File puptcrit/puptcrit.0808, message 286


Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gretchen Van Lente <gretchen-AT-dramaofworks.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] puppet slam in brooklyn tonight!


Hey everyone who may be in the New York area!

We are so happy to have PUNCH puppet slam back up in Brooklyn, NYC! We took a hiatus once Galapagos Art Space (our venue) began undertaking their huge move from the neighborhood of Williamsburg to DUMBO - and now we're back!

Hope some can make it (details below)!

- Gretchen
http://www.dramaofworks.com 

PUNCH puppet slam! 
        
        
          Drama of Works and Galapagos Art Space present...
 

=93The Best of PUNCH=94


WEDNESDAY, August 27th, 8:00 PM, $7.00

At the NEW Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
DUMBO, Brooklyn

http://www.galapagosartspace.com  



PUNCH, New York=92s best puppetry slam, is back and will
present its first monthly showcase for the 2008-2009 season in the all
new Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. Curated by Gretchen Van Lente of
Drama of Works, this month is The Best of PUNCH! In honor of Galapagos=92
beautiful new space, this month=92s showcase brings you only the best and
brightest performers that have hit the PUNCH stage. The Best of PUNCH
will feature some of the best performers and acts of the past three
years:
 

=95 THE JOSH & TAMRA SHOW in their last NYC performance! Josh and
Tamra are Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater veterans who mix long form
improve and puppetery =96 drawing on the skills Josh developed as a
Muppeteer with The Jim Henson Company. http://www.joshandtamra.com 


=95 DIE HARD! THE PUPPET MUSICAL is brought to you courtesy of EXPLODING
PUPPET PRODUCTIONS. Armed with a dizzying array of puppets plus a
veritable smorgasbord of gripping musical numbers, Die Hard! brings you
the epic tale of New York cop John McClane as he blows stuff up,
befriends a local cop, and kicks some serious terrorist ass to save the
puppet he loves. Music by James Walton, book and lyrics by John
Ardolino. http://www.dhtpm.com/ 


=95 HOWIE LEIFER is a PUNCH regular who has delighted audiences with such
creations as as a carousing sailor, toy theater, and melancholy
marionettes.
 

=95 MATTY SIDLE is a filmmaker from the Bay Area. His creates absurd,
black & white shorts that star Unicycle Baby Guy, a nice chap who
happens to be all unicycle from the waist down. 


=95 KATE BREHM has been performing in PUNCH and at Galapagos for years.
As head of the performance group, imnotlost, Kate devises madcap
puppetry and multimedia for the stage. http://www.imnotlost.net/ 


=95 DRAMA OF WORKS not only curates PUNCH, its members perform in it as
well. They=92ll present a new scene from their newest work, =93Puppet
Kafka=94 =96 an abstract look at Kafka=92s life and work. They=92ll also
present THE SID & NANCY PUNCH & JUDY SHOW. Mike Wolf of TimeOut
NY says =93Short but not-at-all sweet, the Sid & Nancy Punch &
Judy show is frayed, violent and hilarious in all the right places.=94
http://www.dramaofworks.com 


* * * * *

=93One of the companies at the center of [the new puppetry renaissance]
is DRAMA OF WORKS, a Brooklyn-based collective led by Artistic Director
Gretchen Van Lente=85While many contemporary companies inspire =91oohs=92 and
=91ahhs=92 from their audience, the focus is sometimes so exclusively on
craft that the end result feels a little shallow. I have often left
productions impressed by technique but wishing technique had been
applied to something with more narrative and thematic depth. Drama of
Works, however, consistently produces work that functions and satisfies
on multiple levels.=94 

	=96 Frank Episale, Performing Arts Journal
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