14Karat Cabaret – hausofmarsian

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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Portland Press Herald, (Puppet Slam Network)

Posted on January 28, 2013December 29, 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 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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The Puppetry Journal (Press)

Posted on May 1, 2012January 3, 2020 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

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)” →

City Paper – 12/14/11, Baltimore (press)

Posted on December 14, 2011January 3, 2020 by hausofmarsian in 14Karat Cabaret, Art, Artist Talk, Baltimore, cantastoria, Comedy, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, H&H Building, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Object Theatre, Performance, Performance Art, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, Video

On December 14, 2011, Baltimore’s City Paper included me in their Top Ten – The Year In Art, characterizing my work at the Transmodern Festival as “..a whole slew of WTF”.

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Puppet Slam Network: Informational Posts

Posted on September 3, 2011August 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

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.

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Growing Up Linda, Transmodern, Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2011August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in 14Karat Cabaret, Art, Baltimore, Comedy, Eugean Seo, Film, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, H&H Building, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Surrealism, Theater, Transmodern Festival, Video, Written

On Friday, April 29th, 2011, I performed Fudgie’s Death, a segment from Growing Up Linda in which a woman who believes she’s the daughter of a famous ice cream mogul must come to terms with her troubled past. The performance was at 14Karat Cabaret as part of Transmodern Festival in Baltimore.

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City Paper, Baltimore 4/27/2011

Posted on April 27, 2011August 16, 2019 by hausofmarsian in 14Karat Cabaret, Baltimore, Eugean Seo, Fudgie's Death, Growing Up Linda, H&H Building, Hunter Wells, Joel Egger, Kari Rae Seekons, Lee Vargas, Live Feed, Marsian De Lellis, Performance, Performance Art, PJ McWhiskers, Press, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, Theater, Transmodern Festival

On April 27th, 2011, City Paper in Baltimore, covered the Transmodern Festival, with a photo from Fudgie’s Death, which I was performing.

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CJOB, Winnipeg

Posted on July 7, 2010August 16, 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 July 7th, 2010, Dan Walechuck appeared on CJOB (Winnipeg) to talk about The Puppet Slam Network and the Winnipeg Puppet Slam, in which I performed Fudgie’s Death, a segment from Growing Up Linda.

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CalArts, Office of the President (support)

Posted on February 4, 2008August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, 14Karat Cabaret, Acting, Addiction, Anne Yatco, Baltimore, Biopic, Birthday Trauma, Brooklyn, CalArts, Calgary, cantastoria, Comedy, Cut Outs, Dance, Design, Dolls, Drama, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Eugean Seo, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Film, Food, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Great Small Works, Growing Up Linda, Hunter Wells, Ibex Puppetry, International Toy Theater Festival, Janie Geiser, Joel Egger, Juliana de Abreau, Kari Rae Seekons, LA, Lantern Church, Lee Vargas, Liz Hara, Los Angeles, LSD Kills, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, National Puppetry Conference, NYC, O'Neill Theater Center, Object Theatre, Orlando Fringe, Orlando Puppet Festival, Park Theater, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Pop-Ups, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, REDCAT, REDCAT Studio, Shadow Puppetry, St. Ann's Warehouse, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, UNIMA-USA, Valencia, Venue 13, Video, Waterford, Winnipeg Puppet Collective, Xstine Cook

In 2008, I was the recipient of funding from the Office of the President at California Institute for the Arts for the workshop of Growing Up Linda and premiere at Venue 13 in Edinburgh.

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Interdisciplinary Project Grant – 2008 (support)

Posted on January 2, 2008August 15, 2019 by hausofmarsian in (CAOS) Calgary Animated Object Society, 14Karat Cabaret, Acting, Addiction, Anne Yatco, Biopic, Birthday Trauma, Brooklyn, CalArts, Calgary, cantastoria, Chicago, Comedy, Cut Outs, Design, Dolls, Drama, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe, Eugean Seo, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Fabrication, Figurines, Food, Fudgie's Death, Gainers and Feeders, Gallery at Avalon Island, Growing Up Linda, Hunter Wells, International Toy Theater Festival, Janie Geiser, Joel Egger, Juliana de Abreau, Kari Rae Seekons, LA, Lee Vargas, Links Hall, Live Feed, Liz Hara, Los Angeles, LSD Kills, Marionettes, Marsian De Lellis, National Puppetry Conference, O'Neill Theater Center, Object Theatre, Orlando, Orlando Puppet Festival, Performance, Performance Art, performing objects, PJ McWhiskers, Puppetry, Puppets, Rachel Weir, REDCAT, REDCAT Studio, Shadow Puppetry, Slides, St. Ann's Warehouse, Susan Simpson, Table Top Puppetry, Theater, Toy Theatre, Transmodern Festival, UNIMA-USA, Valencia, Video, Waterford, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Puppet Collective, Xstine Cook

In 2008, I was the recipient of an Interdisciplinary Grant from the California Institute of Arts for a workshop of Growing Up Linda and the premiere at Venue 13 in Edinburgh.

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