Figurines – Page 2 – hausofmarsian

Model Killer – Model Victims, Waterford, CT (workshop performance)

Posted on June 16, 2017September 23, 2023 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, cantastoria, Comedy, Derron Wood, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Sharon Challenger, Toy Theatre, Violence, Waterford

Model Killer, 2017, Photo: Richard Termine — *Model Killer*, 2017, Photo: Richard Termine

On June 16th + 17th, I presented an initial scene from Model Killer: Giant Crimes & Tiny Cover-Ups, as an artist-in-residence at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center at the culmination of the National Puppetry Conference. Model Killer is a morbid comedy centered on Vivian Nutt, a disgruntled dollhouse maker turned investigator. Vivian builds dioramas of unsolved murders, only for it to be revealed that she is a serial killer. In Model Killer, I am creating a universe in which I invite the viewer to reconsider female serial killers, the historically feminine craft of miniatures, and murder as entertainment.

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American Theatre (magazine)

Posted on April 20, 2017August 22, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Art, cantastoria, Comedy, Derron Wood, Design, Dollhouses, Dolls, Drama, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Melissa Dunphy, Miniatures, Model Killer, Munchausen by proxy, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sculpture, Serial Killers, Sharon Challenger, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Violence, Waterford

On April 20th, 2017, American Theatre, announced the 2017 season at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, including my artist-in-residence for Model Killer.

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A decade of the Puppet Slam Network

Posted on September 2, 2016August 17, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, 14Karat Cabaret, Acting, Animal Cracker Conspiracy, Art, Atlanta, Automata, Baltimore, Biopic, Blood from a Turnip, Boston, Brookline, Brooklyn, CalArts, Calgary, cantastoria, Chicago, Christine Papalexis, Comedy, Curatorial, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Drama, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Gallery, Great Arizona Puppet Theater, Great Small Works, Heather Henson, Ibex Puppetry, Improv, Installation, International Festival of Animated Objects, interview, Janie Geiser, John Bell, Judson Church, LA, Lantern Church, Links Hall, Live Feed, Los Angeles, Mad Cow Theatre, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, Musical, National Puppetry Festival, NYC, Object Theatre, Olympia, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Park Theater, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Perishable Theatre, Phoenix, Press, Providence, Puppet Showplace Theater, Puppet Slam Network, Puppeteers of America, Puppetry, Puppets, Revolving Museum, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, WA, Space Ark, Spoken Word, St. Ann's Warehouse, Surrealism, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Theatre for the New City, Tim Lagasse, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, Uconn, Valencia, Vanessa Gilbert, Video, Winnipeg, Xstine Cook

On September 2nd, 2016, I finished my tenure at the Puppet Slam Network (PSN), which I co-founded in 2005 with Heather Henson through support from her production company, Ibex Puppetry.

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Model Killer – 2016, Waterford, CT (private reading)

Posted on June 17, 2016August 23, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Dollhouses, Dolls, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Figurines, Marsian De Lellis, Miniatures, Model Killer, Performance, Performance Art, Puppetry, Puppets, Serial Killers, Spoken Word, Theater, Violence, Waterford

On June 17th, 2016, I presented a private reading of excerpts from Model Killer at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.

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DCA 2016 COLA Fellowship (support)

Posted on June 29, 2015August 19, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (In)/Animate Objects, Adrian Rose Leonard, Allison de Fren, Art, Artist Talk, Chris Sheets, Christine Papalexis, Design, Dolls, Fabrication, Figurines, Gallery, Installation, Janie Geiser, Jess McKay, Kate Katz, LA, LAMAG (Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery), Liz Hara, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), Marsian De Lellis, Object of Her Affection, Object Sexuality, Object Sexuals, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Sharon Challenger

On June 29th. 2015, I was awarded the 2015-2016 City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship from The Department of Cultural Affairs.

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The Feeder, Waterford, CT (performance)

Posted on June 12, 2015July 25, 2019 by hausofmarsian in Acting, Comedy, Design, Dolls, Drama, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Food, Gainers and Feeders, Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry, Marsian De Lellis, Melissa Dunphy, National Puppetry Conference, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, Puppetry, Puppets, Ronnie Burkett, Sharon Challenger, The Feeder, Theater, Waterford

On June 12th and 13th, 2015, I performed The Feeder, a short solo tabletop puppetry piece that explores the unintended consequences of a complicated relationship.

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