Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 23:10:01 -0500 From: john bell <john_bell-AT-emerson.edu> Subject: PUPT: Puppet Shows at Emerson College, Boston > Emerson New Works Festival brings new works to life >Emerson Stage presents the Annual New Works Festival, celebrating new >works in theatre created by Emerson College students and faculty. The >Festival features 3 new works: >Super Puppet-o-rama Extravaganza! >A group created project, directed by John Bell >New Puppet Works will include new innovations on old puppet traditions: >shadow theater, toy theater, and giant puppet theater. These forms will be >used to perform productions based on Japanese Noh plays, a Gertrude Stein >puppet play from 1936, and a Living Newspaper based on today s >headlines. This project is led by Emerson College faculty member John >Bell, a founding member of the Obie-Award-winning Great Small Works >theater company, who started his theater work with Bread and Puppet >Theater in Vermont. Brimmer Fireplace Theatre, 69 Brimmer Street, >Wednesday Friday, April 23 25 at 8pm , April 26 at 2pm > >Shoot the Bull >by Jeffrey VanDreason, winner of the 2003 Rod Parker Playwrights Fellowship >directed by Joe Antoun, Artistic Director of CentaStage > >Shoot the Bull is a contemporary screwball comedy about relationships, >coincidence and fate. >Brimmer Studio Theatre, 69 Brimmer Street, Wednesday Saturday, April 23 26 >at 8pm >Cubicles >by Alexander C.P. Danner >directed by Curt Miller >Cubicles is a darkly funny comedy about the inhuman nature of the modern >workplace. Brimmer Loft Theatre, 69 Brimmer Street, Wednesday Friday, >April 23 25 at 8pm April 26 at 4pm > >On Saturday, April 26, New Puppet Works (Fireplace Theatre) will perform >at 2pm, Cubicles (Loft Theatre) will perform at 4pm, and Shoot the Bull >(Studio Theatre) at 8pm, allowing the audience the opportunity to enjoy >all three events in one day. Tickets are $7 each, and a Festival Pass for >all three productions is $15. Tickets can be purchased through >www.Ticketweb.com, or call the Emerson Stage Box Office at 617-824-8369. > >Sara Glidden >Emerson Stage >General Manager/Director of Marketing >ph: 617-824-8366 >fax: 617-824-8799
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