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Featuring “Dummy,” as well as non-album tracks “Jail Time” and “Mexican Vacation.” A very limited run of 500 copies pressed on beautiful 180 gram vinyl. 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As each big pig deals with the pushy tactics of the Big Bad Wolf, Pablo Pigcasso, Beverly Swills and I.M. Pig each develop a more successful strategy to effectively deal with bullying behavior. Tactics that audience members can use in their own lives. The cast of hand-crafted marionettes takes us on a journey through an artist’s studio, an opera house, and the problem solving mind of a builder of buildings as the pigs do their best to live rewarding lives that will make their mother proud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643329336271-D8TZMHXDVWYX1R0QFZ8S/Aja-+Skeet-Wasabi.jpg Touring Stage Shows - Wasabi, A Dragon’s Tale In this modern-minded fairy tale, Princess Aja happily contemplates her upcoming marriage to Prince Olaf. Aja's perceptions promptly vanish when fire-breathing Wasabi swoops from the sky, reduces the palace to ashes and carries off her betrothed! You will be delighted as the spunky Princess, with a little help from her wise fairy friends, outwits Wasabi to save the kingdom and the day. Exquisitely crafted marionettes perform amidst sumptuous story-book scenery. A transforming sprite, a fashionable knight, and a seven foot dragon partake in this newfangled fable, where both your imagination and the stage have no boundaries. The event begins with an interactive sing along where kids get to be part of the show. Following Wasabi's adventure, No Strings' Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson host an intimate question and answer session where everyone gets a closer look at the puppeteers trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643581738684-ZNX2WVWQUECVW04B0N94/Handsome+and+Gretel+Promo+1.jpg Touring Stage Shows - Handsome and Gretel With Handsome and Gretel No Strings Marionette Company serves up a scrumptious rendition of the fairy tale classic. A poor woodcutter and his family live at the edge of a deep forest. Sister Gretel works hard to help the family while brother Handsome has come to believe he can breeze through life on his good looks alone. Eventually lost in the forest, the children are sweetly lured to the candy cottage of a witch who has very poor eyesight. She is blind to Handsome's charms and places Gretel's life in mortal danger. A cast of fourteen hand-crafted whimsical marionettes lead this journey of never ending action, where the unexpected frolics in the familiar from the opening scene right on through to the last beat of music. While 'Hansel and Gretel' was originally told to criticize those who would abandon children during times of hardship, this marionette version sparkles with the notion of children learning to speak for themselves in their own voice. Will Handsome discover his true potential in time to rescue his sister? Find out as you savor the tale of Handsome and Gretel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643582055556-8KTVT4S2LJPCZ93I314C/T+Rex.jpg Touring Stage Shows - Nick of Time Join us on a fun-filled adventure that is truly out of this world! On a special mission to explore a mysterious dark object nearing planet Earth, the rocket ship carrying Astronaut Nick Eastman and his hoverbot Glitch attracts the attention of a deep space alien. Investigating, Nick is sucked into a time-warp and lands millions of years in Earth's dinosaur-riddled past. Snatched as a pterodactyl snack, Nick escapes only to be warped into a bizarre future where creatures have mutated to survive on a barely recognizable Earth. Get hooked on science and science fiction as you experience this rollicking original show. This heart-pounding marionette extravaganza probes many unexplored and intriguing dimensions of puppetry. See if our time travelers decode the gravity of their situation and save the Earth in the Nick of Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643582850719-CRTNSHP4FRUX9RVAHEUQ/Jack+Ensemble+png.png Touring Stage Shows - Jack and the Beanstalk Revisit this well-loved tale from Britain, told with all the magic and mischief our marionettes can muster! Marmalade the cow's appetite drives the action from Jack's humble cottage to the magnificent castle high above in the clouds. With a nod to an ancient telling of the tale, we discover if Jack, by taking gold and geese from the giant's castle, is a thief, or simply reclaiming his family's heritage. A sense of adventure, optimism and three magic beans catapult Jack high into the sky where his destiny awaits. The stage is hardly big enough to contain the one of a kind hand-crafted marionettes, let alone the ravenous, rummaging Giant Blunderbore. You'll thrill to the unexpected twists in this exciting production, which is tremendously suitable for people of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643584123683-QDI6XKSH8DCCZF3A09A3/Mother+Spring+%26+Father+Frost.png Touring Stage Shows - The Snowmaiden The Snowmaiden’s story has been told in Russia for many hundreds of years. Long ago, people invented legends and characters to explain natural phenomena. Mythical marionettes are on hand here to help us understand phenomena such as how the seasons change and how snow -called sneg in Russian- falls to the ground. While Father Frost spreads Winter's cold throughout the land, he comes across a most amazing sight. A perfect little maiden sculpted entirely of snow and ice! A breath of life from Mother Spring awakens the frozen figure, and the snow girl's kind, fun-filled nature delights everyone she meets. Dreams come true for a childless couple who embrace the Snowmaiden as their own daughter with a love as deep and wide as Old Mother Russia herself. But can love sustain this child of winter upon the arrival of Spring? The characters from one of Russia’s most beloved folk tales help audience members tune into our universal deep-rooted human need to craft meaning through story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643584393344-F69EA3XWLMQON3PB3NKM/Jim+Jewel+JPEG.jpg Touring Stage Shows - Treasure Hunt All aboard this swashbuckling hunt for treasure, where Jim is lured out to sea in search of adventure and excitement. Little does he realize the unusual experience about to unfold. Jim sets sail aboard the Golden Nugget with Captain Timbershin. A wild ocean storm throws Jim overboard, where his underwater odyssey begins. With an enchanted kiss from Jewel, a young mermaid, Jim is able to breathe under water. In no time this dry-lander is faced with peculiar difficulties. These include a giant clam, a fish that swallows him whole, an electric eel and an angry octopus guarding his treasure. Jewel and Jim encounter King Neptune and discover that his domain, and all its underwater inhabitants are threatened by pollution poured into the water from above. Jim must find what is lost and convince his people to take better care of their lakes and oceans so that creatures above and below the water can live in harmony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643585564921-TXXCNJWFUPPUC2YD369N/Screen+Shot+2017-12-01+at+12.24.52+PM.png Touring Stage Shows - Scrooge, A Christmas Carol Come experience this timeless story, told through the magical artistry of puppets! Eighteen large-scale marionettes whisk you through the Good Ole Streets of Charles Dickens' London. If the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future can awaken the forgotten love and joy within Scrooge's miserly heart, just think what the brilliant blend of inspiring music, stunning sets and exquisite marionettes can do to encourage the everlasting Spirit of Christmas in us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643586400834-12AV64T0Q6JZGCA3Z5GR/Screen+Shot+2022-01-30+at+4.22.40+PM.png Touring Stage Shows - Sharp Ears Join No Strings Marionette Company in the Czechoslovakian countryside where a young fox is busy finding her way in the wide world. On a stroll in the woods on a sultry spring morning, forester Bartos encounters a fox kit, who he brings home as a gift for his grandson. The family dog Catcher shows Sharp Ears how to live within the constraints of human rules. But will a full belly and safe surroundings entice the fox to compromise her wild ways? A cast of hand crafted marionettes, both wild and tame, populate the forests and farmyard of the puppet stage in this tribute to a 1920 novel by Rudolf Tesnohlidek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643586249127-C8R236YP45Z9OXW3K1ML/Hobbit+-Gandalf+%26+Bilbo.jpg Touring Stage Shows - The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who wants to be left alone in quiet comfort in his home in The Shire. But the Wizard Gandalf comes along with a band of Dwarves and draws Bilbo into their quest to reclaim treasure stolen by the Dragon Smaug! Based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, in No Strings Marionette Company's adaptation of this stirring adventure fantasy, puppeteers adeptly animate marionettes, life-size body puppets and amazing puppet hybrids. Bilbo shows through trials to his stamina and tests of his spirit that anyone, no matter how small, can be a hero. https://www.nostringsmarionettecompany.com/workshops daily 0.75 2022-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/89cab53a-d4dd-47d3-ab3d-ffb49b066e07/Richmond+Muddly+Brook+Backstage+cast.jpg Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/3c10d690-2b88-4fe1-bea4-699c2b08deda/Self+Portrait+Montpelier.jpg Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/b5929547-0c9c-438b-b92a-dbcf0beb8d71/Union+School+Big+Bad+Bruce+2016.jpg Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/a9690f9f-a815-40ae-a73e-48ca47216854/Man+Who+Planted+Trees+2.jpg Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/60848305-5af0-451d-a195-6ee54c8cc044/Screen+Shot+2025-01-15+at+12.44.22+PM.png Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/2494dec2-46f9-47ef-a6c6-1c92915d0021/Cent+Evie+Scalrett+Isabelle.jpeg Workshops and Residencies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643666436770-C79U2W2B3DXPNYI3PTEN/UES+Backstage.png Workshops and Residencies - Residency Goals Professional puppeteers accompany students on a journey to connect with their own creative self while considering how their creation will engage with the wider world. A process of discovery that strengthens each artists’ skills at becoming intrinsically motivated, self-activated, self-assessing thinkers and creators. At the onset of a project the seed for our long-term goal is planted: you are going to design and create a puppet that you will bring to life for an audience. Always considering the audience fosters a connection to their puppet being that will embody consciousness. How it looks and moves is a reflection of the puppeteer, and that notion seeps in to raise each puppeteer’s personal standard of excellence. Form versus function in puppet making is a way to explore and control creative decision making. The maker’s creativity can be unleashed, but the puppet needs to be able to function, to move like the creature of your intent. There is a chance to try out new ideas, and reject them if they don’t suit the overall goal. Students gain the valuable experience of trying out ideas until they work, engendering a habit of persistence. Be brave, problem solve, put yourself out there. Get over the notion of perfection. Puppetry residencies takes a lot of grit to navigate, and there is nothing more rewarding than the sense of pride new puppeteers feel when their audience responds to them, whether in surprise, suspense, laughter or applause. Barbara has been told her enthusiasm for puppetry and the joy of sharing her art form engages and excites the student puppeteers. Students’ post residency reflective notes show they learn to to trust in their own creative instincts, have the persistence to see their vision through, and most of all, have fun during the process. https://www.nostringsmarionettecompany.com/commissions daily 0.75 2022-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643642048094-O82HH72C41MM5TAZJY59/0902211455d.jpg Commissions - The Man in Black. Nursing home residents in Vermont H A D to have them some Johnny Cash! This rod puppet is now an integral part of their singalong experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643642264598-5V9SMEU07HVUX0S191NY/Jack+Langstaff+at+Deerfield+Village+2020.jpg Commissions - Jack Langstaff Revels North! wanted to celebrate Revels founder Jack Langstaff’s 100th birthday. This marionette version of the man himself has performed with Revels North since 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643642439475-27VIGW7KQ59BILUYEN2Q/Nana+Faerie+Face+Sculpt.jpg Commissions - Portrait Puppets Can you imagine your pet, yourself, anyone you know, - or even an offspring with all of you and your partner’s favorite features- brought to life as a puppet? Let your imagination run wild with a Portrait Puppet in the style of your choosing. One lovely Nana had herself transformed into Faeries for her grandchildren! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6076c861e5f6754874aae971/1643732633251-POLIPNKUGW80YZVCDCNW/Nana+Faeries+In+Progress.jpg Commissions - Make it stand out The Nana Faeries in Progress