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Chicago Reader (press)

Posted on April 16, 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, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Theater

On April 16th, The Chicago Reader published a photograph from Fudgie’s Death in a story on the Banners and Cranks Festival of Cantrastoria at Links Hall,

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Bride of Wildenstein, Panorama (Premiere)

Posted on January 28, 2010August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Comedy, Dance, Hunter Wells, Janie Geiser, Josh Senick, LA, Lee Vargas, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Velaslavaysay Panorama, Written

On January 28th, 2010, Bride of Wildenstein – the Musical premiered at the Velaslavaysay Panorama in Los Angeles.

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Flavorpill, Los Angeles

Posted on January 25, 2010August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Automata, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Drama, Durfee Foundation, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Josh Senick, Lee Vargas, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Song, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Velaslavaysay Panorama

In January 2010, Tanja M. Laden of Flavorpill described Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical as “demented, touching and inherently strange”

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Bride of Wildenstein, New Orleans

Posted on November 13, 2009August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Biopic, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Comedy, Dance, Design, Durfee Foundation, Eugean Seo, Fabrication, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Josh Senick, Lee Vargas, Leila Ghaznavi, Leslie Cararra-Rudolph, Lynn Jeffries, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, New Orleans, New Orleans Fringe, Object Theatre, Orlando, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre

On November 13th, 2009, I performed Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical at the New Orleans Fringe.

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Bride of Wildenstein, The Tank, NYC

Posted on September 25, 2009August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, cantastoria, Comedy, Dance, Dolls, Figurines, Hunter Wells, Janie Geiser, Josh Senick, Lee Vargas, Liz Hara, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Conference, NYC, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, The Tank, Theater, Toy Theatre, Written

On Friday, September 25th, 2009, I performed Stuffed and Mounted, the opening duet from Bride of Wildenstein – the Musical at the Tank in New York City.

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Bride of Wildenstein, Phoenix

Posted on September 4, 2009August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Biopic, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Comedy, Dance, Design, Drama, Eugean Seo, Fabrication, Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Heather Henson, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Josh Senick, Lee Vargas, Leila Ghaznavi, Leslie Cararra-Rudolph, Lynn Jeffries, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Phoenix, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre

On September 4th and 5th, 2009 I performed Pump that Pussy, an excerpt from Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical at Great Arizona Puppet Theatre in Phoenix Arizona.

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Emerging Artist Fund (Support)

Posted on June 1, 2009August 7, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Biopic, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, Hunter Wells, Janie Geiser, Josh Senick, Lee Vargas, Leila Ghaznavi, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Conference, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Rachel Weir, Susan Simpson, Theater, Waterford

In June 2009, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center awarded emerging artist funds for the development of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical at the National Puppetry Conference.

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CalArts, MFA (education)

Posted on May 15, 2009October 18, 2017 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Animism, Art, Birthday Trauma, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, CalArts, cantastoria, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Edinburgh Fringe, Fabrication, Figurines, Food, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Gallery, Growing Up Linda, Improv, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, LA, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Plastic Surgery, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, REDCAT, REDCAT Studio, Shadow Puppetry, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Valencia, Video, Voice, Written

Growing Up Linda, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis — *Growing Up Linda*, design, ©2007 Marsian De Lellis

On May 15th, 2009 I earned my MFA degree from California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in Scenic Design in the Puppetry track from the Theater School and the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. I attended CalArts between 2006-2009 under the mentorship of Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson and developed two major productions, Growing Up Linda and Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical,.

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Bride of Wildenstein (Workshop)

Posted on May 7, 2009August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, CalArts, Comedy, Dance, Eugean Seo, Janie Geiser, Josh Senick, LA, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Song, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Valencia, Written

From May 7th to May 9th, 2009, I presented a workshop of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical at CalArts in Valencia, CA.

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CalArts – Student Council (support)

Posted on March 16, 2009August 6, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Addiction, Atlanta, Automata, Biopic, Body Modification, Bride of Wildenstein - The Musical, California Institute for Abnormal Arts, Cameo Theatre, Comedy, Dance, Design, Drama, Durfee Foundation, Eugean Seo, Fabrication, Gallery at Avalon Island, Heather Henson, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, Janie Geiser, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Josh Senick, LA, Lee Vargas, Leila Ghaznavi, Los Angeles, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Conference, New Orleans, NYC, O'Neill Theater Center, Object Theatre, Olympia, Orlando Puppet Festival, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Plastic Surgery, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, REDCAT, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Velaslavaysay Panorama, Waterford, Written

In March 2009, I was the recipient of funding from the Student Council at California Institute for the Arts for my workshop production of Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical. In Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical, an aging socialite grows fur and claws to recapture the attention of her philandering game hunter husband.

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