Spring Puppet Forum with Dr. Robert S. Herr, “Puppets at the Vanguard: The Strident Voice and Radical Politics of Mexico’s Post-Revolutionary Teatro Guiñol”
Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30pm
Co-sponsored by El Instituto.
Dr. Robert S. Herr, from Dartmouth College’s Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies Program, discusses the nature of 1920s and 30s activist puppet theater in Mexico, when artists, teachers and state officials collaborated to stage educational plays in working class neighborhoods and rural communities in an effort to foster revolutionary citizens.
Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. Come early, and experience our three new puppet exhibitions in our new Storrs Center home, as well as our video resources in our library nook. This forum will also be live-streamed on our UStream page. Visit bimp.uconn.edu for more information.
For more information, contact: Emily Wicks, Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8585 or bimp@uconn.edu