RojoFest
presented by Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry and Connecticut Repertory Theatre
This inaugural festival of new works is a celebration of UConn dramatic arts students’ boundless creativity. Named in honor of the late Jerry Rojo, who served on the UConn faculty from 1961 to 1990 and designed the unique Mobius Theatre, the festival was born out of a desire to create a celebratory home for the creative writing, devising and theatre crafting of our amazing students!
The (First Annual) Jerry Rojo Festival of Original Student Work will run January 25-28 in multiple UConn drama spaces. The festival features two MFA Puppet Arts projects (by Abigail Baird and Carrie Fowler) and six additional student-generated performances.
All performances are free. Visit bimp.ticketleap.com to reserve your seats.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28
Perfect Christmas Cookies by Carrie Fowler
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
At the Studio Theatre, 802 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT 06269
Carrie Fowler is a third-year Puppet Arts MFA candidate from Lebanon, Kentucky. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts from Centre College. She is the creator of Carrie’s Clubhouse, a children’s puppet show teaching lessons on friendship, shapes, literacy, etc. She is thrilled to be bringing Perfect Christmas Cookies to a live audience and is excited for a new life chapter after graduation
Perfect Christmas Cookies is an original hand puppet musical with book and lyrics by Carrie Fowler and music by Carrie Fowler and Silvia Gopalakrishnan. It follows the story of Darla, an amateur baker, whose oven runs away with Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve, prompting Darla to travel to the North Pole to ask Santa Claus for a Christmas miracle. With a fun holiday score, delightful Christmas antics, and a heartwarming surprise ending, this show will spread Christmas cheer to all who attend.