Journey to the 1960's to meet middle schooler Carol Lee Bell (inspired by creator Sarah Frechette's real life mom!), who loves whodunit books but hates her homemade clothes. As she changes from uncool-at-school to fashion innovator, Carol gets some help from her mom, her grandma, and her own creativity and discovers that sometimes the trick to fitting in — is to not fit in at all!

She Thinks She’s Queen Elizabeth But She’s Dirty Gerts To Me is a groovalicious coming of age tale, blending historical fiction, ’60s pop culture, and colorful confetti. This tale is told through handcrafted paper pop-up theatre by Sarah Frechette and Puppetkabob — creator of Puppet Showplace fan favorite The Snowflake Man!

Perfect for Mother's Day, for fashion-lovers of all ages, and for anyone who's ever felt a little different!

All ages welcome, recommended for 5+
Paper pop-up puppets

For a taste of the show, check out this trailer fromPuppetKabob:

About the Artist

Sarah Frechette (Puppeteer & Founder) is a touring puppeteer, arts educator, and stop-motion animation fabricator, splitting her time between Vermont, Europe and Portland. She trained with master puppeteer Albrecht Roser at his studio in Buoch, Germany; and is a graduate of UConn’s Puppet Arts Program. Sarah has toured internationally as both PuppetKabob and Night Shade, with an original repertoire of shows and her ensemble of roser-style marionettes across the U.S., Germany, France and China. Her show The Snowflake Man was awarded an UNIMA-USA citation of excellence. Over the past year, Sarah co-produced and hosted Vermont's first ever Creemee Dreemee Puppet Slam; and performed at Highlight NYE in Burlington, VT; the Boulet Brothers (Dragula) Halloween Ball in Los Angeles. CA; Lake Eden Arts Festival's 50th anniversary celebration in Black Mountain, NC; and in Seattle, WA at the Left Coast Puppet Love Fest. All while also honing her skills by working on miniature costumes and large-scale puppets for stop-motion animation films like Netflix's Wendell & Wild!

Jason Thibodeaux (Foley Artist & Director) is an award-winning writer/director for both film and stage. He did color design and fabrication for the stop-motion feature films Coraline, ParaNorman, The BoxTrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings at LAIKA Studios; as well as for Guillermo Del Toro's Pinnochio; and Netflix’s Wendell & Wild. Jason is based in Portland, Oregon.

This presentation was funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.