National Day of Puppetry Adult Cabaret 2009

Friday, April 24th 2009
First Show: 8:30-9:45PM
Second Show: 10:30PM-11:45PM

Modern|Formations Gallery 4919 Penn Ave.
Ticket price: $5-$20 sliding scale
Celebration the National Day of Puppetry

SHOW LINE-UP

in case of fire…
Shadow puppets, live actors, drumming and 3-D puppets telling a story of the powerful goddess Pelé.
Performed by–Fare Feather Family: Ange Tu’ulaupua, Pete LaRussa, Coleton Reigel, Carrie Kifer and Leslie Addis

Monkey King
A 26 string puppet in the style of Quanzhou, the home of the most sophisticated marionettes in China
Performed by– Yilan Xu
This is a scene from a Chinese legend Journey to the West, also known as the legend of the Monkey King. Monkey King, served and protected his master, the Holy Buddhist monk, to India during the Tang Dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts called sutras. This scene shows how Monkey King used his talents and skills to fight demons and play pranks.

Yes, Master
Mask and Hand Puppetry/Junk Art.
Baby Satan has grown weary of the toys in his cabinet of morbid curiosity. He calls on his nursery maids to amuse him. Only a song and a dance will suffice to soothe the spawn of the beast.
Performed by– The Schmutz Company: Meghan Friday, Don Orkoskey, Luke Williams and Dave English

The Hunger Artist
A short story by Franz Kafka.
Performed by– Olivia Hibel and Solomon Bippus

El Paso
A melancholy shadow puppet western depicting doomed love.
Performed by– Missy Raterman and Flora Shepherd

My Darling Clementine
A playful combination of table top puppetry and Czech black theater styles telling the story of Clementine, the well-loved miner’s daughter who could not swim.
Performed by– Jonathan Lafky and Flora Shepherd