PORTFOLIO: Recent Highlights
Earth, Worm (2020):
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No real worms were used or harmed in the making of this film.
"Earth, Worm" explores the finer details of soil's role in the world and the unique relationship it has with one of its most important inhabitants. "Earth, Worm" was created for the Urban Soils Institute and their 2020 Urban Soils Symposium. More info Here. |
Umwelt (2020):
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UMWELT is the story of a man who longs to experience the world through the eyes of another creature. It is told with shadow puppets and a Crankie, a type of puppet show illustrated on a long scroll and cranked across a frame.
UMWELT is a 12 minute show that premiered as part of Creative Alliance's 2020 Baltimore Crankie Fest. |
Marooned! A Space Comedy (2019):
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Marooned! A Space Comedy is a Jim Henson Foundation grant awarded puppet show that takes place at the outer reaches of space. An astronaut crashes on an uncharted planet and has to face strange creatures, anomalous atmosphere, and isolation with only her Autonomous Task Assistant (ATA) to help her survive.
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Hadestown: Epic 1 (2020):
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This piece was created as part of a collaboration with Rainbow Ridge Studio who reached out to various artists to create work set to or inspired by songs from the Broadway musical "Hadestown."
Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus goes to the underworld to rescue his fiancée Eurydice. The original version of the musical premiered in the town of Barre, Vermont in 2006. |
Kindred Spirits (2020):
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"Kindred Spirits" is a short puppet film inspired by the fantasy of love at first sight. It was premiered at Coney Island's Puppets Come Home virtual puppet slam, a celebration of Coney Island's 150 year history of puppetry.
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Stacking Stones (2020):
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Stacking Stones is an engagement in meditation and object performance.
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