Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:03:46 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] Great Puppetry


Along with one bad puppet show, making an audience member NEVER want  
to see another one again,  the opposite
can also be true.   We try to bring in one family puppet show to our  
coffeehouse series at the UU church.  After seeing one of Tanglewood  
Marionette's shows,  during the question and answer portion,  a  
father (dragged to the show) asked if puppet shows now were ALL so  
good.   He now will  attend shows much more willingly!

When my kids were little and I'd get into a dark room,  first time  
sitting down all day, if it was bad, I usually fell asleep.
There seemed to be a lot of yelling, chasing, and hitting.. and I  
would leave wondering if there was a story at all.

But then I met Paul Vincent Davis at the local library and his shows  
were enchanting.  Then I met the Gerwick Puppets.
and the Ninots...   and soon I was taken to the P of A festival at  
MIT....  oh my!

Now I'm a part of the Boston Guild and P of A .  I have been so  
fortunate to see great puppetry and introduce it to my friends and  
school and community children.  Puppeteers such as Frogtown  
Marionettes, Tanglewood Marionettes and before Mary Churchill, Claire  
DiMeo and Nicki Tilroe   (and a whole lot more here in the Boston  
area) are such great examples of puppeteers who use beautifully made  
puppets, with excellent scripts,and done with perfection of movement  
and voice.

My 11 year old nephew, visiting from overseas, demanded to see a few  
puppet shows during vacation, so we trotted down to First Night and  
caught two which he enjoyed immensely.  So did I.

liz freeman



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