Advanced Puppet Theatre/Performance

Students will spend all year constructing, developing, and rehearsing a single puppet production. This year’s production, Double Aspect by acclaimed experimental playwright Erik Ehn, is part of a cycle of 17 plays that “…look at America through the lens of its genocides.” Each of the 17 plays will be produced at various venues across the country during the 2011/2012 season, with all productions converging on La Mama, in New York City, in the fall of 2012. During the 2011/2012 academic year, students will be involved in all facets of Double Aspect, from researching the conflicts in El Salvador and Guatemala (the setting of the play) to the fabrication of puppets, choreography of puppeteers, and the final performance. Double Aspect will be given full production at Sarah Lawrence College in the spring of 2012 and will tour to La Mama the following fall. Audition required. Classes will meet for three hours per week.