From: DRAMA711-AT-aol.com Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:09:54 EST To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: [Puptcrit] halloween puppet show When we started blue sky puppet theatre 35 years ago we made a good part of our living doing political satire street shows here in washington dc. After the 1980 reagan election when things just didn't seem funny anymore and we had families to support we made the somewhat easy decision to devote ourselves entirely to the childrens/family market. Although I have no regret, totally loving the young audience, in the back of my head the politics kept nagging at me, particularly a few years ago when cheney shot the lawyer. I was walking near dupont circle on a beautiful spring day and there was no doubt in my mind how much fun a street show would be. Anyway, for the last 15 years we've done an adult/older child horror show in our backyard for halloween. It's our one chance of the year to be completely politically (as in school boards) incorrect. With the election just 4 days after halloween it seemed a natural to do some sort of political bloodbath. Luckily I wasn't the only one who thrives on new material. Don Becker is a terrific local puppet builder and part time puppeteer who agreed to make the one night show puppets of the candidates. They are between 12 and 20" and are feather light. We had a volunteer dream cast including another local builder/puppeteer/NPR producer Barry Gordemer, local voice over artist/puppeteer/comedian Jan Johns and Don's daughter Maddie rounding out the performers. The resulting show, performed 10 times that night for a neighborhood crowd of 400 lined up in the driveway, was amateur videoed and we put it up on you tube to share with interested folks. Please feel free to pass it on to anyone who might be interested. We're a little curious to see if it can get viral but really only did it for the fun. check out don's website at _www.dbpuppet.com_ (http://www.dbpuppet.com) for some unusual and artistic creations and barry's at _www.handemonium.com_ (http://www.handemonium.com) he has some really great looking politicos being used in Las Vegas there as well! hope you enjoy! _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh-nGJHjmDU_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh-nGJHjmDU) michael cotter director blue sky puppet theatre _www.blueskypuppets.com_ (http://www.blueskypuppets.com) _drama711-AT-aol.com_ (mailto:drama711-AT-aol.com) love to hear what you thought about the show **************Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000001) _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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