The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and the UConn Puppet Arts Program will present the 2019 UConn Fall Puppet Slam on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 at 8 p.m. in UConn’s von der Mehden Recital Hall located at 875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT 06269.
The 2019 UConn Fall Puppet Slam will showcase the work of Lily Gershon and Matt Ocone of Lilypad Puppet Theatre, from Ithaca N.Y. who will perform The Robot’s Ballet, in which a robot learns to dance when a room full of toys is left for the night; and Mr. Blue and his Radio, in which the title character finds out more than he ever wanted to know as he's listening to his radio. The show will feature live music from classically trained Matthew Ocone. UConn Puppet Arts alumnus Austin Costello will present a new music video by Danny Weinkauf (longtime bassist for They Might Be Giants) featuring puppets for Weinkauf’s song The Moon is Made of Cheese. UConn Puppet Arts alumna Anatar Marmol-Gagné will present, You Don't Know Me, a burlesque act with a humanette. She will also perform an excerpt from her production about Frida Kahlo, Calle Allende. The UConn Fall Puppet Slam will also feature works by UConn graduate and undergraduate students studying puppetry and animation. Funding for the UConn Fall Puppet Slam is made possible in part by the Puppet Slam Network.
The UConn Fall Puppet Slam is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. These performances are recommended for mature audiences.
For more information, contact: Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at 860-486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu