Friday, February 21, 2014

Would you buy a carrot from this man?

"The Carrot Salesman" by Brad Shur
Saturday, March 15 at 11am and 2 pm
Arlington Center for the Arts theater

Tickets $7; 3 for $20 by cash or check at the door
More info: galapagospuppets.blogspot.com

Join MrBunni, a door-to-door vegetable salesman, as he journeys from earth to sea and even to outer space to find new customers. Will he ever sell enough carrots to please his boss? Or will his new friends teach him a valuable lesson? This imaginative tabletop performance features a live actor, colorful 2D paper puppets, and plenty of audience interaction. 

Brad Shur is a versatile puppeteer who has created and performed characters made of everything from pixels to paper mache. He is the Artist in Residence at Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline, MA.

We offer two performances of this warm, funny show: 11am and 2pm
Please stay after to plant your own carrot and play with puppets!

Brad Shur’s original works include The Yankee Peddler: Stories and Songs from Old New England and The Magic Soup and Other Stories, recently featured at the Puppeteers of America National Festival 2013. Prior to becoming the Artist in Residence at Puppet Showplace, Shur toured the country as a performer with Big Nazo (Rhode Island), Wood & Strings Theatre (Tennessee) and The PuppeTree (Vermont). As a builder Shur has designed and fabricated puppets for American Idol, Dollywood, Avenue Qproductions, and the U.S.S. Constitution Museum. Shur is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.


Monday, February 3, 2014

This Monkey Goes to Heaven

The Monkey King lands happily in the Heavens, ready for adventure in the Year of the Horse.

Come share Monkey's adventures!

"Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven" by Galapagos Puppets
Saturday, February 8 at 2 pm
Arlington Center for the Arts theater
41 Foster Street, Arlington

Tickets $7; 3 for $20, by cash or check at the door
may be reserved by e-mailing galapagospuppets@gmail.com
or calling (781) 643-1228

The Monkey King has high hopes for his time in the Heavens. He wants to meet the Gods and lovely Goddesses, and learn the secrets of long life. But when he isn't invited to the New Year Banquet, Monkey's appetites for mischief -- and peaches -- get the better of him! Will Monkey learn the ways of goodness?

Join Margaret Moody for this episode of the traditional Chinese epic "Journey to the West" told with traditional Taiwanese puppets and choreography, which she studied with the I Wan Jan Traditional Hand Puppet Troupe in Taiwan. 

And please stay after the show for oolong tea and a chance to dance with a New Year lion!

BEFORE THE SHOW: TURN TRASH INTO ART! A fun family workshop at Arlington Center for the Arts from 1 to 2 pm on February 8th.
Get ready for Arlington's ECOFest (March 29th) by creating something useful and beautiful from a bucket. Trader Joe's supplies the buckets; Arlington Center for the Arts gives you all the paint you need; you and your children supply the creativity and fun!
REGISTER for this free workshop by e-mailing pam@acarts.org