Category: Jen Swain

Growing Up Linda, Carriage House, Providence

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Biopic, Birthday Trauma, cantastoria, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Everett Dance Theatre / Carriage House, Fabrication, Food, Gainers and Feeders, Growing Up Linda, Janie Geiser, Jen Swain, Marsian De Lellis, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Peter Deffet, PJ McWhiskers, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Slides, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Written

On February 10th and 11th, 2006, I performed in Birthday Trauma, a segment from Growing Up Linda at The Carriage House in Providence.

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Neverland Ranch, Pawtucket, (performance)

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©2004 Marsian De Lellis
©2004 Marsian De Lellis

On September 20th, 2004, I performed The Adventures of Michael Jackson and the Animals of Neverland Ranch at Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The performance was as part of  Lymphomania, an evening of vaudeville, variety, and live music to benefit artist, Jen Swain who was battling lymphatic cancer.
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Golden Lotus, Providence (puppet design, performer)

Posted on by hausofmarsian in Acting, Body Modification, Brown University, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Jen Swain, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Providence, Puppetry, Puppets, Rites & Reason Theatre, Theater

On November 14th, 2002, The Golden Lotus, a play about foot-binding in ancient China and one woman’s courage to defy tradition, written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig opened at Rites and Reason Theatre in Providence. In the Golden Lotus, I designed and fabricated bound feet puppets in collaboration with costume designer Cynthia Meeks and performed in the role of the villain,  the town foot binder.

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