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March 15 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
March 16 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
About the Show
The Grimm family is on the verge of unveiling their amazing new Story Machine, which runs on steam and dreams, and promises to revolutionize how stories are told and how people connect. But when their fabulous contraption malfunctions, they have to invent a new way of storytelling on the spot, using puppets and help from the audience! The Grimms explore some of their favorite fairy tales, including “The Hare and the Hedgehog,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Brave Little Tailor.”
Meet the Puppets
Stay after the show to meet the artists and see the puppets up close — the artists speak German and English!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 10
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Length: 45 minutes
Language: English
From Vermont!
Trailer for The Amazing Story Machine
Production Credits
Created by Doppelskope (Ora Fruchter and Stoph Scheer)
Co-Produced by Doppelskope and Sandglass Theater
Performed by Shoshana Bass, Mackenzie Doss, and Stoph Scheer
Musical accompaniment by Ben Hemmindinger
Puppets made by Ora Fructer
Set designed by Jacob Graham
Original Composition by Eleonore Weill
Original Devising Partners: Caroline Lux and Tim Carmello
This project is a recipient of The Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant
About the Artist
Sandglass Theater is a renowned theater company specializing in combining puppets with music, actors, and visual imagery. Since 1982, the company’s productions have toured internationally in over 30 countries, performing in theaters, festivals and cultural institutions and winning numerous international prizes. Sandglass is dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as a means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder. We create original ensemble performances and collaborations, present diverse theater artists, produce events that serve our communities, and teach our art.
Founded by Ora Fruchter and Stoph Scheer, Doppelskope creates highly visual and interactive comedies that explore topics ranging from existential dread to ecological crises. The name Doppelskope is a misspelled portmanteau of “doppelganger telescope” (imagine a telescope so powerful you can see the back of your own head). Doppelskope believes in the intelligence of children and the whimsy of adults, that audience interaction empowers people to be active participants in the world, and that the stories we tell about the world can change the world.
The History of The Amazing Story Machine
In 2018, Ora Fruchter and Stoph Scheer of Doppelskope received a Family Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation to develop The Amazing Story Machine. After a developmental residency at the Jim Henson Carriage House, Doppelskope went on to present the full show at The Tank and Symphony Space in New York City, and at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA.
Amidst the first outbreaks of Covid 19, all production activity ceased and the Machine went to rest in Stoph’s parents’ garage for a few years. Ora and Stoph moved to different areas of the country and Doppelskope transitioned from a production company to a creative collaboration.
Then, in 2022, Sandglass Theater Artistic Director Shoshana Bass reconnected with Stoph at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. They restarted conversations about bringing The Amazing Story Machine to Sandglass (a topic they had broached during the Machine’s first touring period.) Since Doppelskope was no longer an active producing company, Stoph proposed a co-production between Sandglass and Doppelskope. The remounted co-production premiered at Sandglass’s Winter Sunshine in 2024 and was recently featured in the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
