Madness in Miniature: An Evening of Intimate Puppet Theater
Chopin Theatre - Downstairs Parlor (1543 West Division Chicago, IL 60642)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50*
* Additional fees apply.
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The last date listed for Madness in Miniature was Thursday May 5, 2011 / 10:30pm.
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Drive and park around the corner on the street.
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I believe there was a bar
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Casual
4 Goldstar Member Reviews
seegers1
unusual and unexpected scenes from a dedicated performer, it is not a cohesive story but rather a series of short "puppet related" sketches separated by a singing piano player..not the type of thing i personally would see again but a fairly enjoyable and certainly unusual experience while supporting the arts.Written on Mar 04 2011
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dancinggirl
A little bit of whimsy, a bit of quirk, and an interesting use of everything from shadow puppets to pop-up books. We enjoyed the puppeteers, the narration, and the pianist. If this is a representation of the works The House puts out, we'll definitely be seeing more productions in the future!Written on Apr 10 2011
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A fantastic and refreshing piece of theater. Love the space and the show. Each performer really had themselves figured out and their love and dedication to their craft and the show really came through in their performances. Lovely story telling and cabaret style performance flowing well from one scene to the next. Also a fantastic pianist!!!Written on Apr 08 2011
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More Information About Madness in Miniature
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Quotes & Highlights
- Check out the House Theatre blog.
- Read more about Meredith Miller at Time Out Chicago.
Description
Meredith Miller’s hour-long escape into the depths of the Chopin Theatre’s opulent lounge recaptures the intimate feeling of the time when people performed toy-theater and puppetry for each other as live entertainment in their parlors. The mood is evocative of the artwork of Edward Gorey—elegant, macabre, understated, and hovering somewhere between Victorian and Art Deco. And by pairing a line-up of intimate, lush puppetry performances with virtuosic jazz and ragtime played live on a grand piano, we have the feeling of having slipped back in time and found ourselves in a mysterious, timeless, parlor populated by dark humor macabre notions of love and loss.
Meredith Miller is a Chicago-based designer and performer of original object-based theatrical works. Her recent work includes The Abduction, originally created for "The World is Flat! A Weekend of Toy Theater" at Chicago's Links Hall, where she shared the bill with Great Small Works. Following this performance, Meredith was invited to appear in Open Eye Theater's annual Toy Theater After Dark festival in Minneapolis, and Great Small Works' 9th Annual Toy Theater Festival in New York. Additionally, Meredith created new song-based works (Blood and Bile/Brecht and Weill) for "Banners and Cranks: a Festival of Cantastoria" also at Chicago's Links Hall, and performed the piece at Chicago's unique "Random House: Origins" installation event.
About the Ticket Supplier: The House Theatre of Chicago
The House is an ensemble of multi-talented artists who work together to create new works of popular theatre. In The House, theatre, music, dance, magic, and spectacle combine to inspire imagination, breaking down the bariers between actors and audience, uniting the two in the joy of storytelling.