Just Another Lynching:
An American Horror Story
by Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins
November 8 (Thurs) | 7:00 pm
November 9 (Fri) | 7:00 pm
$15 / $10 Puppets at Night Members
"Just Another Lynching" is a puppet show that dives deep into the culture of racism and oppression during the Jim Crow era in the United States. Puppeteer Tarish "Jeghetto" Pipkins joins forces with a cast of Boston-based puppeteers to confront haunting truths about our country's past, present, and future. Audiences experience the tale of a man who loves his family, but who nevertheless meets an unfortunate end at the hands of racism. Framed as one man's eulogy to his lost childhood friend, the play unfolds as a series of touching memories that refuse to be ignored or mis-remembered. Jeghetto's ghostly, large-scale puppets combine with extraordinary sound and projections, creating a space where contemporary audiences can reflect, bear witness, and engage in radical honesty. The performance will be followed by an open discussion between Jeghetto, the community, and the creative team.
Recommended for adults and teens.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto, was born in a small steel mill town called Clairton, PA located south of Pittsburgh, PA. He is a self-taught artist and has been creating art from a very young age. As a teenager, he moved to the East Side of Pittsburgh and graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. In the late 90’s Tarish joined the BridgeSpotters Collective and became known for his Live paintings and Poetry. He was also a Barber for over 20 years. He moved to North Carolina in 2005 where he launched his career in Puppetry. There, he fine tuned his skills by doing street performances with his puppets. In 2008 he started working with Paperhand Puppet Intervention. He has built puppets and performed in several Paperhand productions.
Most recently, Jeghetto had the pleasure to work with national recording artist Missy Elliott on her music video, WTF ( Where They From) controlling the Pharell puppet and doing some puppet building. He also worked on the Amazon Echo Super Bowl commercial featuring Missy Elliott and Alec Baldwin as puppets. His work has been presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, and at Blackspace, an Afrofuturism arts collective and makerspace in Durham North Carolina. This November marks his Boston Debut.
Jeghetto’s passion is promoting Oneness through the magic of Puppetry. Tarish is a former teacher at Just Right Academy, a private alternative school for children with special needs. Tarish is married and a proud father of five children.
GET INVOLVED! Learn more about Jeghetto’s FREE BU-sponsored Boston residency events at http://www.bu.edu/arts/jeghetto/
