OBJECT OF HER AFFECTION Runs this Weekend at Automata, BroAdway world (7/15/2014)

Object of Her Affection, REDCAT NOW Festival, 2014, Photo: Steve Gunther

On July 14, 2014, Tyler Peterson covered Object of Her Affection in Broadway World. Object of Her Affection is a solo object and puppet-based performance art piece centered on a woman, who in her search for true love develops intimate relationships with inanimate objects.

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Anna Sosenko Trust (support)

Photo: Rafael Hernandez

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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Visiting Artist, Los Angeles LGBT Center (Los Angeles)

On March 6th, 2014, I was a visiting artist at the Los Angeles LGBT Center to teach a workshop on puppetry and performing objects at sparQ!, an activist theatre mentoring program produced by LifeWorks. There were 8 young people in the sparQ! program who ranged in age from 18-23. Continue reading “Visiting Artist, Los Angeles LGBT Center (Los Angeles)”

Object of Her Affection, Bootleg (excerpt)

Photo: Steve Gunther

On February 9th, 2014, I performed Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust, an excerpt from Object of Her Affection at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. 

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2014 Henson Foundation, Seed Grant (support)

©2013, Marsian De Lellis
©2013, Marsian De Lellis

On December 16th, 2013, Object of Her Affection was awarded a Jim Henson Foundation Seed Grant.

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Object of Her Affection, REDCAT (excerpt)

Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Steve Gunther
Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Steve Gunther

On December 7th + 8th, 2013, I performed an excerpt from Object of Her Affection at REDCAT in Los Angeles. 

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Object of Her Affection, Automata (reading)

Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Gina Marie Napolitan
Marsian De Lellis, 2013, Photo: Gina Marie Napolitan

On August 11th, 2013,  Automata hosted a private reading of the script for Object of Her Affection, 

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Terry + Taylor Fator Fund (support)

In June 2013, I was the recipient of the Terry and Taylor Fator Fund to attend the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT as part of the National Puppetry Conference. At the conference, I worked with Jim Kroupa on mechanisms, Jim Rose on marionette construction, and on my participant piece, Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust, an excerpt from Object of Her Affection with Sharon Challenger.

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Alumni Travel Fund (support)

In June 2013, I was the recipient of the Alumni Travel Fund to attend the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT as part of the National Puppetry Conference. At the conference, I worked with Jim Kroupa on mechanisms, Jim Rose on marionette construction, and on my participant piece, Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust, an excerpt from Object of Her Affection with Sharon Challenger.

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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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