The lesson is delivered comically but rings true…stop looking down and pay attention to the important people in your life.
Liz Joyce and A Couple of Puppets- The Marzipan Bunny
The irresistible Liz Joyce performs the most enthusiastic and truly messy cooking demonstration to open the show.
WonderSpark Puppets- Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup
Throughout the show, you can almost taste the soups cooking as the plot develops.
Junktown Duende- Once Upon a Time in the Lower East Side
As puppetry was honored at The Clemente, it seemed as if the entire neighborhood was welcoming us and lending us their streets.
Teatro SEA- Los Grises | The Gray Ones
Los Grises reminds us that while we may be grieving for lost loved ones, we can also celebrate their lives.
Chinese Theatre Works- The Triple Zhongkui Pageant
With a healthy dose of humor and pathos, the pageant called on audience members to join in by shouting out the injustices they have experienced and witnessed.
Loco7 Dance Puppet theatre Company- Lunch With Sonia
There was a lyricism to the storytelling, beautifully weaving dance, puppetry, acting, and projection into the narrative.
Watoku Uenu- The Tall Keyaki Tree
“The Tall Keyaki Tree” is promising as a work in progress but not yet ready to shine as a featured production.
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Squirrels steal the show at “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas.”
Kevin Augustine- Lone Wolf Tribe- Body Concert
“Body Concert” evoked Plato’s idea that our soul possesses all the knowledge of the world from before and after our human journey; but during it, we are bound, by our human limitations, to only remembering and never realizing this knowledge.
Nick Lehane and Derek Fordjour- Fly Away
What makes “Fly Away” so remarkable is the way it calls to the humanity in us all. Those witnessing the character’s struggles can’t help but be drawn in, wishing they could shift some levers, pull some strings, or just lend a helping hand.
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