On July 20th, 2007 I presented Puppet Slam Nation, a version of The New American Vaudeville, as a workshop with Heather Henson at Condordia University as part of the National Puppetry Festival. I contextualized evenings of short-form puppet and object theater for adult audiences in intimate settings. Puppet Slam Nation was also an opportunity for puppet slam curators and artists from around the country to exchange information and ideas. Continue reading “Puppet Slam Nation, St. Paul, MN (panel)”
Category: Table Top Puppetry
Lead Feet & Nothing Upstairs, LA (puppeteer)
From June 7th-30th, 2007, I was a puppeteer in Lead Feet and Nothing Upstairs: A History of the Lifelike at the Manual Archives in Los Angeles. Lead Feet, written and directed by Susan Simpson, was a puppet play that focused on female triplets raised their grandmother and ideas about originality and personal identity. In Lead Feet, performed in the role of the grandmother, a marionette which I also voiced. There were 15 performances during the run of the show.
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The Circus, Los Angeles (puppets on film)
In April 2007, I puppeteered on The Circus, an eBaysodeTM (a pitch for eBay that featured toy theatre puppetry and object performance). I was brought on by production designer, Courtney Tuesday Yates and puppeteered with Laurie O’Brien, Kate Brown, and Eli Presser, who served as lead puppeteer. The shoot took place in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
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On Sunday, November 5th, 2006, I curated and hosted Puppets from the Edge at Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando
with Heather Henson. Puppets from the Edge was an evening of short-form puppetry for adults at the 2nd annual Orlando Puppet Festival that ran from November 1st through November 5th. The lineup included Harmony McChesney and Gary Alexander with Medea, Mark Baratelli with Improv-Cabaret, Wavy Davy with Rant, Shitty Bedford and Kevin Huey with The Dawning of Melted Telephone, Tom Blasco with Fleece in Space, James Donmoyer and Scotty Shoemaker with Stupid SciFi, Elaine Corbitt with Zombie Vacation, and Omnipresent Toychest with Akshun Fogyerz
Ahmanson Foundation (Support)
From 2006-2009, I was the recipient of the Ahmanson Foundation Scholarship while I was pursuing my MFA in puppetry and design at California Institute for the Arts through the Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts. At CalArts, I was under the mentorship of Janie Geiser and Susan Simpson and developed two major productions: Growing Up Linda and Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical.
Blood from a Turnip – 5/19/06, Providence (curatorial)
On May 19th, 2006, I curated and hosted Blood from a Turnip, Rhode Island’s only late night puppetry salon with Vanessa Gilbert. In this final show of the 9th season and my curatorship, acts included Evan O’Television with Competition, Geoff Nosach of Eagle Ager, David Higgins with The Story of the Black Cow, and spoken word interludes by Christopher Johnson.
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Growing Up Linda, Judson Memorial Church, NYC
On May 2nd, 2006, I performed Birthday Trauma, a segment from Growing Up Linda at the Judson Church in New York City.
Continue reading “Growing Up Linda, Judson Memorial Church, NYC”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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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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In March and April 2006 I exhibited an installation of puppets, props, set pieces, and video from Growing Up Linda – Birthday Trauma at the Guildford Art Center.
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