Fall Puppet Forum, “Making Marionette Theater with Frank Ballard”
Guest Lecturers, Steven Brezzo (Opar, Inc.), Fred Thompson (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), and Steve Abrams (Editor, Puppetry Journal)
“Object, Image, Text: The Bread & Puppet Press”, with Max Schumann and Clare Dolan
As part of the 2016 Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present Object, Image, Text: The Bread & Puppet Press, a discussion with Max Schumann, Executive Director of New York City’s Printed Matter; and Clare Dolan, the founder and Chief Operating Philosopher of Vermont’s Museum of Everyday Life. The forum will take place Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center.
Presented in conjunction with the Ballard Institute exhibition Object, Image, Text: The Bread & Puppet Press, this forum will take the form of a conversation with Max Schumann, an acclaimed painter who also heads the world’s leading center for artists’ books; and puppeteer, curator, visual artist, and Bread & Puppet veteran Clare Dolan, who will explore an integral element of Bread & Puppet Theater director Peter Schumann’s prodigious artistic output: pamphlets, books, posters, and book-like constructions that have complemented his dynamic productions since 1963.
"Unfolding" with Talkback to follow
Unfolding is a new international project in which a diverse group of artists come together to create an original puppet theatre production delving into the themes of women’s wisdom and empowerment.
The show features hand-crafted puppets, live acting, unique design, and original music.
The international creative team for Unfolding is comprised of Bulgarian-American director and project lead Margarita Blush (who is also faculty at the UConn Puppet Arts Program), Bulgarian scenographer Dimitar Dimitrov, American performers Lucia Rich, Ceili Clemens, and Sarah Nolen, Iranian-American composer and musician Amir Khosrowpour, American lighting designer Adam Lobelson, and American dramaturg Lindsay Cummings.
Tickets can be purchased with CASH ONLY at the Ballard Institute one hour before the performances. For more information contact the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at bimp@uconn.edu or 860-486-8580.
Recommended for audiences ages 10 and up