LOOKING GLASS THEATRE ANNOUNCES EXCITING FALL 2008 SEASON
Saturday, August 16th, 2008LOOKING GLASS THEATRE ANNOUNCES EXCITING FALL 2008
SEASON
Balinese Children’s Fairytale with Music, A Groovy Re-Invention of Pix’ Classic and Winter 2008 Forum Featured on the Looking Glass Stage this Fall
The Looking Glass Theatre proudly announces its Fall 2008 Season: ADVENTURES OF THE PUPPET PRINCESS, written and directed by Fullbright recipient Jennifer Goodlander; THE SPANISH WIVES, by Mary Griffith Pix, re-invented and directed by NYIT Award nominee Aliza Shane; and the WINTER 2008 WRITER/DIRECTOR FORUM, featuring 12 original and adapted classical works with female playwrights and directors.
ADVENTURES OF THE PUPPET PRINCESSES…
Playing October 11 – November 23, The Adventures of the Puppet Princess is a Balinese fairytale with music which follows Putu, a troublesome tomboy, and Nyoman, the neighbor boy that her father, a master puppeteer (dalang), is teaching about the art of puppets. Putu loves to play with the puppets and make up stories, but in Bali girls can’t be puppeteers, or can they? When Putu and Nyoman get lost in the jungle, they encounter fantastical creatures who share stories through dance, comedy and masked drama. But their only way out of the jungle is to create a puppet show for a witch (layak)! Reluctant to work together, can they set aside their animosity to perform a puppet show magical enough to impress the witch and get home? Is all that seems scary and evil also good?