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The Saint Plays: Yes, More Puppetry!!!
There's just something so beautiful about puppetry in art. The intimate intricacies of movement and its relation to the music and text of the performance feels uncanny and magical.
Continuing tonight and tomorrow, The Saint Plays is an original puppet drama by Erik Ehn (Adapted and Directed by Alison Heimstead) examining the lives of five saints, whose narratives meld with modern human stories that become broadsided by ecstatic truths. Using masks, puppets, live music, and spoken word, five illuminated vignettes interpret the saints' rebellious and transcendent acts in all of their fatalistic clarity and hallucinatory love.
Where, when, how much, etc after the jump...
Son of Semele Theater
3301 Beverly Blvd
(between Virgil and Alvarado)
Los Angeles CA 90004
(yes it's air conditioned)
Saturday Aug 11th at 8 +10pm
Sunday Aug 12th at 2pm
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General Admission: $15
Students and seniors: $10.00
To reserve tickets please email date, name, and how many tickets:
thesaintplays@yahoo.com
Please email date, name, and how many tickets
Pay at the door
Space is limited so reservations are strongly recommended
Photos by theatre company
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