Hunter Wells – hausofmarsian

Model Killer at LAX Festival

Posted on October 8, 2023October 12, 2023 by hausofmarsian in Automata, Dollhouses, Eli Presser, Figurines, Hunter Wells, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Michele Spears, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, The Jim Henson Foundation, Theater, Tim Lagasse, Violence

Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, I will be presenting episode one from Model Killer: Giant Crimes + Tiny Cover-Ups at Automata in Los Angeles as part of the Live Arts Exchange [LAX] Festival. A disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator transforms herself into a blood thirsty serial killer in this noir walk-through puppetry experience that uses fragments of dollhouses as staging areas. Space is limited to 12 participants at a time. Get tickets.

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Growing Up Linda, Transmodern, Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2011August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in 14Karat Cabaret, Art, Baltimore, Comedy, Eugean Seo, Film, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, H&H Building, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Theater, Transmodern Festival, Video, Written

On Friday, April 29th, 2011, I performed Fudgie’s Death, a segment from Growing Up Linda in which a woman who believes she’s the daughter of a famous ice cream mogul must come to terms with her troubled past. The performance was at 14Karat Cabaret as part of Transmodern Festival in Baltimore.

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City Paper, Baltimore 4/27/2011

Posted on April 27, 2011August 16, 2019 by hausofmarsian in 14Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, Eugean Seo, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, H&H Building, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Theater, Transmodern Festival

On April 27th, 2011, City Paper in Baltimore, covered the Transmodern Festival, with a photo from Fudgie’s Death, which I was performing.

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Calgary Herald (interview)

Posted on March 12, 2011August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, Animism, Art, Artist Talk, Calgary, Club Sapien, Comedy, Curatorial, Dolls, Eugean Seo, Film, Fudgie's Death, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, interview, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lantern Church, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Object/Fetish, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Plaza Theatre, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Sean Dennie, Surrealism, Theater, Video, Xstine Cook

On March 12th, 2011, The Calgary Herald published an interview that described my work as “light years away from the child-oriented Muppets universe that Jim Henson introduced.”

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Growing Up Linda, Avalon Gallery, Orlando

Posted on December 4, 2010August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Addiction, Biopic, cantastoria, Comedy, Curatorial, Eugean Seo, Film, Food, Fudgie's Death, Gallery at Avalon Island, Growing Up Linda, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Marsian De Lellis, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video

On Saturday, December 4th, 2010, I performed Fudgie’s Death, a segment of Growing Up Linda at Avalon Gallery.

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Growing Up Linda, Winnipeg

Posted on July 5, 2010August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in cantastoria, Comedy, Eugean Seo, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Park Theater, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Puppet Collective

Marsian and Susan Simpson, Chicago, 2010, Photo K Basta

On July 5th, 2010, I performed Fudgie’s Death at the at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg

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Growing Up Linda – Fudgie’s Death, Waterford, CT (performance)

Posted on June 16, 2010August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in cantastoria, Comedy, Eugean Seo, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Growing Up Linda, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Liz Hara, Marsian De Lellis, National Puppetry Conference, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video, Waterford

On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, I performed Fudgie’s Death, at Blue Gene’s Pub in Waterford Connecticut.

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Matt Rineveld Memorial Fund (support)

Posted on June 1, 2010October 16, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, Artist-Educator, cantastoria, Carole D'Agostino, Dance, Eugean Seo, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Food, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Jim Henson Foundation, Joel Egger, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Melissa Dunphy, Musical, National Puppetry Festival, Performance, Performance Art, Puppet Slam Network, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Tim Lagasse, Toy Theatre, Waterford

In June 2010, I was the recipient of the Connecticut Guild of Puppetry Scholarship to participate in the the National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. While at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center I worked on Dawn of the Apocalypse in which I portrayed an anthropomorphized oil spill, I performed puppets in Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craf t, (a puppet film directed by Tim Lagasse and Martin Robinson), Fudgie’s Death at Blue Gene’s Pub, and Paul McGuiness’ table-top puppetry piece on split focus. While there I also hosted a puppet slam summit with Puppet Slam Network curators from around the country.

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Growing Up Linda, Orlando Fringe

Posted on May 24, 2010August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Biopic, cantastoria, Comedy, Cut Outs, Design, Drama, Eugean Seo, Fabrication, Food, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, Janie Geiser, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Object Theatre, Orlando, Orlando Fringe, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Pop-Ups, Press, Puppetry, Rachel Weir, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Video, Violence, Written

In May, 2010, I performed Fudgie’s Death, a section of Growing Up Linda at the Orlando Fringe Festival.

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Time Out – Chicago (press)

Posted on April 22, 2010August 16, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Art, Chicago, Comedy, Eugean Seo, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Links Hall, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Theater, Video

On April 22, 2010, Time Out – Chicago published an image from Fudgie’s Death in their coverage of the Banners and Cranks Festival in which I was performing.

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