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So Close & Yet So Far @ Chinatown Arts Festival Shadowing Tradition: Innovations in Chinese Puppetry 傳統的影子：中國戲偶的創新 Date: Saturday October 19 Time: 8:00pm Chinatown!Studio 1 Pike Street New York, NY 10002 |
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Prologue 序曲 PART II
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A Chance Shadow 偶然 @ Puppets in the Green Mountains Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 Time: 4:00pm, 7:30pm New England Youth Theater 100 Flat St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 |
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"Lady Mouse Got Married" 老鼠娶親
Premiere Screening Ｄate: Sunday, May 19, 2024 Time: 3:00 pm Address: 21 Pell Street, New York, NY 10013 ＊Free admission. First come, first served |
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Prologue 序曲 PART II @ Seward Park Library Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024 Time: 1:30 pm & 3:00 pm Address: 192 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002 ＊Free admission. First come, first served @ 14Y Theater Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Time: 2:00 pm Address: 344 E. 14th Street, New York, NY 10003 ** This is an AAPI Heritage event. @ First Chinese Baptist Church Date: Sunday, December 3, 2023 Time: 3:00pm Address: 21 Pell Street, New York, NY 10013 |
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LaMaMa 2023 Puppet Slam The Downstairs 66 East 4th Street, basement level New York, NY 10003 Feb.16, Thursday at 8pm Feb.17, Friday at 8pm Feb.18, Saturday at 8pm Feb.19, Sunday at 4pm |
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Shadow Window @Tertulia 2023 IATI’s Tertulia is part of our Fiestas. One night multicultural events shining a light on our communities. Tertulia is open to all as a FREE and exciting online open-mic event for artistic adventurers worldwide. Works presented in Tertulia include pieces by Actors, Dancers, Musicians, Poets, Singers, Storytellers, and many other performing artists who showcase their talents in an informal open-mic setting curated by IATI Theater. Hashtag: #Tertulia Location: Online Date: Sunday, January 29, 2023 Time: 3:00 pm ET FREE RSVP |
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HIDE AND SEEK @ Puppets Come Home: Body Slam Saturday, August 13th at 9pm ET Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave., Brooklyn (and Live Online) 18+ to enter, 21+ to drink The world is too scary The darkness…. Hide! Tight as a rock, in the dark Time moves, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock How long can I hide? Or I should go out and seek? |
Chinese Theatre Works, CHINOPERL, the Rewen Society at China Institute and the Center for Theater Arts Collaboration/SUNY Binghamton present a forum on the cross- exchange of Asian and American puppetry in contemporary practice. Moderated by Dr. Sun Dong. This program is partially funded by the NY State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural affairs |
The panel includes: - Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen Kaplin Chinese Theatre Works, NYC - Chia-Yin Cheng The Puppet & It’s Double, Taipei, Taiwan - Ria Sulistyani Paper Moon Theater, Jogjakarta, Indonesia - Spica Wobbe Double Image Theater Lab, NYC - Simon Wong Ming Ri Theater, Hong Kong This program will be conducted in English, with transcriptions in English and Chinese distributed by the Center for Theater Arts Collaboration at SUNY/Binghamton. For more information, please email us at [email protected]. |
So Close & Yet So Far
@ 11th Season of Micro Theater New York
Teatro SEA
107 Suffolk Street, Suite 202
March 19, 20, 21
SAT-Mon @ 8:00pm
So Close & Yet So Far is a non-verbal poetic toy theater piece that makes use of shadow and light to tell the story of a little girl's journey searching for a start that reflects the feelings deep in our hearts.
** The performance on March 21 is part of the celebration of the World Puppetry Day
Tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1112189?fbclid=IwAR1CthIzUnqypRo--M7pruWYZUhlys1nNq4QpGdGmbcACLuEdSnX3u4MtPA
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HAND IN HAND @ First Chinese Baptist Church Date: Sunday, December 19, 2021 Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Address: 21 Pell Street Hand in Hand is a poetic piece by puppetry artist Spica Wobbe which conveys how her mother passed down her life stories to her family through her paintings. Her mother, Ms. Shia Zhaozhi (1929~ 2014), used her paintings to document the stories of growing up in Taipei, Taiwan and how the society changed since the 30’s. The performance includes shadow manipulation, Crankie Theatre, storytelling, and music. Passing down family stories is a very important legacy for the next generation and one of the best ways to document history. Spica Wobbe established The Memory Project with Karen Oughtred to help older adults to tell their life stories through visual arts, theater and puppetry since 2016. There will be a talk back about storytelling through Shadow Theater after the show n |
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Inseparable
@ St. John’s Lutheran Church - 81 Christopher Street - Friday, November 19, 2021 8:00 pm - Friday, December 10, 2021 8:00 pm (FREE) @ Sirovich Center and Project Ore - 331 East 12th Street - Monday, November 29, 2021 2:30 pm (FREE) |
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Prologue Stories of My Tuesday Ladies @ 21 Pell St.
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形影 INSEPARABLE 不離
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LaMama 2021 Puppet Slam October 13 – 15 The Downstairs 66 East 4th Street, basement level New York, NY 10003 Oct 13, Wednesday at 7pm Oct 14, Thursday at 8:30pm Oct 15, Friday at 8:30pm |
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Chinatown Door Jams with Ernest Abuba, Richard Chang, Ava Chin, Alvin Eng, Mei Yin Ng, Spica Wobbe
Uncle John is going to tell the story of Nian Monster at the event!! Nian Monster is a puppet play about the oldest traditional festival in China, the Lunar New Year. Many existing customs and activities of the festival actually can be traced back to the story of the Nian Monster, which helps to explain why and how the festival is celebrated. Come and let Uncle John the puppet tell you all about it. |
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SHOW #3 Uncle John's Storytelling Time Series.3 強叔叔說故事. 第三集 THREE MONSTERS 三個怪獸 Three Monsters is adopted from a Chinese folktale called Eradicating the Three Scourges 周處除三害 The show uses hand puppets to tell how a character became a bully due to his tough circumstances growing up and transformed into a hero at the end by defeating monsters (Click the photo to watch the video) |
We hope you enjoy the show. And please, spread the word and share with others.
If you are in a position to do so, please consider donating:
Think!Chinatown
Homecrest Community Services
If you are in a position to do so, please consider donating:
Think!Chinatown
Homecrest Community Services
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The show “戲 ’ 影-- Min Opera in Shadow” follows in the footsteps of New York’s Eastern American Fuzhou Association back to Fuzhou China to explore and express the beauty and spirit of the art of Min opera through shadow puppetry. In the show, an Erhu player’s music brings the audience from New York to Fuzhou and the origins of Min opera. The characters of Sheng (main male role), Dan (female role) and Chou (male clown role) get on the stage one by one to perform their special singing and movements.
Min Opera, also known as Fuzhou Opera, is the only type of opera that sings and chants in Fuzhou dialect. It has a history dating back more than four hundred years. After interviewing Mr. Poon, a member of the Eastern American Fuzhou Association, puppetry artist Spica Wobbe learned the story of how Min opera performers immigrated from their hometown Fuzhou to New York and were able to bring their art to life by rehearsing and performing together. Inspired by their journey, Spica used the group’s music and her shadow images to create the show and perform it together with Margaret Yuen, director of the Red Silk Dancers. https://www.thinkchinatown.org/arts-week |
We are pleased to offer FREE streaming of our new videos on line!
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SHOW #2
Uncle John's Storytelling Time Series.2 強叔叔說故事. 第二集 |
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Nian Monster 年獸來了
Legend has it, once a year on Chinese New Year’s eve, the Nian Monster comes out of its hiding place to feed. He would go into the village and eat people. Let’s see how Uncle John invites the audience to be part of the story, fight with the Nian Monster and learn something about the Chinese New Year customs. |
(Click the photo to watch the video)
We are pleased to offer FREE streaming of our archival videos on line!
SHOW #1
A Chance Shadow. PART II
Part two of A Chance Shadow is based on the poetry, plays and life of Federico Garcia Locra (1898~ 1936).
The creators Spica Wobbe and Margot Fitzsimmons believe that whenever Lorca put pen to paper, he always had duende in mind. Duende in Spanish means having soul, a heightened state of emotion, expression and authenticity that can often make you smile or cry as a bodily reaction to a particular artistic expression. In his work, he brings to light dramatic themes of love, Spanish culture, feminism, freedom and death.
(Click the photo to watch the video)
- The show is made possible with the support of the Jim Henson Foundation’s Seed Grant and PATCH residency (2012)
We hope you enjoy the show. And please, spread the word and share with others.
If you are in a position to do so, please consider donating:
COVID-19 Response Fund
Direct Relief Fund for Puppet Artists
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Premier at Chinatown Arts Week
Opening Night Party Saturday, October 12 @ 5:30 pm CHEN Dance Center 70 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor FREE CH7EN Dance Center, 70 Mulberry St. 2nd Floor. Please check it out. |
Hand in Hand 手牽手 @ 2018 Close to You International Puppet Festival Taipei, Taiwan October 5 19:30 October 6 14:30 19:30 October 7 14:30 19:30 |
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I Laid an Egg @ Myrna Loy Center 2018 April 6 & 7 - 10:30AM $10 Adults | $7 Children Double Image Theater Lab presents a sweetly surprising original show perfect for preschools and young families. Margot goes on an adventure with her imaginary friend, Egg, in a spellbinding world of shadows and household items. All children must be accompanied by an adult. No dropoffs please! http://myrnaloycenter.com/2017/09/special-show-for-young-families-i-laid-an-egg/ |
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The Memory Project- storytelling through visual arts, theater & puppetry is a hands-on activity based workshop in which art is used as a medium for storytelling. The program consists of 2-hour sessions once a week for 24 weeks, catering for older adults. It has three sections each of eight weeks duration, culminating in a public event. Community building will be facilitated though the participants’ engagement in theater games. The public event will showcase the participants’ creations in the three different art forms they have learned, pop-up books, Shadow Theater and Toy Theater. This project is supported by the 2017 SU-CASA grant and is taking place at the LaGuardia Senior Center form February to June. The workshop is facilitated by Spica Wobbe and Karen Oughtred. Spica Wobbe is a participant in SU-CASA. SU-CASA is a collaboration among the New York City Council, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department for the Aging and the City's five local arts councils. This program is administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and supported by public funds from the New York City Council in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department for the Aging. LMCC.net. https://www.facebook.com/thememoryproject.storytelling/ |
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A CHANCE SHADOW @10th International Shadow Theatre Festival
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"Pousette and the Pirates"
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"Under Construction"
A collaboration with Spellbound Theatre
@ the 2015 NYU Forum on Site-Specific Performance
Work-in-progress
April 25 11am and 2:30pm
Masterclass
April 24 2:00 pm ~ 3:45 pm
See detail information:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/edtheatre/forum
I Laid an Egg @ the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
WORLD STAGE SERIES
Friday, November 14, 2014 11:00am
The World Stage Series presents music and performing arts from around the world with the goal of promoting respect for diversity and an appreciation of the arts in all audiences. World Stage Series performances are available for school audiences on school days and for youth, families, and the community on weekend days.
Bethel Woods' Educational and Children's programming is supported by Annelise Gerry and Family and the Rhulen/Loughlin Family - In Memory of Trevor John Loughlin. Transportation, admission, and scholarships provided in part by TD Charitable Foundation and First Niagara Foundation.
Detail information: http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/double-image-theater-lab
Bethel Woods' Educational and Children's programming is supported by Annelise Gerry and Family and the Rhulen/Loughlin Family - In Memory of Trevor John Loughlin. Transportation, admission, and scholarships provided in part by TD Charitable Foundation and First Niagara Foundation.
Detail information: http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/detail/double-image-theater-lab
The City
@ Theater Lab June 26~ 29
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Created by Jamie Roach & Catherine Hanna
The City is an immersive performance experience following two New Yonkers through a day that will change the course of their lives. The performance features realistic and abstract scenes as well as interactive audience engagement to explore how New Yonkers connect and disconnect in the city. Enhanced by film, dance, original music, poetry, beat-box, photography and shadow/ light design, ,the audience will explore the ways humans impact each other or fail to do so.... We are very fortunate to have the chance to collaborate with them to design an installation for the show. It was an inspiring experience and we hope you can experience it too. Check us up on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HpXTmq14lU |
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"A Chance Shadow"
2014 residency at Sandglass Theater
July 18 & 19 (Friday/ Saturday), at 7:30PM
@ Sandglass Theater: 17 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT
$16 ($14 students and seniors)
Reserve tickets at [email protected] or (802) 387-4051
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"The Salty Sea" @ Puppets on Film-- BAM
~ in collaboration with Drift Wood Fire & Camerate The film has been selected for the 2013 Puppets on Film at BAM. It is part of the "Live Action Puppet Shorts"and will be shown on October 27 1:30PM @BAM Rose Cinemas. The film festival is from Oct 25~27. A lot of good stuff. http://www.bam.org/puppets see video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu6yrt5nc08&feature=youtu.be |
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" I Laid an Egg " 2013 European Tour* Internationale Puppentheatertage Mistelbach, Austria
October 26 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00pm * Kuddelmuddel Kinderkulturzentrum Linz, Austria October 27 10:00 am October 28 9:30 am * Damiet Van Dalsum Puppentheater Dordrecht, Netherlands November 3 2 :00 pm |
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" I Laid an Egg" @ City College of New York Family Arts Day! April 27 (Saturday) 11:00 am http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/upload/family_arts_2013.pdf |
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EGG's next stop will be
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*** Double Image Theater Lab is going to perform in Taiwan at the following festival in October:
"A Chance Shadow: Part II. Federico Garcia Lorca @
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"So Close & Yet So Far" @
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Double Image Theater Lab, in collaboration with the band Driftwood Fire, will be performing
"I Laid an Egg" in PHILADELPHIA!
Location: Philadelphia's Public Library in the Montgomery Auditorium of the Parkway Central Library
Time: Sunday April 22nd at 2:00PM.
THE SHOW IS FREE!
For more information please check out the library's website.
http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=32235&SeriesID=SunStage
We look forward to seeing you there!!
"A Chance Shadow" takes part in residency and performance presented by Puppetry at the Carriage House (PATCH)
Join Double Image Theater Lab, for a free work-in-progress showing of their newest work "A Chance Shadow," on April 20 at 8pm, presented by Puppetry at the Carriage House (PATCH) at 225 East 67th Street in Manhattan. Reservations for this free performance are required. Reserve your tickets now.
"A Chance Shadow" is a non-verbal poetic puppetry piece inspired by the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (1897-1931) and the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936). Xu was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully naturalize Western romantic forms into modern Chinese poetry and Lorca was a social activist who changed the world around him though his unique style of surrealism and theatricality. They both existed during the same period on opposite sides of the world. With their passion for literature, social reform and true love, they changed society. "A Chance Shadow" is the recipient of a 2012 Seed Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation, and Double Image Theater Lab will be taking part in The PATCH residency at the Carriage House April 16th through the 20th.
Join Double Image Theater Lab, for a free work-in-progress showing of their newest work "A Chance Shadow," on April 20 at 8pm, presented by Puppetry at the Carriage House (PATCH) at 225 East 67th Street in Manhattan. Reservations for this free performance are required. Reserve your tickets now.
"A Chance Shadow" is a non-verbal poetic puppetry piece inspired by the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (1897-1931) and the Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936). Xu was one of the first Chinese writers to successfully naturalize Western romantic forms into modern Chinese poetry and Lorca was a social activist who changed the world around him though his unique style of surrealism and theatricality. They both existed during the same period on opposite sides of the world. With their passion for literature, social reform and true love, they changed society. "A Chance Shadow" is the recipient of a 2012 Seed Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation, and Double Image Theater Lab will be taking part in The PATCH residency at the Carriage House April 16th through the 20th.
"I LAID AN EGG" has been accepted for the NYU Forum on Theatre for Young Audiences.
We will be presenting on Sunday April 29th from 9:30am to 11:00am with two other presenters. Sign up for the Forum and join us for the discussion!
★ Recipient of a 2012 Seed Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation ★
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