From: Karen Larsen <KarenLarsen-AT-earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:19:59 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] stolen puppets!!


Oh Nancy,

I'm so sorry to hear about this.  As you may remember, the same thing  
happened to Mary Churchill- founder of Puppet Showplace Theatre-  
years ago, except it was almost all of her puppets from all of her  
shows.  It was then that she decided having a license plate "puppet"  
was perhaps not a good idea.

I would suggest you be in touch with Peter and Anne of Tanglewood  
Marionettes.  They had a similar incident a year or two ago and had  
very good luck recovering the puppets with the help of local  
television news stations.

With hopes for similar good luck.

Karen


On Aug 19, 2008, at 6:51 PM, wipuppets-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Yesterday, during the first day of our fall rehearsal, we found that
> 8 puppets had been stolen out of our van.
> These are puppets that took us months to create for our show, "Little
> One Inch." I don't have to tell you how devastating this kind of loss
> is, and while we are doing what we can to find them, we can not waste
> any time to try to recreate them in the next month, before the show
> is scheduled to go on tour.
> I've attached two photos, not sure if this is allowed. Photos of two
> of the missing puppets, The Princess and the Daimyo, can also be
> viewed here:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/TearsofJoyTheatre/LittleOneInch
> The characters are all Japanese, in very detailed costumes made
> mostly of silk. Their heads are paper mache (no molds were used to
> create them), wooden hands, bunraku-style.
> The other missing characters are: Issun (Little One Inch Boy)- two
> versions- one, about 20" tall in a blue shirt and green pants, and
> the other about 30" tall in a light blue shirt and gold and while
> pants. There's also the Daimyo's messenger, Grandma, Grandpa, and a
> Kappa (a strange Japanese mythical creature who has the shell of a
> turtle, arms and legs like a frog and the beak of a bird). If anyone
> sees these (or has seen these) anywhere, please let me know! I figure
> these days, with the internet, they could appear anywhere. Not sure
> when the van was robbed, it was parked since the end of June.
> Interestingly, they left several characters and even the sound and
> light equipment.
>
> Nancy Aldrich
> Tears of Joy Theatre
> 323 NE Wygant St. #201
> Portland, OR 97211
> www.tojt.org
> 503-284-7562
>
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