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| VÍT HOŘEJŠ (pronounced Horzaysh) studied traditional puppetry as a child and theatre as an adult in Prague. He came to New York in 1979 and toured the world with Ta Fantastika Black Light Theatre during the ’80s. In 1984 Vít found a treasure trove of 69 marionettes, aged 80 to 180, at Jan Hus Church in Manhattan. He ultimately founded the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) in 1990 with other émigrés from Prague and has been its artistic director ever since. Vít has translated, written, adapted and directed a dozen plays for CAMT. Recently, he directed Twelfth Night at La MaMa E.T.C. and he wrote and directed The Very Sad Story of Ethel & Julius at Theater for the New City (Best Director nomination from Innovative Theatre Awards). Vít has performed on stage, in films and on TV. On screen, he was Krojack in Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water. Published works include Twelve Iron Sandals (Prentice-Hall, 1985), Pig and Bear (Four Winds/Macmillan, 1989, Dutch translation, 1990) and an English translation of the Czech puppet play Faust (Dilia Press, Prague, 1993). He co-produced an award-winning documentary film about Czech puppetry, Faust on a String, and wrote the lead essay for Czechoslovak-American Puppetry (GOH Productions, 1994). He has received commissioning grants from the Jim Henson Foundation, the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and Columbia University. back to CAMT Home photo credit: Orlando Marra |
