Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:53:32 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: The Independent Eye <eye-AT-independenteye.org>
Subject: [Puptcrit] Belated self-intro


Friends-to-be-

	The norm is to hang out on a list a while, then introduce 
oneself, then take the consequences.  Instead, I've been moved to 
make a few posts without the intro.  So, to back up:

	Our micro-company, The Independent Eye, has been in operation 
33 seasons; my mate/partner Elizabeth Fuller & I have worked together 
for 46+.  We've done every which kind of theatre, mostly 
ensemble-based "experimental," with some of our most interesting 
pieces involving masks & puppets.  I described our MACBETH here; 
other pieces have included RASH ACTS, MEDEA/SACRAMENT, THE SHADOW 
SAVER, MARIE ANTOINETTE, MARVELS (an adaptation of Gozzi), and 
others.  With our previous ensemble, Milwaukee's Theatre X, we did an 
Alice adaptation and various other things.  Will try to get photos up 
on the archive as soon as I figure it out.

	Moved from Milwaukee to Chicago to Lancaster, PA, to 
Philadelphia, now in Sebastopol, CA, with a huge amount of touring 
over the years.  Most of our work is stuff that we write jointly, and 
we also write plays done by other companies, as well as 
collaborations with theatres that have more bucks than we do.  I'm 
the designer/sculptor & director, Elizabeth the composer & 
problem-solver.  The full rap sheet is on our website.

	Now, in our dotage (that's where you finally start connecting 
the dots), we're intending to focus heavily on puppet & mask 
performance - for a number of reasons, including our immersion over 
the past four years in another highly visual form of story-telling, 
audio-drama.  Next project is a restaging of our Sumerian myth 
adaptation, DESCENT OF THE GODDESS INANNA, and some short comic 
pieces also.  I'll have endless questions.

	Will be attending the Minneapolis festival and hope to meet 
some of you there.  Look for a six-foot Germanic kinda guy in a 
leather hat & gray ponytail, looking confused.

Peace & joy-
Conrad Bishop

-- 
Visit The Independent Eye's website at <http://www.independenteye.org>,
for archive listening to our public radio series, Hitchhiking Off the Map.

  ***

On our live performances:
"Lives revealed with intense clarity  through admirable, 
uncompromising acting." (Variety)  -  "A series of highly 
premeditated acts of imagination and intelligence."  (American 
Theatre)  -  "Achingly beautiful."  (Philadelphia City Paper)  - 
"Seasoned storytellers for the stage"  (The Washington Post)- 
"Funny, wise, richly detailed."  (Back Stage West)

***

And the Hitchhikers Audio Library of unforgettable CDs:

           NATIVITY - Women's journeys of pregnancy, birth, shadow & sun.
      THE DESCENT OF INANNA - The Sumerian myth of descent & resurrection.
  FAMILY SNAPSHOTS - When you were too frazzled to grab the camera.
           LIFE JOURNEYS - Five true-life stories of crossroads, 
choice & change.
      MIGRATION ROUTES -  Stories of immigrants to America.
WALT, PATTY & THE GANG - Wit & wisdom from the belly of the beast.
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