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Puppets & Poets at BAX

Alphabet Arts presents Puppets & Poets

An evening of experiments, collaborations, and hybrid performances blending poetry and puppetry, two of the world’s oldest and most diversely practiced art forms. Featuring an eclectic array of poets, puppeteers, musicians, and other artists.

Participating artists include:
Alphabet Arts, Doll Parts, Occupy Wall Street Puppetry Guild, Lydia Andrien, Anna Bradfield, Chris Borchardt, Lawrence Carrillo, Shane Chapman, TM De Vos, Renee Dumouchel, Chris Giarmo, Ariel Greenberg, Michael Feld, Alaina Ferris, Pia Garber, TS Hawkins, Kirsten Kammermeyer, Vani Kannan, Matthew Leabo, Kate Marvin, Kyla McHale, Brendan McMahon, Renata Melillo, Claire Moodey, Mandy Moore, Baker Overstreet, Katie Issel Pitre, Maggie Robinson, Amye Rubinschneider, Julia Sirna-Frest, Joseph Therrien, Anna Umansky, Jono Waldman, Boo Lynn Walsh, Monica Wendel, Amber West, Kathryn Wilkening

8pm, Fri-Sat, February 3-4, 2012
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 5th Ave. (at 8th St.)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tickets: $10 online or at the door
For mature audiences

Purchase advanced tickets online here.

Puppets & Poets is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Decentralization Program, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council. The production is presented through BAX’s Visitors Program, a subsidized performance package rental program, and is a self-production by Alphabet Arts.

To learn more about Puppets & Poets, visit our Current Projects page.

"Fable of the Flying Fox." a puppet poem by Alphabet Arts (Poetry by Amber West, Puppetry/Design by Kirsten Kammermeyer, Music by Chris Borchardt)

This winter, Alphabet Arts is offering a series of Puppets & Poets workshops for Brooklyn artists and youth. The workshops culminate with performances of new work:

Sunday, December 18, 2011, 4:30pm at Creative Arts Studio (Children’s Performances) and

Friday-Saturday, February 3-4, 2012, 8pm at Brooklyn Arts Exchange (Adult Performances).