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Rumplestiltskin, Habetrot and Tom Tit Tot

One of the most popular of the Grimm’s fairy tales will come to life in our neighborhood soon, when Imagination Stage in Bethesda opens Rumplestiltskin later this week. Genna is working as an...

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Sneak Peek

A description of the bean-nighe, one of the folklore characters we’re researching. Our next devised piece is inspired by the vast treasure trove of British and Celtic folklore and especially the...

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Our Folklore Project has a NAME!

Names, as anyone familiar with myth and supernatural creatures will tell you, have great power. So we are beyond excited to be able to announce the name of our next devised theater piece: Selkie,...

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Sneak Peek: Malevolent Creature Designs

In a few weeks we’ll gather a team of performers to start creating material for our show Malevolent Creatures. But the process of designing the puppets has already started, beginning with research on...

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Malevolent Creatures Research

There have been two main categories of research for Malevolent Creatures. First is the folklore itself: stories, traditions, rituals and beliefs from the British Isles that center around fairies and...

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Workshop Photos

Puppets are not for the faint of heart. Photo by Patricia Germann. We had a fantastic two showings of Malevolent Creatures a few weeks ago. If you were unable to join us, here are some photos of the...

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An Interview with Amelia Gossman

This week Wit’s End Artistic Director Cecilia Cackley interviewed artist Amelia Gossman about her experience working as an illustrator on Malevolent Creatures, our upcoming project based on British and...

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