Three chances to catch puppetry and Fertile Ground Festival 2020!
Katie McClenahan
Terran’s Aquarium, an ecology puppet show about the freshwater situation in the world will World Premiere, as part of the Fertile Ground Theater Festival of New Works. Produced by Whorls of Wonder Puppet Theater, Portland.
Mary Nagler, with Whorls of Wonder Puppet Theater exposes the current freshwater situation to a family audience in a fun but serious way, opening at the PDX Metro Arts Center, Feb 7, 8, and 9.
Whorls of Wonder Puppet Theater presents Terran’s Aquarium
Friday Feb. 7, 7:00 pm, Saturday Feb. 8, 2:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and Sunday Feb. 9, 2:00pm
PDX Metro Arts Center, 9003 SE Stark St. Portland, OR 97216
TICKETS HERE!
$15; $10 Students and Seniors
The Magic Fish is an original puppet show that follows a little boy who does not heed to his mom's call nor to convention and meets with his own adventures at the beach, only to return home wiser. The story is informed by the Irish fairytale Soul Cages, by Punch and Judy puppetry, and contemporary mask and mime. This mostly word-free performance engages audiences from age 3 and up. The show runs 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for meeting the puppets. Funded in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
February 2 @ 5:30pm; Feb 9 @ 2:00pm; Feb 9 @ 4:00pm
TaborSpace Dining Room Event Stage,
5441 Belmont St. Portland, OR 97215
$5 per person age 3 and up
TICKETS HERE!
Rutabaga Story Co. presents a work-in-progress staged reading of "Itch", written by Eve Johnstone and directed by Madison Mondeaux.
Itch follows the separate but parallel stories of three women and their unique experiences with self-harm. Writing partially from personal experience, playwright Eve Johnstone attempts to de-romanticize the idea of self-harm and give this often hushed-up topic (and those who have experienced it) a truthful portrayal - all without ever depicting the action itself. Through humor, a flavor of absurdity, and a puppet or two, "Itch" tells the story of three women fighting a battle both inside and outside themselves.
This is a work-in-progress reading complete with a brief post-show discussion and talk-back with the team.
TICKETS HERE!
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