AND INTRODUCING...
FIRESIDE PUPPET CHATS
Friday and Saturdays, March 5 & 6, April 9 & 10, 2010, FREE
Following performances of Puppet Blok, Puppet Provocateur, Kate Brehm, hosts and curates Fireside Puppet Chats, an impromptu , informal and intimate series of conversations with NYC's most prominent puppet artists. Nestled in the new lounge at Dixon Place, Fireside Puppet Chats offer a unique opportunity to infiltrate the minds of proponents of an underrepresented and misunderstood art form. Each night features a new guest. Stayed Tuned for an extraordinary lineup.
KATE BREHM is a performer based in NYC. She is trained in the Margolis Method of physical acting and has worked as a puppeteer for over ten years. As a puppeteer she has performed with bunraku-style puppets, costume puppets, hand puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppets, marionettes, wind puppets, abstract puppets, and giant puppets. As a physical performer she is known for her work as the MC of Slutty Puppets and her many original variety acts. Her performance skills include stage flying, mezzo soprano voice, tap dance, and stilt walking. She directs and devises full-length theater as imnotlost. [http://www.katebrehm.com]
~The Next Puppet Blok drops April 9 & 10 at 8pm with appearances by Jessica Scott, Maggie Robinson, Jenny Campbell and more. John Bell chats with Kate April 10.
Puppet Blok is funded in part by The Jim Henson Foundation Presenters Grant.
Puppet BloK logo by David Michael Friend.
