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Now PlayingCzech and Slovak Fairy Tales with Strings
Free performances at the following New York Public Library branches. Wakefield Branch Wed, Jan 6; 4 p.m.
NOVEMBER 12 TO 29, 2009
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater will perform "Twelfth Night (or What You Will)," the timeless Shakespearean tale of mistaken identity and misplaced matrimony, as part of La MaMa Puppet Series 3. This three-tea-tray production, adapted and directed by Vít Horejš, will feature 22 eight-inch toy marionettes and three (more or less) live performers. To tell Shakespeare's tale of twins separated in a shipwreck, the production will have eight- inch wonders of Czech craftsmen cavorting on the sands of Illyrian beaches, almost perishing in tumultuous waters teeming with giant fish and turtles, and bathing in champagne at the court of that paragon of Uptown decadence, Count Orsino. The lovelorn Count Orsino, the bumbling Toby Belch and his clowny compadres will be cast with woodenheaded actors. The waterfalls of wooing words written by William Shakespeare are adapted by that modern master of Bohemian rhapsodies, Vit Horejš. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Anita Gates): ...What the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater does is improbably fabulous, and they’re doing it again in their sublime new production of “Twelfth Night (or What You Will)” at La MaMa. When they call it a three-tea-tray production, they mean that literally. The play’s sets — Orsino’s palace, Olivia’s home and the Illyrian beach — are atop tea carts, which are adorned with pots, cups, goblets and other pretty serving pieces.... The marionettes, elegantly dressed in period costumes, are as cute as talking buttons. But it all comes back to the three-person human cast, all outstanding comic actors: Vit Horejs, who is also the director and the company’s founder; Michelle Beshaw, who also designed the costumes; and Deborah Beshaw, her sister. They do more than lend their voices and puppetry skills to the doll-size stars. They’re always visible and sometimes step into the spotlight to dominate their tiny alter egos. |
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Upcoming MARCH 4 TO 21, 2010
This theatre spectacle, featuring Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre and guest artists, examines revolutions throughout the history of mankind as a backdrop for the extraordinary peaceful 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia. It will be performed in the tradition of Central European medieval street and traveling circus shows, using puppetry, object theatre and circus arts. Czech and Czech-American theatre artists join together to offer their particular perspectives on the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and an overview of the very idea of revolution through the ages. The piece is written and directed by Pavel Dobruský and Vít Horejš. Guest artists from The Czech Republic will include Michal Bumbálek, Bára Milotová and Sergej Sanza (Facka/The Slap Theater members), Pavel Strouhal (Project WINGS Director), and Hana Kalousková. The NY cast will include Theresa Linnihan, Deborah Beshaw, Michelle Beshaw & Vit Horejš. Supported by Agentura Dell’arte (Czech Republic) and GOH Productions (NYC).
Reviews of recent CAMT productions... Twelfth Night
(or What You Will) NY
Times November 20, 2009 |
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