
Growing Up Linda was an ensemble actor-puppetry performance in which a woman who believes she’s the daughter of a famous ice cream mogul must come to terms with her troubled past. In Fudgie’s Death, a segment from Growing Up Linda, table-top pop-up books transform into full-screen cinema in a neo-noir tale of desperation and depravity,
A noir detective spies on Linda Carvel in an attempt to rescue her from frosting, substance abuse and Fudgie the Whale. But can Linda save herself?

2011
14Karat Cabaret
Baltimore

2011
International Festival
of Animated Objects
Calgary

2010
Gallery at Avalon Island
Orlando

2010
Park Theatre
Winnipeg

2010
Blue Genes Pub,
O’Neill Theater Center
Waterford, Connecticut

2010
St. Ann’s Warehouse
New York City

2010
Links Hall
Chicago

2008
REDCAT
Los Angeles

2008
Venue 13
Edinburgh

2008
St. Ann’s Warehouse
New York City

2008
CalArts
Valencia

a coffee table book of photographs by Sean Dennie

2011
New Urbanite
“eccentric adult puppetry that oscillates between adorable, abject, campy, and earnest””

2011
City Paper
“a whole slew of WTF”

2011
Calgary Herald
“light years away from the child-oriented Muppets universe that Jim Henson introduced.”

2010
Watermark
“Technology meets traditional storytelling to great effect… De Lellis is an engaging performer who delivers the story with deceptive nonchalance”

2010
Chicago Reader

2010
Time Out

2009
Puppetry International Magazine
“a crazy hall of mirrors, flashing bits of a story from multiple angles.. held together by a strong idosyncratic personal aesthetic. And lots of fake fur”

2008
The Scotsman

2008
Three Weeks