ran a substantive cover story on the world of puppet slams, featuring my work as co-founder of The Puppet Slam Network and my interviews with puppet slam artists. The Puppet Slam Network fostered connections for independently produced puppet cabarets, so that puppet artists knew where they could perform, venues could find puppet artists, and audiences could enjoy an intimate, tactile, and compelling form of entertainment. Continue reading “The Puppetry Journal (Press)”
Feast of Fun – 2011: Year of The Glitter Bomb (guest blog)
On January 11th, 2012, I guest blogged 2011: Year of The Glitter Bomb for Feast of Fun, a Chicago-based LGBTQ comedy podcast and website hosted by Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion.
Civil disobedience took a shiny new twist during the second half of 2011, with a sprinkling of glitter bombings that bedazzled a stunned nation in its wake of sparkles. Thanks to glitter pranksters, or “the Glitterati”, as they like to be called, the “glitter bomb” hit the mainstream media and glimmered its way into an all but lackluster cultural lexicon.
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Wake up Your Weird, Los Angeles (puppeteer, theatre)
On September 17th, 2011, I was an assistant/puppeteer for Leslie Carrara-Rudolph on her performance, Wake Up Your Weird at the Cavern Club Theatre in Silverlake, Los Angeles. In Wake Up Your Weird 5-year-old Lolly weaves a magical musical tale about a girl, a brain named Doyle, a lizard, a Fairy Godmother and a flying Grandma. This show teaches kids how to overcome bullying by championing their own unique gifts. An adventure you’ll never forget.
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Puppet Slam Network: Informational Posts
In the fall of 2011, I started a series of informational posts on the Puppet Slam Network website about organizing evenings of short-form puppetry and object theatre for adults.
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On July 24th, 2011 I was elected to the board of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry where I served as the group’s secretary.
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Web of Mystery, Los Angeles (performance)
On July 9th and 10th, 2011, I performed Web of Mystery at Rachel Rosenthal Company in Culver City, Los Angeles. In Web of Mystery, a spider dances with it’s puppeteers before overtaking one of them. Melissa Dunphy composed original music.
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