ASL-interpreted shows: Frankenstein
Trouble Puppet Theater Co. is offering deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons a
20% discount on tickets to our upcoming production Frankenstein: The Trouble
Puppet Show, which runs 9/16 – 10/3 at Salvage Vanguard Theater.
We will have an ASL interpreter at the shows on 9/23 and 9/30.
If there is a good way to spread the word about this discount, please let me
know. Interested patrons may buy the TSD tickets–$12 instead of $15, at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122760. Enter “friend” as the
discount code, then click “Show additional prices” in order to buy a FOTP
(Friend of Trouble Puppet) ticket. Or email me directly at
[email protected].
Discounted student and senior tickets ($10) are for sale for every date of
the run.
Here’s more about the show:
“Fetch us some brains so that we might change the world!” -Doctor Polidori
Pretorius, surgical mechanic
Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show is a dark, funny, smart, spooky work
of puppet theater, adapted from Mary Shelley’s classic novel by Trouble
Puppet’s Artistic Director, Connor Hopkins. Influenced by the vast array of
previous adaptations and incorporating a mix of history and natural
philosophy, Trouble Puppet spins a tale of steampunk science that escapes
from an abandoned Romanian asylum and chases all the way to the French
Revolution.
Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 Manor Rd., Austin, TX, 78722
Event Dates: Sept. 16, 2010–Oct. 3, 2010, Thursdays through Sundays, 8:00 PM
Event Page: http://www.troublepuppet.com/
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/122760 ($15 general ad.,
$10 students, seniors)
Trouble Puppet Theater Co., the Austin puppet troupe that won critical
acclaim in 2009 for The Jungle, performs their adaptation of the
Frankenstein story (for grownups and children 12+) at SVT, Sept. 16–Oct. 3,
2010. Puppet design and direction by TPTC Artistic Director Connor Hopkins.
Original music by Justin Sherburn (http://www.justinsherburn.com/).
Recognition Trouble Puppet’s 2008 production of Frankenstein was one of only
three shows nominated for the B. Iden Payne’s award for Outstanding
Theatrical Event. Trouble Puppet’s The Jungle was included on 3 out of 4
“Best of 2009” theater lists in the Austin Chronicle. The Austin Critics’
Table nominated The Jungle for Best Production, Drama, and for Best Scenic
Design. Also, The Austin Examiner nominated the show for Best New Play
Written by an Austinite and for Special Technical Achievement: Puppet
Design. And the B. Iden Payne Committee nominated The Jungle for Outstanding
Theatrical Event.
Reviews of Trouble Puppet’s most recent production, The Jungle
* “less like a work by Henson, and more akin to something by Eisenstein or
Tarkovsky” (Austin Theater Examiner, Ryan E. Johnson)
* [It succeeded] “at an awesomely high level of sophistication, in terms of
its storytelling.” “downright breathtaking . . . succeeding—without ever
even looking like it’s trying—on levels most Austin productions don’t even
attempt to reach.” (The Austinist, Dan Solomon)
* “A sepia-tinted tone poem, made hauntingly human by puppets of paper and
string . . . The Jungle . . . is not without humanity. And as happens with
great puppeteering, it comes from figures who aren’t even flesh and blood. .
. . In these moments and others, we stop seeing the hands that masterfully
work these figures or the immobility of their features. We see only the
tender fires of their human hearts, struggling to stay lighted against a
cold, cold wind.” (Austin Chronicle, Robert Faires)
Best regards,
Kathryn Rogers
Producing Partner, Trouble Puppet Theater Co.
512-573-2540