Puppet Slams!
2020
LA MAMA Puppet Slam Online!
(December 2020)
Curated by Catherine Jane Shaw
La MaMa Puppet Slam returns this year with new short works of genius! In the virtual world these condensed works of puppetry are original, compelling, brilliant, witty, tragic, funny, stunning, startling, ironic, exotic, political, lyrical, musical, beautiful, intellectual, experimental, wild…. and always demonstrate genius in a matter of minutes!
Watch Crispy Patta! Now!
Created by Maria Camia and Performed by Maria Camia and E. Wray
Object Movement: Puppet Shorts
(August 2020)
Join us for an evening of new, short-form puppetry pieces created during the pandemic by Object Movement resident artists past and present. Hosted by world-famous late night puppet talk show personalities Lord of Chat and Glenn of “Talk Puppet 2 Me.”
Featuring performances by Kate Brehm, Maria Camia, Vincent Mraz, Christine Dempsey, Leila Ghaznavi, Tyler Gunther, Jenny Hann, Dorothy James & Andy Manjuck, Amy Jensen, Brodrick Jones, Kyra Miller, and Leah Ogawa
Curated by Maiko Kikuchi, Rowan Magee, and Justin Perkins
Watch BOOB RADIO’s Filmic Version!
Created and Performed by Maria Camia
(July 2020)
Come hear from a host of puppeteers, who will delight & challenge your ears! Our first puppet slam of the season is dedicated to music & sound!
Featuring:
Amigos Con Gatos
The BoxCutter Collective
The Inanimate Intimists
Maricama
Mr. Bonetangles and the Trubbanauts
Pnk Vlvt Wtch
Rasputin's Marionettes
TOYBOX THEATRE
Amy West
Puppets Come Home! is a series designed to celebrate Coney Island's 150-year legacy of puppetry & provide a platform for contemporary cutting-edge puppeteers! Produced & hosted by Brendan Schweda.
Puppets Come Home! is made possible in part through the generosity of The Puppet Slam Network.
Watch Allimah’s Inner Work Now!
Created and Performed by Maria Camia
Great Small Works International Toy Theater Festival Online!
(April 2020)
Toy Theater practitioners from around the world will offer original (very) short shows.
From the intimacy of the Victorian parlor to the intimacy of your personal viewing device, puppeteers transform the traditional form to reach out during these days of separation.
Brought to you by Great Small Works: John Bell, Trudi Cohen, Stephen Kaplin, Jenny Romaine, Roberto Rossi, Mark Sussman
Watch Boob Radio Now!
Created and Performed by Maria Camia
FEAST! Snacktime
(April 2020)
FEAST4: April
Monday, April 6th at 7pm
Under St Marks Theatre (94 St Marks Place)
FEATURING
puppeteer/visual theatre artist MARIA CAMIA
composer/lyricist AMY ENGELHARDT
writer/performance artist MARISA LARK WALLIN
Feast: A Performance Series is a multidisciplinary lab performance space and a monthly communal event. Every first Monday, FEAST presents three Featured Artists from different performance-based disciplines who are developing new projects to create a night of alchemically dynamic art + snacks for the FEAST community.
Watch A.L.L.’s Cloning Commercial Now!
Created and Performed by Maria Camia