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"Comic Book Live!" brings the coolest super-heroes to life using a variety of storytelling elements: cantastoria, a crankie, and puppets! Puppeteers Jenny Hann and Christina Rodriguez bring the fantasy and excitement of a classic super-hero comic book off the page in this highly interactive retelling of real-life women super heroes throughout history. The 30-minute storytelling… Continue reading Comic Book Live!
Christina is the new resident puppeteer for talkPOPc, the Philosophers' Ontological Party Club. We'll be producing weekly videos and participating in live events with Popsy, the talkPOPc puppet! Check out their mission below, or click here to learn more! TalkPOPc stands for Philosophers' Ontological Party club. It is a non-profit founded by Dena Shottenkirk, who… Continue reading Check out TalkPOPc!
I've posted a new item in my Etsy store... Gnomes! I just love these little folks. I gave them differing skin tones and played with their styling/accessories. Some have beards, flowers, mushrooms, or a combo! I like to imagine that any of them can be masculine, feminine, a little bit of both, or non-gendered at… Continue reading Gnomes!
Tour life continues! This time we're off to Savannah, GA as part of deFINE ART...
Manufacturing Mischief is back, babies! Our first stop on this tour is Chicago, as part of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
I’m thrilled to be performing “Manufacturing Mischief” again—this time at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! This from the Chicago International Puppetry Theater Festival Website: Noam Chomsky, Steve Jobs, Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, Elon Musk, and President Drumpf are among the figures represented in Pedro Reyes’s satirical puppet play, Manufacturing Mischief. Tackling ideas around the… Continue reading Chicago, Here I Come!
Summer is over and I'm still catching my breath! There were so many great things about this summer to reflect upon, but for now I'm focusing on a super cool backpack puppet that I built for Camp Half-Blood. Camp Half-Blood is an active literary summer camp where mythological stories of gods and goddesses, monsters and… Continue reading Summer Recap: Camp Half-Blood
Hope to see some of you today at ShakesCon! I'll be there promoting my FREE puppet workshop!
Hi all, I've just uploaded a teaser video for ShakesBears version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Check it out! https://youtu.be/T9ggOz45nvM This short adaptation was performed for actual local children in the city of Prague in the Spring of 2016. The performance was the culmination of about two weeks of carving, painting, stringing, and rehearsing with Puppets… Continue reading Midsummer Night’s Dream – Prague
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