This comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Olivia Huff:

Dear Friends,
I just wanted to remind you of our puppet production. Ticket sales are going well, so call or e-mail if you want to make sure you can get a seat! Oh yes, and of course, you can tell a friend!
Olivia

Puppets in the Garden (Karen Viani of Mulberry Cottage and Talib and Olivia Huff of Tinker's Coin Productions)
will be presenting:

"Holiday Magic"
A marionette show of "The Shoemaker and the Elves"
and a visit by a special guest.

Where: Sacramento Waldorf School Orchestra Room
(Sacramento Waldorf School is at the end of Bannister Road in Fair Oaks)

Date: Saturday December 11, 2004
Time: 7:00 pm (come early to get a seat--doors open @ 6:30)

Tickets: Adults $7.00, Children $5.00. Call 484-O6O6 to get advance tickets. We are expecting a sell-out crowd, so don't be disappointed. Buy your tickets early (and get a voucher for a free refreshment item).

This comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Michael Nelson:

Dear Guild Members,
This is a reminder of Michael & Valerie's Little Blue Moon Theatre show coming up on December 11 at Wild Swan Aphrodisiacs studio space in Napa. Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts around 7:30.

Lora (of Wild Swan) got a great write up in the Napa Valley Register yesterday (Saturday--front page, business section -Napa Warehouse Shifts to Female Energy http://napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=AB6911FC-880B-4287-9513-6EB3583CBDC1 ) and the article promoted the 12/11 performance along with other events at the warehouse throughout the day.

The performance will also be listed in the Chronicle's Pink Section, so you are getting advanced warning! There are only 40 seats (a number of which have already been reserved). Call Lora to reserve your seats today (7O7-252-225three).

The show's theme, Winter In The Tropics, will be highlighted in Little Blue Moon's World Premier of its version of Mutiny on the Bounty, complete with sailing ships, island dancing girls, and men with tattoos. Also performed with it will be Natalie and Tango for Tarzan.

The shows will be accompanied by LIVE MUSIC by the Little Blue Moon Theatre Orchestra and special guest artist Steve Ventrello, accordion stylist, playing marvelous traditional French café songs and dark, exotic tangos.

Click here to check out Little Blue Moon's website: http://magicalmoonshine.org/bluemoon.htm

Questions for Michael & Valerie of Little Blue Moon Theatre: 7O7-257-8OO7

This should be a link to info about the show:
http://magicalmoonshine.org/blueinvite.htm

(Update: I just confirmed that the lecture/demo is happening on Thursday. -Matt)
This message comes from SFBAPG co-president, Randal Metz:

The current Broadway production at the Golden Gate Theatre is "The Little Shop of Horrors." I saw it and it was great. I purchased my tickets through Ticketmaster. Go to http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/229395. Also, the phone number can be found on Golden Gate theater recording.

Show: Little Shop of Horrors. Featuring puppets made by the Jim Henson workshop. Traditional muppet-like figures, costume figures and giant hydraulic mechanical figures.

Theater: Golden Gate Theater, San Francisco.

Time: 8:00 pm. Thursday, December 2nd

SHOW CLOSES DECEMBER 5th.

SPECIAL EVENT ON THURSDAYS!
Meet puppeteers Michael Latini of Henson Productions and Paul McGinnis from the Los Angeles area. After the Thursday (only) performances, they bring out the plant puppets for all interested theatergoers and answer questions. They are very nice. Rhonda and I got to go backstage after the show and see the figures up close. Quite exceptional. The last mechanical plant is so heavy and large that it's bending the floors of the stage!

Please contact the theater directly to make sure the Thursday lecture/demo is happening. Michael and Paul were almost 98% sure it was happening every Thursday. (They've done it every Thursday so far.) They would love to meet other puppeteers. Just identify yourself.

This performance announcement comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Herbert Lange:

Dear parents, dear children, dear friends,

After "Little Red Riding Hood " and "Hansel and Gretel"
the Fairytaletheater proudly presents its newest production:

THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS.

Give yourself a nice holiday treat and watch our four animal heroes get
ready to become musicians in the town of Bremen...
Will they ever make it?

This fun puppet show for everybody 3 +
is based on the original version by the Brothers Grimm.

Premiere and only performance in SF (in English) this year
on Friday, December 3, 2004,
at 6.00 p.m.
at the GOETHE-INSTITUTE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 530 Bush Street
(near the Chinatown Gate).

Tickets:
$ 5 per adult, children free.

For more information please go to www.fairytaletheater.net
Grab your friends and families, your children and neighbors and enjoy the
performance.

Best

Herbert & Karin

This comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Olivia Huff:

Puppets in the Garden
Karen Viani of Mulberry Cottage and
Talib and Olivia Huff of Tinker's Coin Productions

present

Holiday Magic
A marionette show of "The Shoemaker and the Elves"
and a visit by a special guest.

Where: Sacramento Waldorf School Orchestra Room
(Sacramento Waldorf School is at the end of Bannister Road in Fair Oaks)

Date: Saturday December 11, 2004
Time: 7:00 pm (come early to get a seat -- doors open @ 6:30)

Tickets: Adults $7.00, Children $5.00

Call 484-O6O6 to get advance tickets.

We are expecting a sell-out crowd, so don't be disappointed. Buy your tickets early (and get a voucher for a free refreshment item).

From the Puppets list on Topica.com:

Hi gang,

We're in the home stretch here at FPS and we're hoping you all can still
make one of the last 3 shows. Thanks if you've already stopped by.

Just got featured in SFWeekly's calendar section:
http://sfweekly.com/issues/2004-11-10/calendar/seebeseen.html

We no longer need any volunteers, so call/em now to make reservations.

Here are the vitals once again:

Funky Puppet Supper 4 - The Devil Take Them!

A commedia dell'arte cabaret performance with three-course dinner,
puppets, and more, Funky Puppet Supper announces its fourth production,
"The Devil Take Them!", just in time for those who need to take a break
from the Presidential election.

In this year's show, Dottore Foustous receives a strange book in the
mail that conjures strange things. Once the evil is unleashed, the
Dottore walks down a path of revenge, deception, loss, and his ultimate
doom. Meanwhile, his daughter has fallen in love in the purest of ways.
Is there light at the end of our journey? Can love conquer evil? Are you
done with your salad? Deep questions to chew on at the Funky Puppet
Supper's "The Devil Take Them!"

Reservations strongly recommended. Beer and wine available for a
donation.

WHEN?
Last Week; tables are filling up fast

Thur., Nov. 11 (pay what you can; brown bag)
Fri., Nov. 12
Sat., Nov. 13

Puppet crafting & appetizers @ 6:30 pm
(BYO puppet if you have one)

Food and show begin at 8 pm

HOW MUCH?
$20 each
-discounts available for parties of 10 or more

WHERE?
CELLspace • 2050 Bryant St. (b/t 18th and 19th Sts.), SF
Reserve Now: 510-923-9439 or russellstencilarchive.org

WHO?
- The Funky Puppet Players
- Big Tadoo Puppet Crew
- Shadow Puppetry by Christine Marie and Mia Rovegno
- Fou Fou Ha
- Kerri Krinsinski
- Chef Justine Werfelman
- Brian Livingston and Jessica Binder are Sat. Buffoons
- plus special guests

Heads up, SFBAPG members!

Lettie Schubert still has a few tickets at the group rate price of $30 for the National Black Light Theatre of Prague's only Bay Area performance on Sunday, March 26th at 3:00 p.m. These are in the best section of the Marin Center Auditorium. If you are interested, please e-mail Lettie at lettiesix dot netcom dot com to check on availability. If she has tickets left, send her a check for $30 for each ticket wanted, and a stamped self-addressed envelope. A ticket would make a great Holiday gift. You can get a ticket for $28 if you want to sit up in the back of the theater, and there is also a student rate of $18 for students 18 years and under. Once the holidays are over, the choice at the box office will be less.

ShadowLight Productions
is pleased to announce
a free Wayang Bali performance
by Shadowmaster Larry Reed

Tuesday November 9, 2004
7:30pm
UC Berkeley - Morrison Hall, Room 125
with live musical accompaniment by
Lisa Gold, Nick Robinson, Carla Fabrizio, and Paul Miller

"Who knows when time began. When earth, wind and
fire trembled and quaked into being..."

Wayang Bali, the Balinese Shadow Play, is one of the most exciting undiscovered events of world theater. Until recently language barriers have kept its drama and humor hidden from the world at large. Larry Reed and his gamelan musicians make it possible for Western audiences to enjoy this classical form of storytelling.

Wayang Bali has been awarded the puppetry's highest award,
the UNIMA-USA Citation for Excellence.

The shadow play blends high drama, improvisation, and slapstick comedy. Its techniques have passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. At least twenty carved leather puppets are manipulated by one puppeteer, the Dalang, meaning "Shadow master." He is the conductor, director, stage manager, and all the actors of the production.

Behind him, four gamelan musicians follow his moves and take their cues from the action on the screen, creating a wave of sound effects and melodies on bronze metallophones. The flickering of a coconut oil flame behind the white screen adds mystery and excitement, giving an unearthly dimension of compelling beauty to the lacy shadow figures.

Balinese theater takes place in two languages simultaneously, the ancient language and the language of the audience. Larry Reed brings the tradition to English, French, Spanish, German, and Indonesian speaking audiences.

Plots for the shadow play are drawn from the Mahabharata myth cycle: five brothers are pitted against one hundred jealous cousins in a struggle for power involving gods, demons, magical weapons, and the inevitable beautiful princess.

The stories give people a chance to see themselves through the mirror of the mythic history; to view their current situation through a timeless perspective. The improvisational element of Balinese theater makes each performance a unique event.

This comes from fellow SFBAPG member, Lettie Schubert:

Just got a flyer from the Asian Art Museum - On Sunday November 14th from 10 to 4, is the Fall Family Festival. Free with museum admission. All kinds of events but the one that caught my eye (naturally) was the Jataka Puppet Theater with Charlie Chin. 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

"Using the teaching tales first related by the Sakya Buddhists of Tibet (one of the four Tibetan Buddhist Orders) to its followers, the Jataka Puppet Theater uses Asian and European puppet traditions to bring these enduring, popular and insightful stories to life. "

Anyone know this theater company? Contact Lettie Schubert at lettiesix.netcom.com.

For a detailed schedule of the day's events at the Asian (200 Larkin Street, San Francisco), visit: http//www.asianart.org/familiesandkitds.htm#familydays

Lettie