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Production of "The Happy Prince" by Barnard Puppeteer and Director Amy Trompetter Opens Downtown on Thursday
Amy Trompetter's newest production is a puppet adaptation of Oscar Wilde's idealistic fantasy, "The Happy Prince," which runs for three days beginning Thursday, September 23, at The Kitchen in New York City.
Evening performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with afternoon performances on Friday at noon and Saturday at 2 p.m..
The show is a collaboration between Trompetter, the Barnard theatre faculty member who is also an acclaimed puppeteer and director, and Bessie Award-winning choreographer David Neumann. The production features colorful papier-mâché puppets of all sizes and a mix of dance styles and puppetry theatre art. "The Happy Prince" offers a re-thinking of Wilde's idealistic fantasy in which a weeping statue, so large only a portion of it can be seen at one time, longs to give his jewels to the suffering poor.
The production will challenge the essence of scale--Trompetter's puppets will range in volume, dimension and magnitude; and Neumann's dance will highlight his acclaimed use of testing the boundaries of movement and the layering of dance disciplines.
Puppet artist and director Trompetter is a distinguished pioneer in her field. After 18 years of performing, designing, and directing for the Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont, she founded the Blackbird Theater in New York. Trompetter's production of "The Barber of Seville" at St. Ann's Warehouse, revived with Neumann in 2003, was critically acclaimed as "the best sort of rethinking of the basic opera repertory now taking place" by the New York Times . At Barnard, her courses include World Theatre, Rehearsal and Performance, and Scene Design.
Performances of The Happy Prince :
September 23-25 (Thurs.-Sat. 8PM) $20/$10 under 18
September 25 (Saturday 2PM) $20/$10 under 18
Lunch Break Performance: September 24 (Fri.) 12 noon $10
For tickets, contact the box office:
Peter Cromarty/ Cromarty & Co.
(212) 255-5793 x 11
or (212) 580-4222
Tues.-Sat., 2-6PM (8PM on show days)
peterc@cromarty.com
For additional information on the production or The Kitchen, contact:
Peter Sciscioli
The Kitchen
Marketing/Outreach Associate
12 West 19th Street
(212) 255-5793 x25
New York, NY 10011
peter@thekitchen.org
www.thekitchen.org
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