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Show & Tell:
Do you have anything you'd like to share with the guild?
A puppet-in-progress?
A new method of construction?
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A fragment of a new performance?
Bring it along to any DPG membership meeting!

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PUPPETS AT THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

Feb 19 - Schroeder Cherry performs
"Underground Railroad, Not a Subway"

March 25 - DPG members, PuppetArt
perform "Sleeping Beauty"
A Marionette Ballet
Join PuppetART for their enchanting
marionette ballet, an original version of
this age-old story with a new twist in
plot. Dazzling puppets dance to classical
music by Brahms, Bach, Verdi and
Debussy, among others, as they
reawaken this classic for children of all
ages.

March 18 -
"Found" by Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Developed by Mary Elizabeth Anderson
and Wayne State students as part of the
community theater program, Found
uses music, dance and puppetry to
illuminate two intertwined stories about
the way people can get lost and found in
nature. Come see the production as
part of our Family Sunday series before
it begins a tour to Detroit-area schools.

April 22
The Oregon Shadow Theater’s
"Thumbelina"
Celebrate Earth Day with Thumbelina
as she makes her way through a series
of natural habitats in search of a home.
While the plot follows Hans Christian
Anderson’s famous story, the Oregon
Shadow Theater take a comic turn by
linking Thumbelina’s journeys in the
land of flowers to music of the 1960’s
and 70’s. Awarded a UNIMA citation for
excellence in puppetry, Thumbelina is
performed with live music played on
hammer dulcimer, electric guitar and
an assortment of percussion devices.
For ages 5 to 105.

April 29 - Eulenspiegel Puppets
"The Snow Queen"
Eulenspiegel’s adaptation of this Hans
Christian Andersen fairy tale uses
crafted miniature Bohemian
marionettes that interact on the pages
of two giant pop-up storybooks. The
story follows Gerda as she travels to the
ends of the earth to save her best
friend, Kai, from the Snow Queen,
meeting a host of eccentric characters
along the way. Performed in
conjunction with the Detroit Puppeteers
Guild’s National Day of Puppetry
festivities at the Livonia Public Library.

May 6 Marionetas de la Esquina
"The Circus"
Rolling into town, an old covered cart
brings with it the acrobats, jugglers and
lion tamers that make up this colorful
puppet show. Performed by Mexican
troupe Marionetas de la Esquina, The
Circus will help us remember the
magic, music and energy that occur
under the big top as we take a trip to an
old-fashioned circus performance.

Saturday, May 12, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 13, 2:00 p.m.
Blair Thomas & Company
"A Kite’s Tale"
A performance featuring bunraku-style
puppets of little girls, tricksters and 6’
tall waltzing rabbits, all set to the music
of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an
Exhibition performed live on piano by
Kathryn Goodson. Blair Thomas &
Company have twice received the
UNIMA award for excellence in
puppetry, and Mr. Thomas was also the
first artist to be awarded the Jim
Henson Artist-In-Residence position at
the University of Maryland.
Appropriate for ages four through
twelve.

Puppet Films at the DIA
Feb 3 and 4 shown at 7:00 & 9:30 pm
Feb 5 2:00 and 4:30 pm
"Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey"
A documentary about Keven Clash.

Feb 11 at 4:00pm
"Puppet"
Documentary of the complex works by
Dan Hurlin