XPT

Dress Rehearsal

More misc. photos of puppeteers at work and play!

Amy Rush's Puppet Building Party

Meet Amy Rush

This is her puppet building party

Tiny Puppets

Tiny...tiny...tiny

Amy enjoying a tiny beer. Refreshing!

Director Profile - Christine Shives

Christine just back from China where she spent two years teaching English while attempting to learn Chinese.

She has stage managed at the Center For Puppetry Arts. She has also acted as dramaturg on various other productions.

Her show is an extremely bizarre look at pharmacueticals, coffee houses, and group therapy. It's a surreal comedic cacophony.

Misc. photos of puppeteers at work and play!

Director Profile - Raymond Carr

Raymond has had quite a unique life. During the majority of his youth, he travelled with his family doing puppet shows at churches all over the country.

Raymond's project is a retelling of the David and Golaith tale but set in feudal japan. The ten minute presentation is part of a bigger project which will be a full length old testament epic mixed with samurai swords and chinese dragons.

He loves the challenge of taking something that people think is impossible and then realizing it on stage. When he first brought out the huge dragon puppet and explained to the cast how it was going to move about stage, he could tell there were some doubters. But after a couple of run thrus, everybody could see that not only was it going to work, it worked out beautifully and is one of the most striking visuals in his project.

Building / Rebuilding Puppets

Steve Westdahl sent the XPT blog this photo.

Some times a little puppet surgery is inevitable when our directors are trying to realize their visions.

previous Steven Westdahl posts
here

Director Profile - Park Cofield

I got to spend an afternoon with Park Cofield after attending a rehearsal for his XPT piece. He explained to me some of the ideas for his current project.

Park likes to conceive new theater pieces by taking extremely divergent ideas or images and seeing how they can be collaged together within a highly visual, physical performance...for example his entry to XPT 2006 was originally a hodge podge of images incorporating paintings by Ensor, the Wright Bros, and the hot air balloon Expeditions.

Park has studied theatre all over Atlanta, New York and Points in Europe. He counts Eugenio Barba among his cultural heroes. His local theatre company, Peon Productions, has done parades, site specific performances and has projects upcoming in the Marietta area.

previous Park Cofield posts
here