Upcoming Performances
The Austin Puppet Incident
December 9th & 10th, 2011
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
This evening of short puppet works of puppetry for adults features Austin puppeteers with visiting guest performers. Co-hosted by Trouble Puppet Theater Company and sponsored by the Puppet Slam Network.
The Orchid Flotilla
March 22nd - April 2nd, 2012
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
The Orchid Flotilla is a physical theatre and shadow puppetry performance about the human capacity to overcome ecological disaster. It is also about the usefulness and uselessness of the manufactured objects we depend upon, and the transformative power of companionship.
The flotilla is a tiny floating island of refuse, upon which a solitary woman scrounges for survival in a not-so-distant future. The orchids she tends for become the metaphor in which she discovers her own capacity for resilience and adaptation, and learns that survival is more than putting one foot in front of the other: true survival lies in imaginative capacity of the mind to care, to nurture, and to connect with something or someone else.
FupDuck
August 9th - 25th, 2012
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
This tabletop puppetry production of FupDuck is based on Jim Dodge's beloved contemporary fable of "enormous originality with a giant heart." Accompanied by lived music from Austin's own White Ghost Shivers and with narration by Chris Gibson. The 2010 workshop production played to enthusiastic sold-out crowds and received strong reviews from The Austin Chronicle, placing on the "Top Ten of 2010" list.
Jake is a foul-mouthed, back-woods octogenarian who receives unexpected custody of his grandson Tiny, a child as gentle as Jake is cantankerous. Fup is their ornery twenty-pound duck, who embodies both chaos and heartfelt wisdom. The story explores their diverse obsessions, namely whiskey-brewing, fence-building, checkers, and an enthusiasm for sitting still. Granddaddy Jake's memories of his conversations with Johnny Seven Moons, the local Medicine Man, and Tiny and Fup's ongoing feud with the wild boar, Lockjaw, lead to a wry examination of what it means to live and how it is to die. The tale is bitingly funny and achingly sad, and reads like a field guide for recognizing the humor in life's troubles.
The Austin Puppet Incident
December 9th & 10th, 2011
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
This evening of short puppet works of puppetry for adults features Austin puppeteers with visiting guest performers. Co-hosted by Trouble Puppet Theater Company and sponsored by the Puppet Slam Network.
The Orchid Flotilla
March 22nd - April 2nd, 2012
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
The Orchid Flotilla is a physical theatre and shadow puppetry performance about the human capacity to overcome ecological disaster. It is also about the usefulness and uselessness of the manufactured objects we depend upon, and the transformative power of companionship.
The flotilla is a tiny floating island of refuse, upon which a solitary woman scrounges for survival in a not-so-distant future. The orchids she tends for become the metaphor in which she discovers her own capacity for resilience and adaptation, and learns that survival is more than putting one foot in front of the other: true survival lies in imaginative capacity of the mind to care, to nurture, and to connect with something or someone else.
FupDuck
August 9th - 25th, 2012
The Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin TX (map)
This tabletop puppetry production of FupDuck is based on Jim Dodge's beloved contemporary fable of "enormous originality with a giant heart." Accompanied by lived music from Austin's own White Ghost Shivers and with narration by Chris Gibson. The 2010 workshop production played to enthusiastic sold-out crowds and received strong reviews from The Austin Chronicle, placing on the "Top Ten of 2010" list.
Jake is a foul-mouthed, back-woods octogenarian who receives unexpected custody of his grandson Tiny, a child as gentle as Jake is cantankerous. Fup is their ornery twenty-pound duck, who embodies both chaos and heartfelt wisdom. The story explores their diverse obsessions, namely whiskey-brewing, fence-building, checkers, and an enthusiasm for sitting still. Granddaddy Jake's memories of his conversations with Johnny Seven Moons, the local Medicine Man, and Tiny and Fup's ongoing feud with the wild boar, Lockjaw, lead to a wry examination of what it means to live and how it is to die. The tale is bitingly funny and achingly sad, and reads like a field guide for recognizing the humor in life's troubles.
Glass Half Full Theatre is a sponsored Project of the Austin Creative Alliance and is supported in part by the Jim Henson Foundation.