Images: A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits by C. Denby Swanson, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, February 11 - March 6

UPDATE: Robert Faires interviews playwright C. Denby Swanson, Austin Chronicle, February 11

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Photos by Chris Shea for A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits by C. Denby Swanson, which features puppetry by Connor Hopkins and is based on the narrative of an 18th century English physician to the king who after investigating the matter believed that countrywoman Mary Toft had given birth to a stillborn rabbit.

It's directed by Jenny Larson with music by Graham Reynolds. The cast includes Robin Grace Thompson, Nitra Gutierrez, Halena Kays, Shaun Patrick Tubbs, Connor Hopkins, and Matt Hislope - with Josh Meyer as "The Stork." video design by Lee Webster, light designs by Megan Rielly, sound design by Buzz Moran, and costumes by Jessica Gilzow.

See additional images at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits by C. Denby Swanson, Salvage Vanguard Theatre, February 11 -

UPDATE: Review by Avimaan Syam for the Austin Chronicle, March 4

UPDATE: Review by Bastion Carboni at Austinist.com, February 26

UPDATE: Review by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin at Statesman's Austin360 "Seeing Things" blog, February 21

UPDATE: Review by Ryan E. Johnson at examiner.com, February 18

UPDATE: Review by Tracy Medberry for "A-Team" of Greater Austin Creative Alliance, February 17

UPDATE: Robert Faires interviews playwright C. Denby Swanson, Austin Chronicle, February 11

UPDATE: One-page feature about the show by Justin Boyd, published in American Theatre magazine, February 2010, received from Trouble Puppet Theatre Company

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presents


A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits
by C. Denby Swanson

Directed by Jenny Larson, set designs and puppetry by Connor Hopkins, original music by Graham Reynolds.
February 11 –March 6, Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 E Manor Rd
$15 admission For reservations and more information, call (512) 474- SVT6 or visit www.SalvageVanguard.org.

In England in 1725, a young woman named Mary Toft was several weeks pregnant with her third child, and the family was hungry. She chased rabbits through her fields, hoping catch one and cook it. But the rabbit always got away.

Soon after, she went into labor - and miscarried a rabbit. During the course of the next four months, Toft claimed to give birth 18 times to rabbits, or pieces of rabbits. Two of the three prominent physicians who examined Mary Toft believed that her rabbit pregnancy was scientifically possible.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Spill, reading by C. Denby Swanson sponsored by Austin Scriptworks, State Theatre, December 13

Found on-line:

Austin Scriptworks' December Salon
features

Spill

by C. Denby Swanson

Sunday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave.

Spill is a modern take on Pandora’s Box, this time using Tupperware.

C. Denby Swanson is a former artistic director of Austin Script Works and on the faculty at Southwestern University. Her play A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits opens at Salvage Vanguard Theater on February 11, 2010 and is an Austin Script Works Finer Point Production.

Swanson's alumna profile at UT

Swanson's profile published by Portland Center Stage

[images published by Portland Center Stage and by Dalton Publishing]