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Double Selves: African American Puppets and Puppetry

  • von der Mehden Recital Hall (map)

The Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry presents:

Double Selves: African American Puppets and Puppeteers

8:30-10:00 p.m. at UConn’s von der Mehden Recital Hall

Featuring A Conversation with Frederick Douglass by Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins, The City that Care Forgot by Pandora Gastelum of The Mudlark Puppeteers, Curled by Isaac Bloodworth, Lovely Day by Brad Brewer, and For the Love of Cats and Dogs by Dirk Joseph and String Theory Theater.

Ticket Prices: Adults: $12; Members/Seniors: $10; Students: $8.

This event is part of the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry’s “Living Objects: African American Puppetry Festival and Symposium.”

For more information, please visit bimp.uconn.edu, call 860.486.8580, or email bimp[at]uconn[dot]edu.

Earlier Event: February 8
Throwing Voice: African American Ventriloquism
Later Event: February 10
Gospel Puppetry