As part of the Ballard Institute's Spring Puppet Forum "Playing with Shadows in the Dark,” scholar and puppeteer Matthew Cohen, an expert historian and performer of Javanese wayang golek rod puppet theater and other forms, talks about his research and performance work. This forum is co-sponsored by the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute.
Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. Come early and experience our puppet exhibitions—including "Stages of Enchantment: The Puppet Theaters of Blair Thomas & Company"—as well as the extensive video resources in our library nook. Forums will also be live-streamed on our page: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/forum-live-stream.
For more information, contact: Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu