This Thursday! A Police State Cabaret! and more later this month!

[Puppet Underground]

This Thursday, don't forget to come out to...

 

A POLICE STATE CABARET!

Thursday, Feb 7th

7:30pm

At La Casa Community of Christ: 3166 Mt Pleasant St NW

$10-$15 Sliding Scale Suggested Donation

Puppet-show! Epic tragedy! Real story!
Puppeteers are in town with a show about all times!
From ancient Rome to the skyscrapers of New York...
A lot has changed! Little has changed!
Toy theatre magic, puppets, cantastorias, tricks and trombones.
Lace!! (??)

Live music! Live puppets!
All alive!
Bring a friend!

The Police State Cabaret is a tour collaboration between the Flying Donkey Puppet Theatre, Sam Wilson from the office of Ned Lud, and Lindsay McCaw (Dolly Wagglers). Their All Alive tour in the fall entertained the citizens of the police state, and since the police state is still going strong, so are they. The Cabaret is a full evening of cardboard puppet shows, duct taped live string and brass music, cantastoria, and some old wise ventriloquism, for good measure.

And, as a special treat for the audience of their DC show, they'll be joined by Eamon Espey and Lisa Krause performing their show, Ishi's Brain.

Ishi's Brain is based on one of Espey's mini-comix zines that were collected for his new comic book Songs of the Abyss, published by Secret Acres (NY).  It involves shadow puppets, a marionette, mask performance, and large cardboard puppets with an original prerecorded soundtrack by Steven Santillian (of Baltimore bands Ghost Life and Thank You).  

 

The evening promises to be cheap, real, unrehearsed, completely imperfect and ridiculously live.

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And for the kids, we are excited to announce a puppet cabaret just for them:

 

5th Mount Pleasant Children's Puppet Hour!

4:00 Saturday, February 16th
Saint Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St NW
Suggested donation $5

With a great line-up of performers and shows:

Melissa Klein presents "The Paper Bag Princess"
Michael Cotter of Blue Sky Puppets presents "Will Anything Go Right for a Little Bear?"
David Greenfieldboyce presents "The Little Cloud"
Jeanine Padgett and Jim Sheehan present "Vent"
Wit's End Puppets present "Coyote Places the Stars"

And music from Alicia Koundakjian and Justin Moyer

Tell people!

Forward this to your friends!
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Forward this to your kids' schools' mailing list!

For more info, email puppe...@yahoo.com

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Also coming up this month are two exciting events to benefit our dear friends, and regular super generous hosts of our cabarets, St Stephen's Church:

Concert featuring The Evens (local protest-punk duo consisting of Amy Farina and Ian MacKaye)

Friday, February 15 

Doors open at 7pm, The Evens go on at 8 pm

Saint Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St NW

Tickets are $5 at the door

and

The DC Square Dance Collective second anniversary square dance celebration! 

Saturday, March 2

8:30 pm  

Saint Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St NW

Tickets are $5 at the door

All are welcome – young and old, brand new and experienced dancers. No partner, lessons, overalls, or fancy dress needed. 

Both events are to benefit 'Widening The Circle,' St. Stephen’s first ever capital campaign. St. Stephen’s is raising funds to make significant improvements to its well-used building, so that it can continue for decades to come to provide space for people to work, worship, perform, celebrate, and work for justice.

Puppet Underground is one of so many local groups that benefit from St Stephen's generously opening its doors, and we're happy to be able to show our thanks! If you'd like to make a donation to the Widening The Circle capital campaign, or if you'd like more info, go to http://www.saintstephensdc.org/capitalcampaign/index.htm.