Then, One Night

We're closing with a bang.  One final night of "Then, One Night" at the Park-Schreck Gallery (1747 W. North Avenue) WITH a special appearance of "Beowulf vs. Grendel!"

Two enchantingly primitive stories get adroit, visually rich stagings in Lacy Katherine Campbell's silent puppet show. Literally wooden characters—a teacher and her mysteriously gifted student—mime reading the tales as projections illustrate them, picture-book-style. Artists Larissa Zageris and Tracy Otwell created the particular narratives offered here, about brave children facing clear yet difficult sacrifices. But it's not hard to imagine others getting swapped into the framework for future editions. Here's hoping that happens. Campbell's tender, probing voice makes this a terrific show for children—or anyone with a functional sense of wonder. —Keith Griffith

that is all. 

First preview tomorrow night! So many final coats of paint to slap on, so little time.

Oh look! It's the Rear Projection Screen aisle at Bed, Bath and Beyond.

... after I paint puppet hands.

Heather: Your light board, lit by your light, turned on by your dimmer. Me: That is beautiful. I feel like you just gave me a pony. A pony that lights up.

Crazy in love as in Uh oh. Uh oh. Uh oh. oh no no crazy. 

Ps, I strongly recommend you get a shopping cart for your theater. They are mad handy.

is where I am after today.

About to have lunch with some heroes. (g)Eek!!! Many thanks to the Chicago MCA for setting up a lunch to bring Chicago puppeteers together with South African ones.

Somehow we rehearsed, with this on our very doorstep.

here's an attempt to create that...  The performance of it is sloppy (the transparency shouldn't move like that, probably. But I mostly wanted to see if the effect I had in mind would read AND if it would look magical. 

an evolution.