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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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...
View ArticleOur 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,...
View ArticleSneak 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...
View ArticleMalevolent 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...
View ArticleWorkshop 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...
View ArticleAn 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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