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Crabgrass Celebrates 30 Years!
In February, 1982, in a basement in San Francisco, Jamie Keithline and Bonny Hall began work on their first collaboration, bringing two stories to life using masked actors and life-sized puppets. What a Clever Idea! (Stories for Puppets and People) had its premiere in August of that year at Camp Beaverbrook in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Since then, Jamie and Bonny have created over 20 full-length productions! But we're not resting on our laurels quite yet:
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre is very excited to announce our newest project:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's hilarious retelling of the tallest of tales is full of fun and loaded with laughs. Colorful scenery, exciting puppetry and a delightful musical score combine to create a giant-sized entertainment for all ages. Jack and the Beanstalk is the second of our Crabgrass Sprouts productions, smaller shows especially designed for smaller spaces and smaller crowds, but with the same big Crabgrass impact!
Crabgrass flourishes in the winter!
Crabgrass has a very full schedule this winter. We kick off the New Year at First Night Saranac Lake in beautiful upstate New York. Later in January we'll be at Dutchess County College in Poughkeepsie, NY, the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, MA, and the Alden Theater in McLean, VA. February will find us making our first appearance at Goat on a Boat Theater in Sag Harbor, NY and we'll be returning to Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY and the Deer Park Library on Long Island as well. We will also be hosting shows by Wonderspark Puppets and Barefoot Puppets as part of the Winter Sunshine Series at Sandglass Theater in Putney, VT. In March we will be at the Springfield (MA) Museum, the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, MA, the Long Island Children's Museum, and we'll be closing out the Winter Sunshine Series at Sandglass Theater. In April we'll be at the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, NH, the JFK presidential Library in Boston, and we'll be back at the Alden Theater in McLean, VA. And in May we'll be heading back up to Lewiston, ME, for a three day run at the Public Theater! Please see our complete list of upcoming public performances for more information.
Jamie Keithline and Bonny Hall formed Crabgrass Puppet Theatre in San Francisco in 1982 and have delighted audiences across the nation with their whimsical humor and puppetry. Now residents of Halifax, Vermont, they continue to tour throughout the U.S., performing in schools, museums and theaters. Their performing venues have included the Detroit Institute of Art, the Smithsonian, Paper Mill Playhouse, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and dozens of regional and national puppetry festivals. In 2001 Jamie and Bonny were honored by their peers when their production Anansi, Spiderman of Africa! was awarded an UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence, the highest honor in American puppetry. This honor was repeated in 2005 with the receipt of a second UNI award for The Bremen Town Musicians. In 2008, Bonny received a Commendation for Design in the Puppet Theatre by the Arlyn Award Foundation for The Day It Snowed Tortillas.
