GUEST ARTIST SERIES: Puppetry
Open Eye Theatre presents the Puppeteers of America’s Minneapolis Puppetry Palate: A Taste of Puppetry
THE AMAZING GNIP GNOP CIRCUS
August 17, 2024
Created & Performed by Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
Step right up and allow Z Puppets to astound you with a glow-in-the-dark, ping pong ball spectacular!
A glow-in-the-dark, ping pong ball spectacular!
Kids and their grown ups will delight in the acrobatic daring, dizzying stunts and dazzling charms of our miniature marvels. Yes! Acrobats! Tightrope Walkers! Clowns! Wild Animals! All 100% Ping Pong Balls, guaranteed to glow in the dark! This modern entertainment rich in Old-Time tradition will enchant you with thrills, grace and marvels of nature. Allow Z Puppets to astound you with this blacklight extravaganza and you will never look at table tennis the same way again.
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TICKETS
$20 – General Admission
$15 – Call to Action Ticket: Bring a self-care/non-perishable item for our housing insecure neighbors
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Ages 2+
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Saturday 8/17 - 1pm
RUN TIME: 30 minutes, no intermission
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ACCESSIBILITY
Contact us at 612-874-6338 or boxoffice@openeyetheatre.org for accessibility information and requests. Learn more.
COVID PRECAUTIONS: This show is masking-optional.
About Z Puppets Rosenschnoz
Z Puppets brings the power of playfulness to children and adults, through performances, workshops and feats of imagination. More info at zpuppets.org.
About the Artists
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Shari Aronson
Z Puppets co-Creative Director and Founder Shari Aronson earned an M.A. in Drama Education from the University of Arizona, studied physical comedy with Sigfrido Aguilar in Mexico, Theatre of the Oppressed with founder Agusto Boal and puppetry with Sandglass Institute and OBIE award-winner Paul Zaloom. Shari has written plays for family audiences through commissions from the Minnesota History Center, Science Museum of MN, Mill City Museum and Minnesota Cancer Coalition. Along with collaborator Chris Griffith, she has received multiple awards for their work in puppetry from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jim Henson Foundation, Puppeteers of America, Jerome and McKnight Foundations. Shari has also developed interactive environments for the MN Children's Museum and Science Museum of MN.
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Chris Griffith
Before Chris Griffith was co-Creative Director and Founder of Z Puppets, he was co-founder and artistic director for 13 years of Galumph Interactive Theater, nationally recognized pioneers in participatory theater. Additionally, Chris served as editor of The Puppetry Cookbook and Education Coordinator for In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater. As a clown/juggler, he has performed for The Minnesota Children’s Museum, the Minnesota Fringe Festival and the Edmonton International Street Performer’s Festival. In addition to their accomplishments in performance, for over ten years, both Chris and Shari have served as arts education consultants for the national Educational Theater Association, Minnesota’s Perpich Center and taught residencies for students of all levels. His work has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Jim Henson Foundation, Puppeteers of America, Jerome Foundation. In 2009, Chris received an Ivey award for his puppet design.
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Minneapolis, MN
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