On June 3rd, 2014, I was awarded funding from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust for the Los Angeles workshops of Object of Her Affection.
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Category: Dolls
Object of Her Affection, REDCAT (excerpt)
On December 7th + 8th, 2013, I performed an excerpt from Object of Her Affection at REDCAT in Los Angeles.
Continue reading “Object of Her Affection, REDCAT (excerpt)”Homecoming Queen’s Got A Musical 2013 (puppet design)
On October 25th, 2013, Julie Brown’s Homecoming Queen’s Got a Musical, a musical comedy about a school shooting and demon possession opened at the Cavern Club in Los Angeles.
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I designed and fabricated an operational ventriloquist dummy and a doll for the sports comedy reality pilot, That EFFN Show, shot on September 15th, 2013. The ventriloquist dummy was supposed to be in the likeness of Peyton Manning as Frankenstein, while the prop doll was made to resemble, one of the hosts, comedian Sean O’Conner in the style of Chuckie, the protagonist from the Child’s Play franchise. Continue reading “That EFFN Show (puppet + doll design)”
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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UNIMA-USA, Board of Directors (organizational)
In the Spring of 2012 I was elected to the Board of Directors for UNIMA-USA. My term ran from July 2012- August 2015. While on the Board, I served as Secretary and the inaugural Social Media chair. Based in Atlanta at the Center for Puppetry Arts, UNIMA-USA is the North American Center of Union Internationale de la Marionnette, the oldest international theatre organization in the world. UNIMA-USA’s mission is to promote international understanding and friendship through the art of puppetry.
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Object of Her Affection, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (reading)
On June 16th, 2012, I read an excerpt from Object of Her Affection at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut
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)”
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.
Continue reading “Puppet Slam Network: Informational Posts”Web of Mystery, San Diego, (performance)
Marsian De Lellis, San Diego, 2011
Animal Cracker Conspiracy – Adult Puppet Cabaret, 2011
On July 29th, 2011 I performed Web of Mystery at the Warehouse (a secret location) in San Diego where Animal Cracker Conspiracy held it’s Adult Puppet Cabaret. In Web of Mystery, a spider dances with it’s puppeteers before overtaking one of them. Melissa Dunphy composed original music.