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Theatre for Multigenerational Audiences

Our company is committed to making, thought-provoking work that appeals on different levels to people of all ages.  We call this multigenerational performance.  In our early days as a company we made sophisticated puppetry work exclusively for adults, but as we began having children of our own, we wanted to include them in the conversation. The result has been work that is considered sophisticated for youthful audiences while indulging our adult patrons with opportunities to imagine and dream. 

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Cenicienta: A Bilingual Cinderella Story tackles culture, heritage, and the power of language. Belinda is a modern Mexican-American girl who dreams of becoming a poet like her hero Gary Soto. Ignored by her stepfamily and left alone in the basement to prepare for the party upstairs, Belinda uses her imagination and considerable sense of self to re-enact the story of Cinderella through Object Theater (puppetry with everyday objects). She makes discoveries about her own capacity and self-worth as a person, artist, and member of her familia.
Climate Connections/ Walkabout Refugee Puppets is an ongoing project by Glass Half Full Theatre to create walkabout performances featuring climate refugee stories. Representing people from all over the globe whose lives have been affected by climate change, these puppet characters interact with people on the street to create instant, private theatrical moments in order to broaden participants understanding of the human impacts of Climate Change.
Drawdown at The Global Arena demostrates solutions for climate change as WWE-style wrestlers battle one another for limited funding and support. Cheer for your favorite: “Alternative Energy,” “Carbon Capture,” “Mad Cow,” “Rubberman,” and “The Resourcerer.” Can they overlook their differences and band together to defeat their arch nemesis, Mz. Extinction?
Petra and the Wolf introduces the mischievous but fearless Petra, the granddaughter of the fabled Peter. When a wolf threatens her home and animal friends, her adventures become a showcase of bravery and compassion. Audiences walk away from this stunning piece of visual and musical storytelling with a new sense of empathy for the animals that share our earth. Featuring live original music by Mother Falcon.
Once There Were Six Seasons invites audiences to travel the globe and explore the impact of climate change on cultures. Puppeteers recreate our rapidly changing planet using recycled objects and textiles, from string and paper to recycled Styrofoam packing shapes, as rainclouds and river valleys, farmland and icebergs, diamond mine workers, polar bears, and islands sinking into the sea.
FupDuck is an original puppetry performance for Adults and Also Children who Already Know the F Word, accompanied by live Old Time Americana Music by The White Ghost Shivers. FupDuck is an adaptation of the novela Fup, by Jim Dodge, an anti-authoritarian fable about life, death, whiskey, ducks, and the untamed spirit of the West.
Don Quixote de La Redo spotlights the hallmarks of Glass Half Full Theatre’s Lecoq-based approach to performance: wry humor and inventive use of actor as scenery and puppeteer as character, with Beckett-esque use of physical language and shifts in scale between tiny puppets, human actors, and large-scale puppets. The show explores the modern realities and imagined consequences of life in the borderlands between two cultures whose fortunes have shifted.
Trash Talks with Polly Mermaid featuring Polly and her friend, Basurana, who used comedy and optimism to counter global environmental dilemmas.
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