Hi all,
There's an article in today's SF Chronicle (front page of the Datebook, with
a big picture of guild treasurer Valerie with frogs) featuring puppets made
by Magical Moonshine for the upcoming Berkeley Opera Company show opening
this Sat. Here is a link to it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/30/DDE810CP0M.DTL&hw=L%27Enfant&sn=001&sc=1000
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All of the photos are us rehearsing with the puppets (puppets are very
photogenic), and there is some nice discussion about using puppets in
theatre/opera in the text. I think this is a growing trend to watch (or a
wave to catch!) Your guild board is considering a plan to regularly
(monthly?) contact theatre companies in the Bay Area by email to ask if they
are using puppets in an upcoming production so we can advertise it to our
members. If they are, we advertise it to the members, serving our
membership and helping their ticket sales. If they are not, they may
eventually start thinking about doing so, just because each month someone
brings up the idea of puppets again and again (that would be the guild in
the email asking if they are using puppets!)
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Michael Nelson