Feast of Fools #395 – Life on Marsian, Chicago (appearance)

On September September 25, 2006, I was a guest on Feast of Fools #395 – Life on Marsian. Feast of Fools which later became Feast of Fun, is a Chicago-based LGBTQ comedy podcast hosted by Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion that showcases celebrity guests, artists, musicians, actors, and members of the LGBT community and those who support them.  This particular show was recorded over the phone on the Valencia Campus of CalArts shortly after I arrived there for my MFA degree.

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The Guilford Courier (press)

On April 13th, 2006, The Guilford Courier ran a piece on Art In Motion: Invitational Exhibition of Puppets, which covered Birthday Trauma, an installation of puppets and objects from Growing Up Linda.  

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New Haven Registrar (Press)

On  April 8, 2006, The New Haven Registrar characterized my work at the Guilford Art Center with a “wicked humor and edginess”.

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Feast of Fun #216 – Tips + Trends for 2006, Chicago (interview)

On January 3rd, 2006, I appeared on Feast of Fun podcast (then Feast of Fools), a Chicago-based LGBTQ comedy podcast hosted by Fausto Ferños and Marc Felion.

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Orlando Sentinel 11/04/2005

On November 4th, 2005 The Orlando Sentinel published a photo from Growing Up Linda in their coverage of the Orlando Puppet Festival.

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Finocchio – Women & Performance, (published)

Women & Performance, 2005

In 2005, Women And Performance: A Journal Of Feminist Theory published photos from my installation, Finocchio: The Holiday Classic For Finocchio I reimagined the idea of a commercial holiday window injected contemporary themes including gender, technologies that can alter the body, and addiction. The narrative was centered on a marionette “trapped” in the body of a boy-gyrrrl and hir journey to self-actualization. I created the original installation during the holiday season at the Dirt Palace, a feminist art space located in an abandoned library building in Olneyville, RI .

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InNewsweekly, Boston (press)

On April 14th, 2004, InNewsweely reviewed Ryan Landry’s Pussy on the House at Machine (The Ramrod Center for the Performing Arts), in Boston in This is really good ‘Pussy’ – With Pussy on the House, Ryan Landry creates a warped take on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  by James A. Lopata. Adapted from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in Pussy on the House follows fading children’s show star, Brick, who returns to the family polyester plantation so he can reconcile with his dying parent, Big Mama. In Pussy on the House, I created puppets from repurposed taxidermy (Skipper, Brick’s secret raccoon lover and children’s show co-star) and performed in a number of roles, including as Aphrodite’s understudy.  There were 20 performances between March 25th and April 24th, 2004.

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Pussy on the House, Boston (actor, puppet design)

Pussy On The House, 2004, Photo: Joel Benjamin
Pussy On The House, 2004, Photo: Joel Benjamin

On March 25th, 2004, Ryan Landry’s Pussy on the House opened at Machine (The Ramrod Center for the Performing Arts), in Boston.  Adapted from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in Pussy on the House follows Brick, a fading children’s show star, who returns to the family’s polyester plantation so he can reconcile with his dying parent, Big Mama. In Pussy on the House, I repurposed taxidermy into puppets to create Skipper (Brick’s children’s show co-star and secret lover who happens to be a raccoon), and squirrels who torment, Sukie (big Mama’s lover). I also performed in a number of ancillary roles, including as Aphrodite’s understudy.  Pussy on the House was the recipient of the Elliot Norton Award. There were 20 performances between March 25th and April 24th, 2004.

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The Weekly Dig, Boston (press)

In December 17th, 2003, The Weekly Dig (a free alternative weekly from Boston), said of my puppetry work in Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary that it was “making the ridiculous insane in the best sense.” and that “The Barbie Doll nativity scene alone is worth the ticket price.”  Who’s Afraid of the Virgin Mary,  was Ryan Landry’s holiday adaptation of Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Machine in Boston in which I designed, created and activated puppets.