The Bread and Puppet Research Project:
Outcome:
Assignment:
We are going to study the work of a contemporary theatre company and create a play inspired by them. The final play will have these characteristics:
- Research a contemporary theatre company
- Discuss how theatre can inspire social change
- Create a theatrical performance inspired by the theatre company you’ve researched
Assignment:
We are going to study the work of a contemporary theatre company and create a play inspired by them. The final play will have these characteristics:
- include really big puppets
- performed outside
- be based on a topic of concern or an important social issue
Websites for Research:
Read the paragraph under the video for the Democracy Now! website
Stuck in Vermont Video
Analyzing a Bread and Puppet Performance:
We are going to watch a performance called 'Circus Fracking' by Bread and Puppet. We will watch this video several times, to help us analyze what this show is about, and talk about the components that make it distinctly a Bread and Puppet performance!
Puppets for Social Change
Play Stimulus:
We are going to use the above picture as a story stimulus to help us build a Bread and Puppet inspired production
- When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.
o Alanis Obomsawin
o Alanis Obomsawin