Upcoming: The Jungle, Trouble Puppet Theatre, September 17 - October 4

Click for ALT review, September 21

UPDATE: Elizabeth Cobbe's pre-opening feature interview of Connor Hopkin in the Austin Chronicle, September 17

UPDATE: Jeanne Claire van Ryzin's pre-opening feature interview of Connor Hopkins in the Austin Stateman's 360 XL Arts weekly supplement, September 17

Found on-line:

Trouble Puppet Theater

presents

The Jungle
Based on Upton Sinclair’s novel
Adapted by Connor Hopkins

A work of puppet theater based on Upton Sinclair’s groundbreaking novel about the conditions faced by immigrant workers in Chicago’s meatpacking industry, The Jungle uses a form of puppetry inspired by the Japanese Bunraku style. It includes human choreography, tabletop puppets, life sized , two and three dimensional, and shadow puppetry, as well as imagery by LettuceTurnip Media Services, graphic animation by Leah Sharpe (Tongue & Groove’s Red Balloon), and music by Justin Sherburn (Okkervill River).

Originally conceived at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Puppetry Conference in 2007, Trouble Puppet’s The Jungle received a workshop performance at the 2009 Conference. It was also awarded a Jim Henson Foundation Seed Grant for development the same year. The production is written and designed by Connor Hopkins.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .