photo by Michael Kintzbranch
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THE BYRD FAMILY BAND (2019)
"The Byrd Family Band" has been touring the US vaudeville circuit for the last 2 years. Live music, baby bird.
PRODUCTION HISTORY (USA): Clowns Without Borders Fundraiser (Mt. Rainier, Maryland) - 2019 Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, Maryland) - 2019 PRODUCTION HISTORY (INTERNATIONAL): The C.A.O.S. Dolly Wiggler Cabaret (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - 2019 |
photo by Michael Kintzbranch
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ESCAPOLOGY (2012 & 2018)
Alexander Unbound is a 5th generation escapologist. He has toured the globe performing death-defying displays of danger and daring. He holds 5 Guinness Worlds Records, including the 1997 record for fastest lock picked and the the much controversial 2003 record for highest suspended straight jacket attempt.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Clown Cabaret (Washington, D.C.) - 2012 Submersive Productions Midway (Baltimore, Maryland) - 2019 Clowns Without Borders Fundraiser (Mt. Rainier, Maryland) - 2019 |
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THE LIFE OF AN APPLE (2016)
"The Life of an Apple" is a crankie that incorporates hand drawn illustration, shadow puppets, tabletop and lighting effects to tell the story of an apple. From seed, to tree, to fruit, to unforeseen circumstances.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Black Cherry Puppet Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) - 2016 Puppet Homecoming (Catskills, New York) - 2016 video by Sharon Crissinger |
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EL CIRCO DE FRIDA (FILM) (2016)
"El Circo de Frida" is a puppet film inspired by images from Frida Kahlo's journal and dedicated to Daniele Finzi-Pasca. A collaboration with Elena Day, Sharon Crissinger, and Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey.
Filmed at the Happenstance Theater Atelier. |
photo by Izolda Trakhtenberg
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THE DEATH CRANKIE (2013)
"The Death Crankie" is a puppet show that was created for Happenstance Theater's first fundraiser, My Heart Belongs to DADA, in Feb of 2013. Inspired by the music of Dead Man's Bones, "The Death Crankie" follows the journey of a skeleton who falls in love with a sleeping woman.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Happenstance Atelier (Rockville, Maryland) - 2013 Clown Cabaret (Washington, D.C.) - 2013 |
photo by Leslie Swan
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OFF THE RECORD (2013)
"Off the Record" is a toy theater show created for Baltimore's Black Cherry Puppet Theater. It was inspired by the Smithsonian Folkways live recordings of Bill Monroe and Doc Watson from 1963-1980.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Black Cherry Puppet Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) - 2013 Greenbelt Arts Center (Greenbelt, Maryland) - 2013 |
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FIELD OF HONOR (2012)"Field of Honor" is a dance that incorporates elements of pantomime and apache. Created for Fortnight Journal NYC's inaugural edition.
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photo by Silly Human Tricks
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BENVENUTO (2012)"Benvenuto" is a puppet show about a fish who falls in love with a human. The character of Benvenuto was inspired by the sketches of a pipe-smoking fish drawn by my great-grandfather, Fred Zimmermann.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: Clown Cabaret (Washington, D.C.) - 2012 |