From 2004 -2006 I co-curated, co-hosted and frequently performed at Blood from a Turnip, Rhode Island’s only late night puppetry salon with Vanessa Gilbert, at Perishable theatre in downtown Providence.
Blood from a Turnip was an ongoing evening of short-form puppetry for adults that ran for 19 years in Providence, RI. Co-founded and curated by Vanessa Gilbert, Blood from a Turnip offered professional puppeteers and those new to the art form an opportunity to present big stories, in miniature.
Perishable Theatre ran for over a quarter century in Providence and provided some of the edgiest productions in the state.
CURATORIAL
- Evan O’Television
- Geoff Nosach / Eagle Ager
- David Higgins
- spoken word interludes by Christopher Johnson.
Friday, April 14th, 2006
Puppet films by
- Paul Zaloom
- Janie Geiser
- Jonny Clockworks
- Karen Leo
- Jeff Sias
- Laura Heit
- Steve Johnson
- Tony Giordano
- Seamus Walsh
- Mark Caballero
- Jo Dery
- Maria Dyer
- Christina Spangler
- Jonny Clockworks
- Ceili Clemens
- Emmy Bean
- Dramaton Theatre
- Kristen McClean
- Sara Frechette
- Jim Sedgwick
- Jonny Clockworks
- Ceili Clemens
- Emmy Bean
- Dramaton Theatre
- Kristen McClean
- Sara Frechette
- Jim Sedgwick
- Peter Deffet
- Vanessa Gilbert
- Carl Wieting
- Bonnie Duncan
- Lady Miss Iris
- Evan O’Television
- Marya Errin Jones
- Vanessa Gilbert
- Dan Goldrick
- Marsian De Lellis
- Jim Napolitano
- Jessica Crandall
- Dan Goldrick
- Leslie Wicks
- with musical interludes by Matt Everett
Friday, March 18th, 2005
puppet films
- Kara Walker
- Nancy Andrews
- Tim Lagasse
- Xander Marro
- Dennis Hylnsky
- with a special late-night screening of Plushie Schwartz Does Fire Island.
- David Hanbury
- Joan Merwyn
- Jeanne Del Giudice
- Jess Da Silva
- with interludes by Sara Moore
- Bonnie Duncan
- Liz Joyce + Tim Lagasse
- Jenine Bressner
- Marya Errin Jones
- Adam Gerstacov
- Marya Errin Jones
- Marsian De Lellis
PERFORMANCES
I also performed my own puppet and object performances on these evenings at Blood from a Turnip:
July 2006
Special Edition
at the Revolving Museum
Lowell, Massachusetts
Rango Tango
Growing Up Linda:
Birthday Trauma
October 15, 2004
The Adventures of Michael Jackson
and the Animals of Neverland Ranch
April 1, 2005
Special Edition for PSI
(Performance Studies International Conference)
The Adventures of Michael Jackson
and the Animals of Neverland Ranch
Growing Up Linda: LSD Kills
Puppet Runway
RELATED HOSTING
April 2, 2011
Puppet Cabaret
Nafe Katter Theatre,
Storrs, Connecticut
with Vanessa Gilbert,