PUNCH Puppet Slam:
THE PRINCESS BRIDE!
September 29 @ 7pm
The TANK
312 West 36th Street, NYC
Join us for another PUNCH puppet slam - where a diverse group of puppet artists use a wide variety of puppet styles to tell one story or collaborate on one wonderful puppet experience.
Take a trip into a fairytale land full of rodents of unusual size, pits of despair, brute squads, and -- ew -- kissing?!?!?!!! We'll see hand puppet marriage squabbles, shadow puppet dream sequences, marionettes with flowing white dresses, and much much more! Drama of Works hosts as Fred Savage and Peter Falk, obviously...
ACTS & RUNNING ORDER
SCENE ONE: Falling in Love!
Pixie Pierrot is a Brooklyn-based eerily whimsical drag puppeteer, sad clown, and all around fool interested in bringing to life endearingly messy doodles with upcycled materials. @pixie.pierrot
SCENE TWO: The Kidnapping!
The Figments - a puppet troupe!
@figmentsinc
SCENE THREE: The Cliffs of Insanity!
Kevin Wolfring is a puppeteer, songwriter, and filmmaker whose work has been described as “alright” and “not for me." @kwolfring
SCENE FOUR: The Fire Swamp!
Luke Elmer is Confident Baby Puppetry. A community member of the puppetry & clown slam scenes here in NYC and beyond, Luke returns to Punch Puppet Slam for his 6th (I think this is accurate, pls correct if not so) contribution, they’re particularly proud of what was made for Rocky Horror & Neverending story, and are thrilled to be working with the supportive team that is Drama of Works. @quailsound
SCENE FIVE: Pit of Despair!
Ricky Downes III is a comedian, puppeteer, and voice actor, and a longtime fan of PUNCH AND a nice Mutton, Lettuce, and Tomato. Previous puppetry credits include the national tour of Paddington Gets in a Jam, Peacock Jr's Mimi's Costume Closet, his stand-up/puppet fusion comedy hour, A Night at the Duck Pond, AND going viral for singing all of Hamilton in the voices of the Muppets. @rickydownesiii
Hailey Bendar is a NYC based puppeteer and teaching artist. She has worked in film and television as well as live theater. Hailey thanks her friends, family, and cats! @thehaileybendar
SCENE SIX: The Dream!
Fairy Tale Marionette is a local puppetry troupe with multiple plays based on our lives, classic stories, and circus acts.
@fairytalemarionettes
SCENE SEVEN: Miracle Max!
Aubrey Clowndinst (they/them) is a clown, puppeteer, and general professional weirdo from Brattleboro, VT. @aubreyclowndinst
SCENE EIGHT: Storming the Castle!
A piece by Preston Wollner with consulting specialist, Micheal Vandergard. Preston Wollner graduated from SIAC, worked at puppetworks, taught stop-motion animation, participated in the Object Movement residency and was employed as a "secret shopper" for churches at one time. @iamprestoni
SCENE NINE: The Six-Fingered Man!
Bobby Uranus - The 7th Planet from the sun and the first king in your heart tries PUPPETS?! @Bobby_Uranus
SCENE TEN: Falling in love, cont...
Pixie Pierrot
PUNCH Puppet Slam is generously supported by the Puppet Slam Network!
PUNCH Puppet slam - where we take a theme or event or story and retell it in order with a number of different artists, creating a collage of an experience. You can read all about it and view our previous themes HERE. Obviously we’d like most of the pieces to be told with puppets, but are open to other forms of visual storytelling. Our slam evenings often relate to current events and in this moment we are committed to furthering our mission to bring people together through multimedia performance - and FUN!!!
