I realized late last night that we moved a month ago. Rob is celebrating by being in Oregon at IPNC. I spent the day hanging out with Livia Llewellyn, who has got to be one of the coolest people I know. It was so nice to spend time with someone who totally gets the theater/writing […]
You’ll hear a lot of American puppeteers referring to Bunraku or Bunraku styled puppets. Bunraku was originally the name of the theater company, while the puppetry style was called ningyo joruri. Which is part of why I, personally, have a pet peeve when people say that they do bunraku puppets, because it seems like saying
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Move To NYC, Day Two As fate would have it, when we called Mr. B– today to see how they were faring on their cross-country trip west, we were only about 30 miles heading toward each other. We stopped at the Flying J truck stop, just east of Rapid City Wyoming to meet up. I
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I invited a whole bunch of puppeteer, theater and crafty friends over to help clear out the basement of ten years of puppet making supplies. It was so much fun; I felt like Santa Claus and a saleswoman at the same time. My favorite moment was when I pointed out the cape from Beauty and
Wow. Talk about the perfect blending of my worlds. Rogue Artists Ensemble has created an adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s graphic novel ‘THE TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH.’ The production photos look stunning. Alas, it is in L.A., so I can’t go, but I seriously want to. Based the graphic
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Before I unveil my contribution to International Pixel-stained Technopeasant Day, I’d like to make an important and relevant announcement. I’ve been posting my novel, Shades of Milk and Honey as I’ve been writing it. Among the people reading it, was an agent. I’m pleased to report that as a direct result of posting my fiction
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Subterranean Press is proud to present its first audio-book, Rude Mechanicals, a short novel in Kage Baker’s signature series recounting the adventures of the time traveling cyborgs of Dr. Zeus incorporated. Rude Mechanicals is read by Mary Robinette Kowal. You can order a hard copy here. The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood
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If you can, today, seek out a puppet show whether that’s a live show or something on video or film. Puppets are one of the oldest forms of theater and have had so many different incarnations, it can’t be hard to find one. You just have to look for them. Don’t know where to start?
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The thing that I love about Bodyvox is that they are willing to dance in unexpected places. Their work has a sense of whimsy and at the same time of longing that I find very appealing. Here are two offerings. Deere John I have a friend who’s worked with them and he says that they
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Seven years ago today, I went to see a movie by myself. At the end of the film, only one other person had stayed to watch the credits. This nice young man and I walked outside talking about film and theater. He got on his bike to ride away and I walked off to my
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Andrew at PuppetVision found this wonderful 1920s newsreel about toy theater. Toy theater is one of my favorite forms and this newsreel is as informative today as it would have been eighty years ago.
If you’re a Tolkien fan and live in the Portland are, head over to McMenamins’ Kennedy School for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday Bash. Saturday, January 20 J.R.R. TOLKIEN BIRTHDAY BASH With jugglers, live music by the Scraff Orser Band, the entire LOTR trilogy and more! Come in costume to compete for prizes! 11 a.m. ’til close;
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Wednesday, October 21, 1998Day Fourteen Today we had a little bit of the excitement that makes live theater so fun. Sungura’s ear fell off while he was on stage. I don’t think I’ve mentioned this, but he never leaves the stage once the show starts. It was actually quite amusing. We-ha comes on stage and
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I have zero memory of this one. What makes me laugh about this is that right now I’m designing The Arabian Nights for McCarter Theater and they just finished building a show called Lookingglass Alice. Ah…when worlds collide. How did my fifteen year old self know? Sinbad’s Adventures in Lewis Carrol’s Land Sinbad was in
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With the move and everything, I’m feeling a wee bit overwhelmed so I’m going to use the wayback machine to post my online journal from a tour in 1998. At the time, I was touring with Tears of Joy, the second largest puppet theater in the US. The tour was a short one, only two
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