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Puppeteers of New England
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Series of puppet shows that celebrate exciting and diverse
work by puppetry artists from the Northeast.
"The Three Wishes And
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
by Spring Valley Puppets
Thurs & Fri, May 22nd and 23rd, at 10:30 am
Sat & Sun, May 24th and 25th. at 1:00 and 3:00 pm
This week is filled with delightful mischief as two popular fables take the stage at Puppet Showplace! Join Michael Graham of Spring Valley Puppets from New Haven, CT as he and h
is hand-crafted glove puppets weave a magic all their own.
"The Three Wishes"
"Thoroughly enjoyable! Informative! Exceptional quality!"
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Comprehensive Arts Program - New Haven, CT
"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
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...[A] delightful performance! Beautiful scenery and charming puppets ...
a professional production that delighted the students and staff.
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Parkway School - Greenwich, CT
About the show:
Stunning craftsm
anship and delightful special effects bring two traditional tales to life in this elegant puppet production. In "The Three Wishes," a magical elf wreaks havoc in the household of an elderly woodcutter and his wife while teaching us a lesson about getting stuck in our routines. Then, a little lamb proves that she's not so helpless in an original adaptation of "A
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". Based on Aesop's popular fable, this story is enlivened with a colorful Mexican setting, a humorous communication gap, and a surprise ending!
About the performer:
Michael Graham
has performed with puppets since he was a young boy. He founded the Spring Valley Puppet Theater in 1977. Since then, he has performed throughout New England, primarily for schools and libraries. His work has been featured numerous times at regional and national festivals of the Puppeteers of America, and he is a recipient of the prestigious UNIMA citation of excellence. Michael designs and makes all of his puppets by hand, writes his own scripts, creates the scenery, and performs many of the voices.
He graduated from Western Connecticut State College with a degree in Elementary Education and Spanish, and has created many bilingual adaptations of folk tales. Michael has been a guest instructor at the University of Connecticut Puppet Arts program, the Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts (IPPA) at the O'Neill Theatre Center, and has presented casting and hand puppet construction workshops for puppetry guilds in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
