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Sculpting a Story
One of the most common questions from audiences after seeing Cabinets of Kismet is “Where did you get the idea for the story?” While I’ve talked a little about Shaun Tan before on this blog, I’m going...
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Research, Research, Research
So here’s a little secret: I love research. It’s definitely not the most glamorous part of puppetry and doesn’t provide as many fun photo or video opportunities. But lately I’ve been spending lots of...
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February Grab Bag
A round up of links and news we highlighted on Twitter this month: #1: Still from the documentary THE MAN WHO MADE ANGELS FLY. 1. The Washington Jewish Film Festival has a documentary about puppeteer...
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Sneak Peek
A description of the bean-nighe, one of the folklore characters we’re researching. Our next devised piece is inspired by the vast treasure trove of British and Celtic folklore and especially the...
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Our Folklore Project has a NAME!
Names, as anyone familiar with myth and supernatural creatures will tell you, have great power. So we are beyond excited to be able to announce the name of our next devised theater piece: Selkie,...
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Not-So-Malevolent Rehearsals
Since we are devising this show rather than working from an existing script, rehearsals are a mix of discussion, improvisation and lots and lots of laughter. A reminder that our work-in-progress...
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Workshop Photos
Puppets are not for the faint of heart. Photo by Patricia Germann. We had a fantastic two showings of Malevolent Creatures a few weeks ago. If you were unable to join us, here are some photos of the...
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An Interview with Amelia Gossman
This week Wit’s End Artistic Director Cecilia Cackley interviewed artist Amelia Gossman about her experience working as an illustrator on Malevolent Creatures, our upcoming project based on British and...
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Adventures in Interviewing
We have a busy year ahead of us! Along with remounts of several collaborative projects and our ongoing development of Malevolent Creatures, we are creating a new shadow puppet play called Saudade....
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Revisiting Saudade
As part of our preparation for this tour of Saudade (which starts on Friday!) we were able to bring in photographer Liza Harbison to take some shots of the shadow puppets. Here are a few:
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