Blood from a Turnip

Marsian De Lellis + Vanessa Gilbert, 2005, Photo: Tony Yang
Marsian De Lellis + Vanessa Gilbert, 2005, Photo: Tony Yang

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

Friday, May 19th, 2006 

  • Evan O’Television
  • Geoff Nosach / Eagle Ager
  • David Higgins
  • spoken word interludes by Christopher Johnson.
Blood from a Turnip, 4/14/06

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

Friday, February 18th, 2006 

  • Jonny Clockworks
  • Ceili Clemens
  • Emmy Bean
  • Dramaton Theatre
  • Kristen McClean
  • Sara Frechette
  • Jim Sedgwick

Friday, February 17th, 2006 

  • Jonny Clockworks
  • Ceili Clemens
  • Emmy Bean
  • Dramaton Theatre
  • Kristen McClean
  • Sara Frechette
  • Jim Sedgwick
Blood from a Turnip, January 20th, 2006, poster design: Marsian De Lellis

Friday, January 20th, 2006

  • Peter Deffet
  • Vanessa Gilbert
  • Carl Wieting
  • Bonnie Duncan

Friday, November 18th, 2005 

  • Lady Miss Iris
  • Evan O’Television
  • Marya Errin Jones
  • Vanessa Gilbert
  • Dan Goldrick
  • Marsian De Lellis
Blood from a Turnip, Providence, May 20th, 2005, poster: Marsian De Lellis

Friday, May 20th, 2005

  • Jim Napolitano
  • Jessica Crandall
  • Dan Goldrick
  • Leslie Wicks
  • with musical interludes by Matt Everett
Blood from a Turnip, Providence, 2005, Poster: Marsian De Lellis

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.
Blood From A Turnip, January 28, 2005, poster, designed by Marsian De Lellis

Friday, January 28, 2005

  • David Hanbury
  • Joan Merwyn
  • Jeanne Del Giudice
  • Jess Da Silva
  • with interludes by Sara Moore
Blood from a Turnip, November 19, 2004, poster design: Marsian De Lellis

Friday, November 19th, 2004 

  • Bonnie Duncan
  • Liz Joyce + Tim Lagasse
  • Jenine Bressner
  • Marya Errin Jones
Blood from a Turnip, October 15, 2004, design: Marsian De Lellis
design: Marsian De Lellis

October 15th, 2004

  • Adam Gerstacov
  • Marya Errin Jones
  • Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, October 15, 2004, design: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, November 19, 2004, poster design: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood From A Turnip, January 28, 2005, poster, designed by Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, Providence, 2005, Poster: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, Providence, May 20th, 2005, poster: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, January 20th, 2006, poster design: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, February 17, 2006, poster design: Marsian De Lellis
  • Blood from a Turnip, 4/14/06
  • "Some of the most memorable shows that we have presented were made by sculptors or visual artists who found their way to puppets as an extension of their art practice" - Vanessa Gilbert, Blood from a Turnip, Providence
  • Blood from a Turnip, 2003, poster design: Ernestine Emphatica
  • Marsian De Lellis + Vanessa Gilbert, 2005, Photo: Tony Yang

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

November 18th, 2005 

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

May 21, 2004

Growing Up Linda: LSD Kills

January 17th, 2003

Puppet Runway

RELATED HOSTING

April 2, 2011

Puppet Cabaret
Nafe Katter Theatre,
Storrs, Connecticut
with Vanessa Gilbert,