UNIMA Citation of Excellence

The Snowflake Man was awarded an UNIMA Citation of Excellence, the highest honor in puppetry!

The Snowflake Man

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UPCOMING SHOWS

November 29 2011 @ Georgia Elementary School, VT

Pre-K - 4th Grande School Shows

December 2-3 2011 @ Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre
4 Hampton St. Sag Harbor, NY  www.goatonaboat.org

December 4 @ Long Island Childrens Museum @ 2pm
11 Davis Ave. Garden City, NY  www.licm.com

December 11 @ Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Winter Wonderland performances @ 10:30am & 2pm

December 14-15 @ The Puppet Showplace Theater @ 10:30
32 Station St. Brookline, MA www.puppetshowplace.org


December 17-18 @ The Puppet Showplace Theater @ 1 & 3pm
32 Station St. Brookline, MA www.puppetshowplace.org

December 22 2011 @ Holy Trinity Church

Swanton, VT

January 23 2012 @ Llewellyn Elementary School, OR

2nd Grade School Show

For touring information email thesnowflakeman@gmail.com

The Snowflake Man

This is my UNIMA award winning show -- THE SNOWFLAKE MAN -- a puppet show about Vermont farmer Wilson Bentley, who took the first photographs of snow crystals. Snowflake Bentley was only 19 years old at the time and his life and photographs are an important part of Vermont History. The Snowflake Man is supported in part by a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts!

This watercolor background is by Vermont artist Bruce Lee. The head is sculpted & painted by artist Jason Thibodeaux. Jason will also help direct this show. The camera and stand are by miniature artist Daniel Miller. Other artists involved are fashion designer Kathy Wieland; sound designer Casi Pacilio; puppeteer Carole D'Agostino; sculptors Tony Candelaria & Stef Choi; and prop artists Jennifer Kolman and Kathren Moss. I worked with many great & talented friends on this project.

Oh yea, I made Bentley a sharp dressed man!

For show information email thesnowflakeman@gmail.com

Lady Maiikawa

I hand carved this marionette out of wood. It is the essence of my friend Hailey - a symbol of sensuality and diving healing. I collaborated on a performance piece "Black Forest" for Lady Mai with my good friends & artists Stef Choi and Tony Candelaria.

WALLY

This is a marionette of my Papa Walt. I carved it while in Buoch, Germany at the studio of Master Puppeteer Albrecht Roser. When I returned home I showed my Papa Walt the puppet. "Look Gramp I made a puppet of you!" He replied "Why you didn't make a puppet of me, you made one of you and me together!" Oh, the Grandfather is very wise...

Marionettes

THE MAN ON THE BURNING TIGHT ROPE

Marionettes I hand carved and painted while mentoring with Master Puppeteer Albrecht Roser.  I stayed at his studio in Germany, discussing and absorbing his theories on Zen and the art of Puppetry.

Ooh La lala

SPODOBA

Under Night Sky

Let your imagination travel "Under the Night Sky" as a Grandmother's true stories come to life through elegant cinematic shadow puppets.

Reach out and touch the brightest star in the sky as Grandmother's story travels along the Underground Railroad. Look closely and discover the secret of a young girl's escape to freedom.

"...visually stunning and provocative..."

- Faye D. Boston, MA

"...I was mesmerized and my son was too..."

- Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre, NY

Come unravel the stories stitched together in Grandma's patchwork quilt. Her magical tale of an Irish Memory Quilt, and an Old School House are united by journeys of courage, love and hope.

Show length: 45 minutes

Perfect for ages 4 and up!

Under Night Sky is performed by 2 puppeteers, 2 needle-felted rod puppets & 150 Shadow Puppets!

For booking information contact Sarah at puppetkabob@gmail.com