A Mystery's A Foot: The Body Detective Returns to Center for Puppetry Arts beginning January 20

 

An internal investigation is going on at the Center for Puppetry Arts, and Sam Flat Foot is on the case!  Artistic Director Jon Ludwig reprises his anatomical hit, The Body Detective, from January 20 – March 13, 2011. This musical adventure through the systems of the human body is part of the Center for Puppetry Arts' Healthy Children Initiative, which aims to educate children about the inner workings of the human body and encourage them to make healthy choices.

Featuring rod, shadow, Czech Black and body puppets, this production stirs the senses and tickles the funny bone.  Someone has discovered a living, breathing body in Bodytown, and Detective Sam Flat Foot is hired to find out who is responsible. On this mission, Sam hustles with the local muscle, bones up on the skeletal system and rides the bloodstream into the heart of the city in order to assemble his "body" of evidence. 

The Body Detective developed out of Center for Puppetry Arts Artistic Director and show creator Jon Ludwig's fascination with the mysteries of the human body and how they would lend themselves to a film noir-esque puppet who-dunnit. "When I looked at detective movies and books, I was always aware of the city as a character in the stories.  Then I thought, 'Hey, the body is a city!'" The result is a toe-tapping mystery, beginning at The Five Senses Nightclub, before traveling through the dark alleys and side streets of the skeletal system, the bloodstream, all the way up to the "brains" of the operation!

Super Sleuthing Detective Days will take place during the first weekend of The Body Detective, Saturday, January 22 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, January 23 from 12 – 5 p.m.. Little flatfoots are invited to take part in three special activities designed to teach about the systems of the body. Visitors can play the "I Spy Museum Stake Out" game, crack open a case file and discover their very own detective identity in the "Detective Name Game", or see how they measure up in the "Spine Up, Line Up" photo op. There will also be a Healthy Children Initiative resource table onsite, where guests can pick up some helpful handouts about healthy eating and living from community health partners. Costumes are encouraged.

The Center for Puppetry Arts is committed to creating awareness of issues affecting the world's children. Combining the art of puppetry with useful information and specific curriculum on a wide range of subject matter, the Center skillfully uses performances, workshops and exhibits to help impart important information in a manner which children find both fun and understandable. 

The Body Detective will be presented in the Mainstage Theater. Show times are as follows:

January 20-30, 2011: Tuesday-Friday @ 10 & 11:30 a.m.; Saturday @ 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m.; Sunday @ 1 & 3 p.m.

February 1–March 13, 2011: Tuesday-Friday @ 10 & 11:30 a.m.; Saturday @ 12 & 2 p.m.; Sunday @ 2 p.m.

CREATE-A-PUPPET WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM TOUR

Included in the ticket cost is admission to the Create-A-Puppet Workshop, where visitors can experience the thrill of puppetry by creating their own Singing Skull Rod Puppet or pick up a Create-A-Puppet To-Go Kit to continue the fun at home!

Investigate all kinds of puppets in the Center's permanent museum PUPPETS: The Power of Wonder, which includes three exclusive exhibits featuring the work of Jim Henson. Please visit www.puppet.org for more information on the Museum and Special Exhibits.

TICKETING

Tickets for patrons two and older are $16.00 ($14.82 + tax) and include admission to the performance, Create-A-Puppet Workshop (or Create-A-Puppet To-Go Kit), and all museum exhibits. Membership and group rates are available. ORDER TICKETS ONLINE AT WWW.PUPPET.ORG OR CALL THE TICKET SALES OFFICE AT: 404-873-3391

Photo by Kathryn Kolb, Courtesy of Center for Puppetry Arts

 

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