Puppet show on a summer's night

[pegkerr]

Our neighbor down the alley, Victor Zupanc, the resident music director of the Minnesota Children's Theater Company, had arranged to have Open Eye Figure Theatre, a young company that works with puppets, come to present a puppet show on the boulevard facing his house, and he invited friends and neighbors to attend. (This is the Open Eye Figure Theatre's Driveway Tour -- see the schedule of upcoming performances here) About sixty or seventy people were there, kids and adults, and the show lasted about an hour. We saw "The Adventures of Juan Bobo," an original story inspired by a Puerto Rican character, Juan Bobo, or "Foolish John."

It's been quite a while since I've sat through an hour's entertainment that included quite so many fart jokes. Light-heartedly and humorously vulgar, just the thing for a warm summer evening.

Comments

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

that's such a cool idea, like folks who show old movies on the side of a building in SF, only neater: live theatre in the driveway!!
I love it.

As cool as that year Gary Schulte celebrated playing fiddle for 30 years by setting up his tipi in parks all over the Twin Cities for 2 days (you can, you know) and holding tipi concerts in the evenings. Some were word of mouth and I think he did a flyer for some of 'em. I remember he spoke of "wilderness in your own back yard" as one theme.

That was a year that drought broke

[v-bridgetjones.livejournal.com]

I love Victor Zupanc. I've known him since I was about 11. :)

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Our children play together almost every night. He and his wife are good neighbors, and I like him personally.