This comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Herbert Lange:

Dear everybody, dear puppeteers,

Shortly before the year closes (which hopefully has been a good one for all
of you) comes my newest idea...
I know, it must be a very busy time for (almost) everybody.
Let me introduce myself first:

My name is Herbert Lange.
I am a stage actor, speech pathologist and novice puppeteer from Germany who
has been living in San Francisco since fall of 2001.

After 3 quite successful fairytale puppetry productions that have been traveling all over the Bay Area since November of 2002 I am planning to set up a forth project in 2005 with a brandnew partner (or two? or three?). It will either be a Halloween fairytale or a show for grownups (comedy), with hand puppets again. Or both? Who knows.

My current partner (who is just wonderful) is going to continue working with me, but nevertheless I'd like to expand, be taught, learn from other puppeteers' wonderful knowledge and experiences, share the world of fairytales and enjoy some mutual inspiration. When I attended the meeting in Phenix/Arizona this summer, I was amazed by the creative groupwork that happened on stage, and I thought that this is the way for me to go.

To cut it short, I'd like to get together with another experienced, humorous, enthusiastic puppeteer/some puppeteers from San Francisco (or close-by) who would be available for rehearsals and shows on Saturday afternoons/evenings and throughout Sundays. Not every Saturday and Sunday, of course, but some regularity is essential to really create something nice and professional for the entertainment of audiences at libraries/Saturday schools/birthday parties, etc.

www.fairytaletheater.net gives you more information about the previous programs and also the direct contact.
We do our shows alternatively in English or German, but bilingualism is never a must. If you do speak another language, though, great!

Fortunately, I got plenty of time in early 2005, probably from the very beginning of January 2005 till the end of March, so that it could be possible to start planning, discussing, brainstorming, rehearsing, performing, etc. even on weekdays.

Well, that is all for today.
I look forward to any ideas, feedback or so.
Thanks in advance.

Let's make more puppets dance in San Francisco!!!

Wishing you a MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKA,
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
sincerely,

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