The 2014 Winter Sunshine Series of Family Performances at Sandglass Theater in Putney continues on March 8th with the award-winning piece, An Arabian Adventure, by the Tanglewood Marionettes of Massachusetts.
Told with beautifully crafted marionettes in a storybook setting, An Arabian Adventure is a swashbuckling tale set in exotic lands. A Persian prince is thrown into a dungeon because of his love for a beautiful princess. Facing danger at every turn, the courageous prince uses his wits to escape his prison, defeat the diabolical vizier and save the princess from a tragic fate. Tanglewood Marionettes received an UNIMA ‘citation of excellence’ for this piece (one of puppetry’s highest honors!)
“We’re so pleased to have the Tanglewood Marionettes as part of this year’s Winter Sunshine,” says series co-curator Bonny Hall. “We haven’t featured marionettes before, and Tanglewood combines classical marionette technique with a very up-to-date style.”
This presentation of Tanglewood Marionettes is supported in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
The 2014 Winter Sunshine Series of Family Performances is a collaboration between Crabgrass Puppet Theater, Puppetwork New England and Sandglass Theater, and is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. The mission of the series is to present world-class puppetry for family audiences in and around Southern Vermont.
See the full schedule for the Winter Sunshine Series here.
Tanglewood Marionettes
An Arabian Adventure
March 8, 1pm and 3pm
$8
Reserve tickets at info@sandglasstheater.org
or (802) 387-4051
