Bread & Puppet's "The Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide"
Multiple dates and times
Mayo Street Arts, 04101
Description
Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce that they will kick off our 61st year by traversing the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard with a brand-new play created with their director, Peter Schumann, for the exact moment at hand.
Of the show–The Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide–director Peter Schumann says, “The imminent end of the capitalist empire, colonizing and genociding as the whole world looks on in horror, attacked by a flock of cranes migrating from Palestine to replace the shit inside the White House with genuine bird droppings. Frogs, caribou, dancing bears, bicycling chickens make up the rest of the cast.”
After the performance, Bread & Puppet will serve its free sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets, and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.
Art by Peter Schumann
This show was formerly titled: Bread & Puppet’s “Collapse & Circus of Western Hypocrisy Civilization"
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Saturday, April 20 at 3:30 (doors 3:00 PM) & at 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM), 75-minutes, no intermission
Tickets are available for $20 in advance and $23 at the door; pay-what-you-can tickets are available by emailing info@mayostreetarts.org.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
The Bread & Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater brand of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick. Believing that theater is a basic necessity like bread, the company frequently brings its work to the streets for those who may not otherwise go to the theater. Its shows are political and spectacular, with puppets often on stilts, wearing huge masks with expressive faces, singing, dancing and playing music.
Bread and Puppet is recognized throughout the world and has won distinction at international theater festivals in Italy, Poland, Colombia, and Yugoslavia, beginning with their break-out performances at the 1968 Nancy Festival in France. Notable awards include the Erasmus Prize of Amsterdam, 4 Obies, the Puppeteers of America's President Award, and the Vermont Governor's Award. Bread and Puppet is constantly active, performing at its farm in Glover, VT, and in local churches, schools and parades. It regularly tours Europe, Canada, and the United States and has recently visited El Salvador, Haiti, Russia, and Korea.
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN ADMISSION POLICY
No one will be turned away for lack of funds; contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org for information on our pay-what-you-can admission policy.
COVID-19 POLICY
Mayo Street Arts no longer requires audience members attending public events to wear masks. Audience members who feel sick—whether due to COVID or any other illness—should stay home out of respect for others.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Mayo Street Arts has a no refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.
Location
Mayo Street Arts, 04101