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If your school participates in character education, be aware that the Eulenspiegel Puppets are approved as Character Counts! Through the Arts! artists. For more information or to book a show or workshop, email or call 319-627-2487. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY!
Eulenspiegel invites you to take advantage of another opportunity to receive a grant to help bring a community puppet production to your town! THE FLEA is a Spanish-American folk tale about a goat herder named Pedro who, with the help of an ant, a cockroach and a mouse wins an important contest and achieves his dream of joining a band. This show can be performed in English only or English and Spanish. It is enhanced with live music by Ron Hillis. Click here for more info and a grant application. Grant%20Application%20Round%201 Read about another community's experience with Puppet Community Theatre! click here
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF WILLY THE WOOLLY !
Eulenspiegel Puppets premieres their newest production, a delightful tale of the lovable mammoths who roamed the Iowa prairies 10,000 years ago! Follow Willy the young woolly mammoth and his friend Bonny the Bunny as they overcome the dangers of sinkholes and saber tooth tigers. Performed with a cast of tabletop marionettes, rod puppets, shadow puppets, and the whimsical live music of Ron Hillis! CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Science, history, geography, art, drama, music, Character Counts. STUDY GUIDE PROVIDED
THE EDUCATION OF A DONKEY
Written for Eulenspiegel by playwright Rebecca Gilman, this story is adapted from a tale first published in 1500. It features the company’s namesake, Till Eulenspiegel, a stuffy University Rector, and a lovable donkey. Full of wordplay, it follows Till as he tricks the Rector by teaching a donkey to read. It's performed with a cast of beautifully crafted hand puppets and rod puppets, a block-printed, Medieval looking set, and the original live music of Ron Hillis. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Literacy, European folklore, world history, comparative literature, art, drama, Character Counts. STUDY GUIDE PROVIDED
In The Mirror: Three Tales From Asia A set of three tales from Japan and Turkey, these stories all feature atypical heroes. A favorite is the little old lady outsmarting two Oni (Japanese trolls) who imprison her in order to sample her delicious cooking. The show uses a clever stage that rises and folds out of a decorated box. It features rod puppets, paper puppets, masks, and a combination rod puppet/rod marionette. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: European folklore, comparative literature, art, drama, Character Counts. STUDY GUIDE PROVIDED
STORIES AND CUENTOS
Developed and performed by Monica Leo and Mexican puppeteer Eli Portugal, co-founder of Mojiganga Arte Escenico, this performance includes two classic Mexican animal tales. The Rabbit in the Moon, a well-known myth, gives a whimsical explanation for the shadows we see in the moon, while delighting audiences with the age old battle of wits between rabbit and coyote. The Musical Ant, a lesser known tale, follows Hormiguita (liitle ant) as he learns to play the piano and brings peace to his ant colony through music. The production uses hand puppets, rod puppets, masked characters, and music and incorporates both Spanish and English. This show was developed with funding support from The Community Foundation of the Great River Bend CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Spanish language, Mexican and World Folklore, science, art, music, drama.
SAL FINK, CATFISH WRANGLER with musician RON HILLIS
This show was developed with funding support from The Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Tall tales, American Folklore, science (river lore), American history, art, music, drama.
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ADVENTURES OF GREAT RABBIT
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DRAGON’S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: European folklore, comparative literature, art, drama. STUDY GUIDE PROVIDED THE MUSICAL ANT
The Musical Ant, part of Stories and Cuentos, is also available individually. The story follows Hormiguita (liitle ant) as he learns to play the piano and brings peace to his ant colony through music. The production uses hand puppets, rod puppets, masked characters, and music and incorporates some Spanish in the English text. It's followed by an interactive demonstaration in which puppeteer Monica Leo teaches the sudience how to make and present a show with a tabletop toy theatre.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: Spanish language, Mexican and World Folklore, science, art, music, drama.
STUDY GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SHOWS
PUPPET COMMUNITY THEATRE! Celebrating the Midwest! Two Opportunities for your students or community members to rehearse peripheral parts in a professional Eulenspiegel production and present the show for an audience. You can also include a puppet making component, in which participants make puppets for the final scene.
IMMIGRANT STEW AT THE CHAT ‘N’ CHEW is humorous, touching, and quite timely as we welcome immigrants into the rural Midwest. Cathy Schmidt-McGillicutty, played by Monica Leo, is the proprietress of the local cafe, the Chat ‘N’ Chew. She’s upset because her daughter wants to marry a member of a Mexican immigrant family. She confronts her prejudice as flashbacks play out scenes from her own family history. The flashbacks are performed by older children or adults from your community to an accompaniment of music by Ron Hillis. PORTRAITS OF THE PRAIRIE Mary Swander wrote both scripts. She’s a nationally known writer with a midwestern voice. She knows how to make you laugh out loud as you think about serious issues. The resulting productions are entertaining for adults and children alike.
FOR ADULTS:
FINDING HOME , performed by Monica Leo is a trilogy of pieces, poignant, joyful, and humorous, about Monica’s parents and their immigration experiences. The first piece, My Father’s Imaginary Friend, uses candlelight and shadows to interpret the story
of her father’s hope and survival during his incarceration in
a concentration camp.
GIRLS ON THE ROOF Performed by Mary Swander and Monica Leo Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander's new book of poetry is one long narrative poem about a mother and daughter stuck on top of the roof of a cafe on the banks of the Mississippi River for three days during the 1993 flood. While they are there, the women discover that they have both had an affair with the same man. In this one-hour adult production, Swander reads poems from her new book while puppeteer Monica Leo brings the scenes alive through the use of hand, rod, and shadow puppets. This show, filled with old time music, romance, intrigue, humor, folklore, and the flora and fauna of the Mississippi River basin, will dazzle the ear with its poetic rhythms, and delight the eye its likenesses of an unforgettable cast of characters.
DRIVING THE BODY BACK, performed by Teri Jean Breitbach
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