Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:31:13 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org From: "Michael Bergman" <mbergman-AT-potomacschool.org> Subject: [Puptcrit] Washington DC Fringe Festival The first annual DC Fringe Festival is under way. Included in the 100+ productions are several puppet pieces. I saw three of them in the last two days- each very different from the others and each furthering the notion that puppetry is a serious art form. "Dis/Appearing" is a wordless puppet piece based on Billy Collins' poem "Walking across the Atlantic", created and performed by Lost & Found Puppeteers. Hotel Obligato Physical Theatre's contribution to the Fringe is a tour-de-force one-man riotous, bawdy mask and puppet performance called "Punch's Progress- A Pulcinella Story". The elegant "Prufbox", by Happenstance Theatre, explores T.S. Eliot's "The Lovesong of Alfred J. Prufrock" through movement, fragments of dialogue, and object manipulation. There are other puppetry performances at the Fringe, which runs through Sunday night, July 30. Michael Bergman _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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