The summer of 2018 saw me creating and performing with large parade style puppets for the first time.-an idea sparked 19 years ago when I camped out in the woods of Vermont to witness "The Insurrection Circus" presented by Bread and Puppet. So, finally, on July 20-22, String Theory Theater (myself, my daughters, a few honorary members of STT) along with adventurous festival goers performed at Artscape in Bmore. Our performance, titled Elemental Procession honored the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water and the various life that the elements infuse. Thanks to BOPA for funding STT's Elemental Procession at Artscape.
After Artscape we had an amazing time conducting workshops with youth and families from the Cherry Hill community to create more large puppets for the second annual Cherry Hill Art and Music Festival on September 22nd. It was truly an awe inspiring event full of music, dance, visual art, poetry, inspirational speakers, an awesome abundance of community spirit, and of course 10 foot tall puppets making several appearances thought the day. Our puppets for this event also partially shared a elemental theme - with the sun and moon representing guardian ancestors and our Mama Shirley puppet representing a keeper of community. Immense thanks to the Youth Resiliency Institute for creating this profoundly impactful event, and thanks to their funders for funding the workshops and the festival.
After Artscape we had an amazing time conducting workshops with youth and families from the Cherry Hill community to create more large puppets for the second annual Cherry Hill Art and Music Festival on September 22nd. It was truly an awe inspiring event full of music, dance, visual art, poetry, inspirational speakers, an awesome abundance of community spirit, and of course 10 foot tall puppets making several appearances thought the day. Our puppets for this event also partially shared a elemental theme - with the sun and moon representing guardian ancestors and our Mama Shirley puppet representing a keeper of community. Immense thanks to the Youth Resiliency Institute for creating this profoundly impactful event, and thanks to their funders for funding the workshops and the festival.